144 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



which rose, brown, purple, white and yellow are the chief colours ; 

 O. A. Goliath, O. a. Royal Sovereign, O. a. Ixion, and O. a. 

 Fowler's variety are fine forms. 



O. Andersonianum (O. crispum x O. odoratum), is a natural 

 hybrid and it is usually pale yellow with brown spots; O. A. 

 Crawshay's variety, O. a. Crawshayanum, O. a. rose- 

 FiELDiENSE, and O. A. SUPERBUM are among the chief varieties. 



O. ARMAiNViLLiERENSE (0. crispum X O. Tiobile [Fescaforei]), is 

 perhaps better known as O. ardentissimum. It is a beautiful 

 hybrid ranging from pure white up to brilliant purple and rose. 

 Some of the finer forms are O. a Cookson^, O. a. Herbert 

 GooDSON, O. A. Venus, O. a. Theodora, O. a. Cooksoni, 

 O. A. Apollo, and O. a. Westonbirt variety. 



O. Beaute-Cceleste (0. armainvillierense x O. crispum), is 

 the hybrid frequently shown as O. eximium. It is represented in 

 the finer collections by such beautiful varieties as O. B.-C. King 

 Edward, O. B.-C. Queen Alexandra, and O. B.-C. cceruleum. 



O. Denison^ (0. crispum x O. luteopurpureum), is the hybrid 

 so well known as O. Wilckeanum, but this, as well as O. Leroyanum, 

 are but varieties of O. Denison^. It has yellow ground flowers 

 freely marked with red-brown. O. D. Cooksoni, O. D. Gode- 

 FROYiE, O. D. Pitti^, O. D. Pitt's variety, and O. D. Queen 

 Empress are fine varieties, 



O. Eleanor (O. cirrhosum x 0. Uro-Skinneri\ is one of the 

 newer hybrids, and combines two elegant and interesting species. 

 The Westonbirt variety is particularly good. 



O. elegans (0. cirrhosum x 0. Hallii), is a rare and costly 

 beauty ; it has red, yellow, and white colouring. 



O. EXCELLENS (O. nobih X O. triumphans\ is very pretty even 

 in its poorest forms, the yellow, often golden, flowers being spotted 

 with deep brown. Fine varieties are O. e. Hyeanum, O. e. 



