36 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



Best Hybrids 



C. ATRORUBENS [C. Darblayana var. Wm. Murray x C. Oak- 

 •wood Ruby) is a rich crimson-flowered hybrid ; C. bella [C. 

 Turner: x C. Veitchii) is a beautiful hybrid, and the pure white, 

 large-flowered C. B. Harrisii is one of the finest Calanthes grown ; 

 C. Darblayana [C. Regnieri x C. vestita) is best known by its 

 fine varietal forms raised by Mr Cookson, and named C. D. Bryan 

 and C. D. Wm. Murray ; C. gigas [C. grandiflora x C. Regnieri) 

 is a vigorous and handsome hybrid, more generally known as C. 

 Baron Schroder ; C. Ruby (or C. Oakwood Ruby) is the result of 

 selection from a series of seedlings from a cross between C. Sedenii 

 Oakwood var. and C. vestita riibro-oculata ; C. Sibyl is a selec- 

 tion from the same cross ; C. Sedenii [C. Veitchii x C. vestita) has 

 been raised many times since Seden raised it about 1878; C. 8. 

 CoOKSONi is a good form ; C. splendens (C. Darblayana var. 

 Bryan x C. rosea) ; C. Veitchii [C. rosea x C. vestita) is a most 

 popular Orchid for late Autumn and Winter flowering, although 

 it first flowered as long ago as 1 859 ; there is also a pure white 

 variety of this rosy-flowered hybrid ; C. Victoria-Regina 

 [C. rosea x C. Veitchii) ; and C. Ghapmanii (C. Ruby x C. Veitchii)^ 

 a new deeply-coloured hybrid. 



Other Species and Hybrids 



Other interesting species are C. rosea, a small rosy-flowered 

 plant ; and C. versicolor. C. Dominii, the first hybrid Orchid 

 to be raised artificially, is the result of crossing C. furcata with 

 C. Masuca ; and C. Winnii [C. Regnieri x C, Veitchii) is an 

 extremely variable hybrid raised in 1889. 



