328 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Mr. John Day, described as a natural hybrid between the two (Gard. Chron., 
1883, xx., p. 262). They also grow together in Borneo, and we also know 
that at Palembang, in Sumatra, P. violacea occurs associated with P. 
sumatrana, so that there is good ground for suspecting that the last-named 
and P. cornu-cervi also grow together. A hybrid between them would be 
expected to be intermediate in size, to have very pale yellow sepals and 
petals somewhat barred with brown, to have the front lobe of the lip 
dilated at the apex and more or less toothed, with the hairs on the 
face somewhat lax, and all these characters are found in the plant under 
notice. Sucha plant may well be collected out of bloom as P. cornu-cervi, 
and thus the known facts warrant the above suggestion as to its origin and 
parentage. It would be interesting to have the matter confirmed by experi- 
ment. 
R. A. ROLFE. 
CATTLEYA x RESPLENDENS VAR. KERCHOVEANA. 
UNDER the name of Cattleya xX Kerchoveana, M. Cogniaux describes a 
hybrid raised by M. Peeters, of St. Gilles, Brussels, from Cattleya Schil- 
leriana crossed with the pollen of C. granulosa var. Schofieldiana (Chron. 
Orch., p. 308). The sepals and petals are undulated, brownish yellow, 
spotted with dark brown, and the lip deeply trilobed, with the side lobes 
pale yellow striped with purple, and the front lobe broad at the apex, and 
whitish, with prominent verrucose, bright purple nerves. A concluding note 
States that C. X resplendens, Rchb. f. “is considered to be a natural 
hybrid derived from the same parents, but this is scarcely probable, because 
it is very different from the present one.” Curiously enough, the original 
description of C. x resplendens was reproduced on page 296 of the present 
volume, with an inquiry as to what has become of the plant, and on com- 
paring the two descriptions I find that most of the characters agree very 
well. Whether the novelty has the narrow petals of C. Schilleriana is not 
stated, but it appears to be rather more spotted than the wild form, of which, 
so far as Ican judge, it must rank as avariety. Unfortunately, the original, 
type is sealed up at Vienna, owing to Reichenbach’s dog-in-the-manget 
policy, and the point cannot yet be cleared up. My own impression is that 
M. Peeters has proved the parentage of C. X resplendens. According to 
the descriptions, the lip in the two plants has the same essential character, 
and no different combination of species which grow wild at Bahia would 
account for the characters of C. x resplendens, as described by Reichbach. 
It is just possible that in such a showy genus as Cattleya we may have the 
origin of the entire series of natural hybrids demonstrated artifically. 
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