354 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Some, indeed, seem to be beneficial instead of injuriowis, and it has been 
suggested that one of the reasons why Orchid seeds do not germinate under 
certain conditions is owing to the absence of certain fungi which in some 
way are essential to the process. This isanother matter which I should 
like to see followed up, for the germination of Orchid seeds is a question of 
great practical importance, and much yet remains to be learnt before we 
can depend upon raising a crop, even with the best of seeds. But how far 
the assistance of beneficent fungi is to be relied upon in the matter remains 
to be proved. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., of Heaton, Bradford, have succeeded in 
raising a most charming little hybrid, which, under the name of Sophrolealia 
xX Eros, received a First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. on October 23rd. 
The name, however, raises a rather curious question. The parents are 
recorded (at page 348) to have been Lelio-cattleya x elegans and 
Sophronitis grandiflora, and the corresponding hybrid between the latter 
and Lelio-cattleya xX Schilleriana was called Sophrocattleya x Veitchii. 
Neither of these names are strictly indicative of the origin of these hybrids, 
in whose parentage three genera are concerned. The case of Brassocatlelia 
affords an analagous example, that hybrid being derived from Brasso- 
cattleya X Lindleyana and Lelio-cattleya X elegans, and following this 
precedent it appears to me that the two plants above mentioned must be 
called Sophrocatlelia x Veitchii and Sophrocatlelia x Eros. This indi- 
cates both their origin and affinity, for as named at present they would 
appear to be different in their generic origin instead of being identical. 
Specifically, even, the two are very nearly allied, for they agree in being 
composed of Sophronitis grandiflora 4,and Lelia purpurata }; the differ- 
ence is that the remaining fourth of S. x Veitchii was derived from Cattleya 
intermedia, and of S. x Eros from C. Leopoldi. Both are charming little 
plants. ARGUS. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM x DENISON DIMORPHIC. 
A REMARKABLE inflorescence of Odontoglossum X Denisone was exhibited 
at the R.H.S. meeting on November 20th, by Mrs. Briggs-Bury, Bank 
House, Accrington, which bore two quite distinct kinds of flowers. The — 
four lowermost flowers had long, rather narrow, very acuminate sepals and 
petals, ranging from 1% to 2 inches long by 5 to 6 lines broad, and the 
ground colour white, decidedly tinged with purple, especially behind, and 
bearing numerous red-purple spots, many of which were variously confluent. a at 
The five uppermost flowers had rather shorter, much broader sepals and 
petals, ranging from 8 to 11 lines broad, the colour clearer white, that iS 
