266 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ SEPTEMBER, te 
Same seed pod, and we are surprised to find such a wonderful variation in 
form .and colouring. We think that you will be interested to see the 
flowers, which we are sending, and trust they will reach you safely. So 
far the plants have carried from one to five flowers. It is now three years 
and four months since the seed was sown. All the plants of which we send 
you the flowers are one-leaved.. But, taking the batch.as a whole, about 
twenty-five per cent. are two-leaved on the last bulb. Last year when the 
plants were smaller, only about 5 per cent. were two-leaved. As far as we 
have been able to judge, the bulbs and flowers do not agree. We have 
several plants now in bloom, which have bicolor-shaped. flowers, but the 
plants are absolutely of the one-leaved type, but there are two others which 
are bicolor plants and have also bicolor flowers. And one plant has the 
full round lip and two leaved-bulbs. The greater percentage of the flowers 
have so far been of the C. bicolor shape.” 
The flowers arrived in good condition, and the opportunity was taken 
to secure a photograph, which is here reproduced. The variation in form 
is well shown, and the details of colour are given below. It will be 
noticed that three of the flowers have the large entire lip and characteristic 
shape of the C. labiata section, while the other four (those in the conn 
row and the lower flower on the right) are most like C. bicolor, all having, 
however, the very short side lobes seen in C. Iris, C. iridescens, and other 
primary hybrids of C. bicolor. The original C. Sybil was exhibited on 
June 3rd last, and is recorded as most like the C. Dowiana parent, and 
having bronzy rose sepals and petals and a ruby purple lip with a yellow 
base (see page 215). For the purpose of description we number ec 
flowers from 1 to 7, beginning at the left of the top row, and continuing 
the other two rows in the same order. 
No. 1 has quite the characteristic shape of C. Dowiana aurea, 
relatively shorter and broader petals and lip. The sepals and petals are 
bright lilac-rose, and the lip carmine, with radiating reddish lines on the 
orange yellow throat. : 
No. 2 has more acute and spreading petals, these and the sepals bent 
bright rose, and the lip very dark velvety crimson, with a more uniformly 
deep reddish orange throat. 
No. 3 much recalls C. Iris in shape, and has light salmon yellow sepals 
and petals, the front lobe of the lip very broad, purple-crimson, and the se 
side lobes yellow tinged with salmon, with a reddish tinge on the isthmus 
No. 4 has more spreading petals, these and the sepals being iii 
golden yellow, and a more elongated lip, the front lobe of which 1s og 
velvety crimson, shading off to purple, with a narrow pale yellow a 4 
and the side lobes buff yellow, with red suffusion inside and on the ie 5 
No. 5 is rather smaller, with salmon yellow sepals and petals, the 
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