io8 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



a white Winter-flowering Mexican species ; L. superbiens, a fine 

 species when well grown, but its rosy flowers do not last long; it 

 has tall spikes, three to five feet high, carrying from six to twenty 

 flowers of good size ; and L. xanthina, a yellow-flowered species 

 that blooms in early Summer. 



A few more important hybrids are : — L. amcena (L. anceps 



X L. pumihi)^ L. Diona {L. Dayana x L. purpuratd)^ L. Degees- 

 TiANA {L. flava X L. Jongheana), L. Exquisite [L. Dayana x L. 

 Perrinii), L. flammea (L. cinnabarina x L. Pilcher'i)^ L. Clavina 

 (^L.Jiava x L. pumila), L. Gwennie {L. Cowanii x L. Jongheana\ 

 L. IcARius (Z. cinnabarina x L.jiava)^ L. Juvenilis [L. Perrinii 



X L. pumila), L. Maroni (Z. acuminata x L. anceps), L. Man- 

 TiNii (Z. grandis x Z. purpurata\ L. Minerva (Z. Latona x L. 

 tenebrosd), L. Mozart (Z. Boothiana x L. tenebrosa), L. Nemesis 

 (Z. anceps x Z. superbiens\ L. SPLENdens (Z. crispa x L. pur- 

 purata), and L. stellata (Z. harpophylla x Z. tenebrosa). 



LiELIO-CATTLEYA 



Should a doubt linger in the mind of anyone as to the value 

 of hybrid Orchids, or the place these are already taking in the 

 floricultural world, such doubt would soon be dispelled if the 

 doubter were to visit the regular meetings of the leading horti- 

 cultural societies of England, France, Belgium and America, for 

 at no season of the year is a display of Orchids now made without 

 one or more Laelio-Cattleyas appearing. 



Culturally, these hybrids need the same treatment as the 

 majority of Cattleyas, but where one of the more or less " difficult" 

 Laslias or Cattleyas has been used as a parent, some consideration 

 must be given to the particular likings of such species. 



Any selection of Lxlio-Cattleyas must necessarily be open to 



