THE ORCHID REVIEW. 63 
A flower of the superb Paphiopedilum x nitens magnificum comes from 
the collection of O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury. It came from 
the collection of G. Shorland Ball, Esq., and received a First-class Certifi- 
cate from the Manchester Orchid Society last January. 
A fine example of two flowers of Odontoglossum grande fused together 
comes from the collection of H. J. Ross, Esq., Florence, Italy; alsoa 
curiously malformed flower of Cattleya labiata from the collection of W. A. 
Evans, Esq., of Leicester. In the latter case the two petals have hecome 
fused with the column, which itself is abnormal. Such forms, if not 
beautiful, are often interesting on account of the light they throw on the 
structure of an Orchid flower. 
A flower of the pretty little Dendrobium xX Gemma is sent by Mr. A. J. 
Keeling, of Bingley, Yorks. It may be rememdered that it was raised in 
the collection of C. Winn, Esq., of Birmingham, from D. aureum @ and 
_ D. superbum Huttoni ¢, and was described at page 73 of our second 
volume. Mr. Keeling now adds that only one plant was raised, which went 
to the late Major Mason, at whose sale he purchased it. The flowers are 
ivory white with a pretty feathered blotch of light rosy maroon on the lip. 
A twin-flowered scrape of Paphiopedilum xX Niobe is sent from the 
collection of Reginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, Liverpool, and the rarity 
of the occurrence with this beautiful hybrid makes the fact worth recording. 
The plant bears five other flowers, and is exidently a strong and well 
grown example. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
L#LIO-CATTLEYA X BLETCHLEYENSIS. 
A FINE hybrid derived from Lelia tenebrosa ? and Cattleya X 
Warscewiczii g was exhibited at a meeting of the R. H. S. by H. S. Leon, 
Esq., Blechley Park, Bucks., under the above name. A superb flower 
having the same parentage has now been sent by M. Ch. Vuylsteke, 
Loochristi, Ghent. It is most like the Lelia shape, but the petals are 
much broader and the lip is fairly intermediate in character. The sepals 
and petals are of a brilliant rose-purple, and the lip is several shades darker, 
especially in the throat, which has a zone of almost blackish-violet, as in 
the seed bearer. The yellow blotches of the Cattleya parent are totally 
obliterated. It may be compared with a large and richly coloured form of 
the natural hybrid, L.-c. x Gottoiana (which is clearly derived from L. 
tenebrosa and C. Warneri), and is the finest tenebrosa hybrid which we have 
yet seen, 
