THE ORCHID REVIEW. 99 



THE HYDBRIDIST. 



I^elio-cattleya X Choletiana. — This is a handsome" hybrid, raised 

 from Cattleya Mossise ? and Lselia superbiens $, for which Messrs. 

 Dallemagne et Cie., of Rambouillet, received a First-class Certificate of 

 Merit at a meeting of the Societe Nationale d'Horticulture de France on 

 February 13th last. It is dedicated to M. Cholet, chef de culture of the 

 Arm. Plants were also exhibited at a meeting of the R.H.S., on February 

 25th last, by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., and Messrs. F. Sander & Co., each 

 of whom received an Award of Merit for it. A flower has been kindly sent 

 us by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. It can best be compared with a greatly 

 ■enlarged form of L. superbiens, somewhat modified in shape, the petals 

 being 3^ inches long by nearly \\ inches broad, and the lip distinctly three- 

 lobed, 23 inches long, and the obovate undulate front lobe \\ inches broad. 

 The sepals and petals are blush-pink in colour, and the lip light rose, with 

 a large buff blotch in the throat, and the side lobes veined throughout 

 with purple. It appears to vary somewhat in colour, for Messrs. Dalle- 

 magne exhibited a variety pallida together with the type. It is a fine 

 thing, but owing to the strong influence of the pollen parent will probably 

 require some room for its full development. 



Odontoglossum X bellatulum— A handsome hybrid, raised by M. 

 Charles Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Ghent, it is believed from O. Pescatorei ? 

 and O. sceptrum g , and bearing a general resemblance to O. X Horsmanii. 

 The flower sent has the general shape, and broad sepals and petals of the 

 two parents, with the crest and column wings fairly intermediate. The 

 .ground colour is pale yellow, slightly suffused with brownish, the sepals 

 having three very large broad brown blotches, and the petals one largish 

 blotch above the middle, and very numerous smaller ones below it, also 

 many small blotches on the lip. M. Vuylsteke has some other seedlings in 

 flower, which conform to the type, but vary somewhat among themselves. 

 It is interesting to find that continued progress is being made in hybridising 

 this very beautiful genus. 



Odontoglossum x Vuylstekei.— This is another of M. Vuylsteke's 

 seedlings, and a great beauty, but unfortunately the parentage has been lost. 

 M. Vuylsteke remarks that he has tried almost all the possible crossings 

 between the finest Odontoglossums, and some of the seeds have got mixed. 

 But there are some clear indications to work upon. The substance, colour, 

 and heavy markings, the shape of the lip, its adnation to the column, and 

 the details of the crest and column wings, all point strongly to O. triumphans 

 as one parent, and if M. Vuylsteke had crossed this species with O. 

 tripudians, some such hybrid as this should have been the result. This 

 point, however, must be left for the future to clear up. The sepals and 



