194 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Nov.-DEc., 1919, 
: BRASSOCATTLEYA APOLLO. LI) 
3 = S 
5 | (See Frontispiece). 
HE Frontispiece to the present volume represents a very fine form of 
® Brassocattleya Apollo (Cattleya Mendelii x Brassocattleya Veitchii, 
from the collection of Mrs. Bruce and Miss Wrigley, Bridge Hall, Bury 
(gr. Mr. A. Burns), which was briefly noted at page 164. Miss Wrigley, 
who kindly sent the photograph, remarks that the cross was made and the 
‘seed pod ripened by her father, the late Mr. O. O. Wrigley. Seeds were 
sent to Mr. H. Thorpe, of Middleton, who raised the seedling, and gained 
a First-class Certificate for it from the Manchester & North of England» 
Orchid Society. It was afterwards purchased by Mr. Wrigley and returned 
to Bridge Hall. We find that the plant was exhibited, and the award made 
on May 11th, 1916 (O.R., xxiv. p. 158), though by some accident it was 
recorded as Brassocatlelia. The same cross was alo made by Messrs. 
Armstrong & Brown, Tunbridge Wells, who flowered a seedling in the 
previous November, and exhibited it at a meeting of the R.H.S. The plant 
here figured was called Bc. Apollo var. Rhodesia, but we do not know in 
what particular respect it differs from the earlier seedling. It is an 
extremely beautiful form, and the flower shown measured 6; inches from 
tip to tip of the petals, and eight inches from the apex of the dorsal sepal to 
that of the lip. The colour is light blush, with a yellow disc to the 
elegantly fringed lip. 
CYPRIPEDIUM LAWRENCEANUM HYEANUM.—A question has been raised 
as to the origin of this well-known albino. It was recorded in 1886, under 
the name of Cypripedium Hyeanum, Lindley, two plants having been 
exhibited at the R.H.S. meeting held on April 27th, one by the Compagnie 
Continentale d’Horticulture, Ghent, the other by Mr. R. B. White, of Earls- 
field, and each receiving a First-class Certificate (Gard. Chron., 1886, i. p. 
567). M. L. Masereel then wrote (p. 590) that the Ghent plant flowered out 
of a batch of C. Lawrenceanum which was imported through Mr. Low, of 
Clapton, and that M. Jules Hye, of Ghent, had secured it for his fine 
collection. He also remarked that “ Lindley” was probably a mistake, and 
asked the origin of Mr. White’s plant. To this Mr. W. Gilbert replied 
(p. 662), that it was bought of Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., of Clapton, and 
-consequently has exactly the same origin as M. Hye’s plant. Then came 
the following note from Reichenbach (p. 680) :— 
Cypripepium Hyeanom, L. Lind. & Rod.—Mons. Jules Hye Leysen, ot 
Gand, was so very kind as to send me the only flower we have had an 
Opportunity of seeing. I immediately thought ‘it might be an albino of Sir 
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