THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



Messrs. John Cowan cS: Co., Gateacre, sent a few good Odontoglossu 

 an Award of Merit being given to O. X Wilckeanum albens. 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, showed several good hyl 

 Cypripediums. 



THE HYBRIDIST. 



Sophrol.elia X Psyche.— We have another brilliant little Sophro- 

 laelia to record, the result of crossing Laelia cinnabarina 2 and Sophronitis 

 grandiflora 3 . A scape has just been received from Messrs. Charlesworth 

 tS: Co., Heaton, Bradford, bearing two flowers, which unmistakably com- 

 bine the characters of the two species. They are rather over 2\ inches 

 across, and have the general shape and expanded character of the 

 Sophronitis parent, but the petals reduced to half an inch broad, the side 

 lobes of the lip enlarged to three-quarters of an inch long, and the front 

 lobe also slightly elongated and undulate. The markings of the lip and 

 the colour of the whole flower most resemble the Sophronitis. It is a very 

 promising little plant, and we should suspect that the influence of the 

 Lselia parent will give it an increased vigour and floriferousness. 



Cattleya X Zeo. — A. charming hybrid raised by Messrs. Charles- 

 worth & Co., from Cattleya X Trianse J and C. Leopoldi S , and quite 

 intermediate in character. The flower has the general shape of Laelio- 

 cattleya X elegans, with the petals proportionately broader. The sepals 

 and petals are of a pleasing shade of rose-purple, the side lobes of the lip 

 nearly white inside, but suffused with blush pink outside, and the front lobe 

 of a very brilliant purple-crimson, and nearly 1^ inches across. The scape 

 at present has two flowers, and the plant has obviously not yet attained its 

 full development. 



Cattleya X PECKAVIENSIS. — A handsome hybrid raised in the collec- 

 tion of Baron Hruby, of Peckau, Bohemia, which is described and figured 

 by Vogel (Wien III. Gart. Zeit., 1901, p. 431, fig. 52). Its parentage is 

 somewhat doubtful. The record was C. Aclandise X Rex, but it is • 

 remarked that the flower resembles neither of these parents, but appears 

 to be rather a cross between C. guttata and Schilleriana. We should 

 suggest, from an examination of the the photograph, that it may be a hybrid 

 between C. Aclandia; and Schilleriana. The dwarf habit and small rounded 

 lobes strongly recall the former, and such modifications as are apparent are in 

 the direction of the latter. C. Rex is out of the question, and C. guttata 

 (Leopoldi is probably intended), crossed with Schilleriana, would have pro- 

 duced very different side lobes to the lip, not to mention other discrepancies. 

 The flower is large, the sepals and petals green blotched with purple brown, 

 and the lip rose. We should like to see a flower on some future occasion. 



