Jan.-Fes., 1919.] THE ORCHID REVIEW 25 
fee BRASSOCATTLEYA LEEMANI. - ee 
RASSOCATTLEYA Leemanie jis a handsome hybrid from Cattleya 
Dowiana aurea X Brassavola Digbyana, which was originally raised by 
M.Ch. Maron, Brunoy,France, and was exhibited at a meeting of the R.H.S.in 
April, 1902. Theannexed photo is interesting as showing this original form 
though the flowers were then obviously not fully developed. Two years later 
a plant was exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence,and received an Award of Merit. 
It has since been raised in other collections, and some yery fine forms are 
a 
Fig. 3. BRASSOCATTLEYA LEEMANI#. 
now in existence. It most resembles the Cattleya parent. in genera] 
character, and the flowers may be described as light primrose yellow, more 
or less markéd with light rose on the petals, and with darker markings on the 
disc of the lip. Recrossed with C. Dowiana aurea it has produced the 
handsome hybrid Bc. Minerva, while with other Cattleyas and Lzeliocattleyas 
it has yielded a rather numerous progeny, some two dozen of which have 
already bloomed. Mr. R. G. Thwaites has now added Sophrocattleya to 
the list, as recorded at page 3, and the first of several promising crosses has 
just produced its first flower. : 
