THE MOST USEFUL ORCHIDS 107 



Best Hybrids 



The Laelia hybrids are not so numerous as the Laelio-Cattleyas, 

 nor are they, as a class, so generally useful as the latter. There 

 are, however, a few of considerable beauty, and among these the 

 best are : — L. Breseis [L. harpophylla x L. purpurata\ L. cinna- 

 BROSA [L. cinnabarina x L. tenebrosd], L. Daphne {L. Dayana x 

 L. purpurata\ L. Edissa [L. anceps x L. purpurata\ L. Euterpe 

 [L. crispa x L. Dayana)^ L. Gravesi^ [L. crispa x L. pumila\ 

 L. Iona [L. Dayana x L. tenebrosd)^ L. Latona [L. cinnabarina x 

 L. tenebrosa\ L. Lawrencei [L. grandiflora x L. purpurata\ L. 

 NiGRESCENS {L. pumila X L. tenebrosa)^ L. Oweniana [L. Dayana 

 X L. xanthina\ L. pulcherrima [L. Boothiana x L. purpurata), 

 and L. Stanislaus [L, autumnalis x L. cinnabarina). 



Other Species and Hybrids 



All the following have some special attraction, and are worthy 

 of cultivation where space permits. L. albida, a white, rose- 

 tinted, Mexican species ; L. Boothiana, large purple flowers ; 

 L. crispa^ white flowers with crisped purple lip; L. crispilabia, 

 small rosy lilac flowers; L. Crawshayana, a supposed natural 

 hybrid between L. albida and L. anceps^ purple; L. Eyer- 

 MANiANA, a Mexican species with rosy purple flowers ; L. fur- 

 FURACEA, a Mexican species, somewhat like L. autumnalis; L. 

 GouLDiANA, a rare Mexican plant, and supposed to be a natural 

 hybrid between L. anceps and L. autumnalis ; L. grandiflora, a 

 Summer flowering species with rosy lilac and white flowers ; L. 

 harpophylla, a slender Winter-flowering species with orange- 

 coloured flowers; L. monophylla, a low-growing species from 

 Jamaica, bearing small bright orange-scarlet flowers ; L. rubescens, 



