Xvi. HISTORY OF ORCHID HYBRIDISATION 
of a batch of five seedlings flowered, and was named O. x Leroyanum, 
though it was immediately afterwards referred to O. X Wilckeanum, a 
natural hybrid with the same parentage. 
The first hybrid Phaius of pure parentage also flowered during 18go, 
though the genus had previously been crossed with Calanthe. Phaius x 
Cooksoni was raised in the collection of Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oak- 
wood, Wylam-on-Tyne, where it was raised from P. Wallichii, crossed with 
the pollen of P. simulans (formerly confused with P. tuberculosus). The 
seed was sown in December, 1887, and a plant flowered in March, 1899, 
when only two years and a quarter old. 
The first hybrid Stanhopea was raised in Germany, in the collection of 
Herr Spindler, of Spindlersfeld, from S. oculata crossed with the pollen of 
S.tigrina. It flowered in the summer of 1890, and was described and 
figured as S. X Spindlerianum. 
Disa X Veitchil, the first hybrid in the genus, was raised by Messrs. 
James Veitch and Sons, from D. racemosa crossed with the pollen of D. 
grandiflora, and flowered when only a year and nine months old, thus 
creating a record for quickness of flowering. It received a First-class 
Certificate and a Silver-gilt Flora Medal from the Royal Horticultural 
Society on June gth, 1891. 
The second artificially-raised Odontoglossum flowered in 1891, and is 
interesting because the plant was raised to prove the parentage of a wild 
hybrid. Odontoglossum X excellens had been described by Reichenbach, 
in 1881, as a natural hybrid between O. Pescatorei and O. tripudians, but 
it was soon suggested that the second parent must have been O. 
triumphans. Mr. Seden accordingly crossed O. Pescatorei with the pollen 
of O. triumphans, and when the resulting seedling flowered it proved to be 
identical with the wild plant. 
In 1892 a hybrid having three genera in its composition flowered. It 
was raised by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons from Sophronitis grandiflora ? 
and Leliocattleya X Schilleriana g, and received the name of Sophro- 
cattleya X Veitchiana. The plant is now known as Sophrocatlelia x 
Veitchiana, which indicates its parentage more correctly. 
The first hybrid Vanda was described in 1893, under the name of Vanda 
xX Miss Joaquim. It was raised at Singapore, by the lady whose name it 
bears, from V. Hookeriana and V. teres, which species are said to be 
cultivated in every garden in Singapore. It isa very handsome hybrid. 
In 1894 a hybrid Sobralia appeared, namely, S. x Veitchii, raised by 
Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, from S. macrantha crossed with the pollen 
of S. xantholeuca. It received a First-class Certificate from the R. H. S. 
in July, 1894. 
In 1894 Sophrolelia was also added to the list. Messrs. Veitch 
