5 b THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



L.ELIA X Nemesis.— Raised by De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, 

 Sevenoaks, between Laelia superbiens 2 and L. anceps Crawshayana $ , 

 and exhibited at a meeting of the R. H. S. on January 28th last. A flower 

 has been sent by Mr. Crawshay, who remarks that the cross was made on 

 December 23rd, 1892, and the flowers opened on the same date nine 

 years later. The plant is remarkably vigorous, with immense anceps-like 

 bulbs, and the robust growth of L. superbiens. Three plants have bloomed, 

 all being alike, and the spikes bearing three and four flowers each. The 

 flower sent is fairly intermediate, the sepals and petals light rose-purple, 

 over 2* inches long, and the latter over f inch broad. The lip is much 

 darker, with the front lobe rounded, undulate, and 1 inch broad, the 

 colour bright rose-purple, extending right round the side lobes as a broad 

 band, inside of which are numerous radiating brown lines on a pale greenish 

 ground. The disc is bright yellow, with five high keels, tipped with purple. 

 Mr. Crawshay is disappointed with the result, but it is too early to judge 

 the plant, and we have seen less attractive forms of L. anceps. Its robiTst 

 habit may be somewhat inconvenient in a small house but if it should 

 emulate the seed parent in producing spikes of fourteen to twenty flowers, a 

 good plant would be an imposing sight. 



Dexdrobium X Holbrookii.— A very pretty little hybrid from Dendro- 

 bium XCassiope ? and D. X Dominianum <? is sent by Mr. Godfrey, 

 gardener to Dr. Cranstoun, Broad Street, Ludlow (together with flowers of 

 its two parents). It is larger than D. X Cassiope, with a light reddish 

 instead of a maroon disc, and is very fragrant. The reverse cross has flowered 

 in the collection of E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow, and it 

 was recorded that at a meeting of the R. H. S. held on February 14th, 

 1899, a group of seven seedlings was exhibited, showing considering varia- 

 •n in colour, from rose to nearly white (Orch. Rev., vii., p. 94). Mr. Hol- 

 M. Godfrey that ten plants have 



brook, Mr. Ashworth's gardener 

 now flowered, no two being alike, th 

 mentioned above, 



is quite the same as the one 



suggest the above name for it, but in view of the 



great amoun' * 



ay be advisable to distinguish a few of the 

 more distinct forms by suitable varietal names. 



Paphiopedilum X Xuthus.— A singular little hybrid raised in the 

 collection of Reginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, Liverpool (gr Mr 

 Poyntz), from P. X chloroneurum ? and P. Appletonianum $ and most 

 resembling the latter. The seeds were sown in October, 1897, and the first 

 flower opened in December last. A flower of the seed parent is sent for 

 comparison, which shows how potent the influence of the pollen parent 

 has been. It is not unlikely that other seedlings may show a certain amount 

 01 variation in this respect. 



