174 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Nov.-DEc., 1919. 
other Lelia may have exerted some influence in this respect, but colour is 
necessarily not represented in the photograph. It will be noticed that both 
the immediate parents of Brassocatlelia Joiceyi are secondary hybrids, and 
this would give an opportunity for selection, for secondary hybrids are 
generally variable, and the best forms would naturally be selected as parents, 
thus eliminating as far as possible undesirable qualities from whatever source 
they may be derived. It is this selection in the parents which is working 
Fig. 12. BRASSOCATLELIA JOICEYI. 
such rapid improvement in the races of garden Orchids, for in no other way 
can the results be controlled. Brassocatlelia Joiceyi is a brilliant acqui- 
sition, both in shape and colour. All the segments are broad and well 
expanded, the sepals and petals being deep buttercup yellow, with a trace of 
red in the veining, while the disc and veining of the lip are golden yellow, 
shading off to cherry red, with a lighter, much frilled margin. Colour 
photography alone would do justice to some of the delicate shades of this 
charming flower. 
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