758 OEOaiD-GROWER'S MANUAL. 



ZYGO-COLAX, Rolfe. 



{Tribe Vancleae, suitriie Cyrtopodieae.) 



A bigeneric genus established for the hybrids raised between 

 Zygopetalum and Colax, chiefly differing from these two genera in the 

 pollinarium, which is intermediate. 



Culture. — Same as Zygopetalum, which see. 



2. LEOPARDINUS, Veitch. — ^A hybrid between Zygopetalum maxillare and 

 Golax jugosus, raised by Mr. Seden in the nurseries of Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. 

 "The pseudobulbs ovoid compressed 1 to 2 inches high, diphyllous; leaves 

 6 to 9 inches long, flowers about 2 inches in diameter; sepals and petals whitish 

 spotted and marked with brown-purple; lip three-lobed, side-lobes rotund, 

 erect, indigo-blue, a fleshy crest between, nearly as in Z. maxillare, the ridges 

 blue and the furrows white, the front lobe transversely roundish-oblong indigo- 

 blue, sparingly mottled with white" (Veitch's Man. Orch. Pl.).~—Ga/rden hybrid. 



Fia.— Veitch's Man. Orch. PI., ix. p. 67. 

 Syn. — Zygopetalum leopardmum . 



2. VEITCHII, Rolfe. — A cross between Golax jugosus and Zygopetalum crinittim. 

 This most interesting hybrid was also raised in the nurseries of Messrs. J. 

 Veitch & Sons. The following is an abstract from the original description by 

 Mr. Eolfe in the Gardeners' Ghronicle, 1887 • " Pseudobulbs ovoid, much com- 

 pressed, with two or three linear-lanceolate leaves 9 to 12 inches long ; scape 

 a little shorter than the leaves, flowers measuring over 2 inches across; the 

 sepals and petals are very light greenish-yellow, marked with numerous small 

 blotches of purple-brown, and the lip yellowish-white with longitudinal striations 

 of violet-purple." — Garden hybrid. 



Fig. — Journ. Linn. Soc. But., xxiv. p. 170; Veiteh's Man. Orch. PL, ix. p. 67. 



Zygopetalum, Hooker. 



{Tribe Vaudeae, mbtribe Cyrtopodieae.) 



This genus comprises a considerable number of handsome plants of 

 epiphytal habit, with stout pseudobulbs, distichous venose evergreen 

 Ifeaves, and terminal scapes bearing a raceme of large and showy flowers. 

 The sepals and petals are spreading, united at the base, and the lip is 

 aflSxed to the foot of the column, and is slightly incumbent, forming a 

 short chin, its middle lobe flat and spreading, and the disk bearing a 

 transverse crest, which, from being ribbed or plaited, has the appearance 

 of a ruS" or frill. There are some score or more species known, found 

 chiefly in Tropical and Central America. The name is sometimes written. 



