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horse-shoe shaped crimson mark on the apex of the lip, while the 

 reverse cross, i.e. C. Lowianum x C. eburneum, has white flowers 

 with a crimson mark on the lip, and is the finer plant of the two, 

 and it would therefore seem advisable to give it a varietal name to 

 distinguish it from the original form of the hybrid. 



C. WiNNiANUM is another fine plant and is the result of 

 crossing C. giganteum with C. Mastersit. This has fairly large 

 flowers on long spikes and they are white, with a crimson-spotted 

 lip. The finely marked and large flowered C. Bennett-Poei, 

 derived from C. giganteum x C. Tracyanum is another de- 

 sirable hybrid. 



Other Species and Hybrids 



There are several species of Cymbidium quite worthy of 

 cultivation in a large collection, and one of the best of these is 

 C. Devonianum, a broad-leaved plant about eighteen inches high, 

 bearing pendulous racemes of numerous, comparatively small 

 flowers that are green, spotted with crimson, and have a crimson- 

 purple lip. This should be grown in a shallow pan or basket. 

 C. elegans (formerly known as Cyperorchis elegans) has narrow 

 leaves, and semi-pendant spikes of light, greenish yellow flowers, 

 that are set closely together and do not expand widely. C. ensi- 

 FOLIUM, a strong grower with yellow-green, purple-marked flowers, 

 and C. TIGRINUM, a low-growing species with green flowers, and a 

 white and purple lip, are both attractive, while C. Mastersii (also 

 known as Cyperorchis Mastersii), which carries from six to ten 

 white flowers on an erect spike, and has the lip spotted with rose- 

 purple, is worthy of attention. 



Other hybrids than those already named include C. 

 Charlesworthii [C. Loiaianum x C. Mastersii), C. Low-grinum 

 (C Lowianum x C. tigrinum), C. Maroni [C. grandiflorum x 



