136 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (Jung, 1918, 
ees MILTONIA BLEUANA VAR. STEVENSII. 
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REAT progress has been made during recent years in hybridising the 
Columbian Miltonias, and the result has been to extend considerably 
the range of colour and time of flowering in the genus. Increased variety 
has been specially obtained as the result of using the varieties of Miltonia 
vexillaria having a large crimson blotch at the base of the lip, a character 
found in the rare autumn-blooming variety Leopoldii, which we believe has 
not been much used for hybridising. It was the seed-parent, however, of M. 
Fig. 15. MILTONIA BLEUANA VAR. STEVENSII. 
Bleuana var. Stevensii, which was raised some years ago in the collection of 
the late W. Thompson, Esq., Stone, by crossing with M. Roezlii alba. 7 
above figure represents the first flower produced by the seedling, and i a 
be noticed that the crimson blotch is practically reduced to 4 series © 
radiating lines, the general colour of the flower being blush white. We 
not know if other seedlings reproduced the blotch, but the character Is i 
known to be erratic, as batches from M. vexillaria memoria G. D. Owe? gw 
both blotched and unblotched seedlings. The variety was named after ME 
Walter Stevens, who was for so many years Mr. Thompson’s gardene!, and 
one of the pioneers of sucessful Odont oglossum raising. 
