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ranks of Digbyana hybrids. With respect to the one raised by M. Maron 

 between B. Digbyana and Cattleya Dowiana aurea, which was exhibited at a 

 meeting of the R.H.S. on April 22nd, under the name of Laelio-cattleya X 

 Mrs. J. Lemann, we think the same should be amended to Brassocattleya 

 X Lemannia, conformably to rule. We shall hope to see both these 

 interesting plants when they flower again. 



We may add that, since the above was written, the hybrid has received 

 an Award of Merit at the Temple Show, the two plants here figured having 

 been included in Messrs. Charlesworth's group. 



HYBRID ODONTOGLOSSUMS. 



Reichenbach, if we mistake not, speaking of natural hybrid Odontoglossums, 

 once remarked to the effect that we wanted hundreds of Odontoglossums of 

 known parentage. The day seems slowly but surely approaching when 

 individuals, if not distinct crosses, will have to be counted by hundreds, but 

 we hope that there will be no necessity to write " of unknown parentage," 

 for the difficulty of making them out will be more difficult than in the case 

 of natural hybrids. M. Vulysteke now sends flowers of two more interesting 

 seedlings, but, alas, he writes :— " It is not possible to state exactly their 

 parentage." Again, of O. X Vuystekei, described at p. 99, he adds, in 

 sending another flower : — " I cannot guess its origin. I never fecundated 

 with tripudians, because its flowers are too small." This raises the question 

 of what a hybrid between O. triumphans and O. X Denisona; (Wilckeanum)- 

 would be like. The plant is very different from O. X loochristiense, in 

 which the characters of O. triumphans and O. crispum are combined, but a 

 hybrid composed of half triumphans and i each of crispum and luteo- 

 purpureum should have the dark colour noticed, and might well have the 

 shorter, broader segments also. Future experiments may clear the matter 

 up. As to the other flowers sent, one has almost the broad shape and 

 toothed petals of O. crispum, with a light yellow ground colour, both sepals 

 and petals being very heavily blotched with rich chestnut brown, and the 

 lip brighter yellow with smaller blotches. If not a very fine form of O. X 

 Denisonae, it may be a hybrid between that and O. crispum. The second 

 flower is smaller, and bears a general resemblance to O. sceptrum, and may 

 have been derived from that and O. crispum, as the lip does not recall O. 

 Pescatorei. The sepals and petals are light yellow in colour, the former 

 being tinged with purple on the back, and the chestnut blotches large, but 

 those on the petals small and numerous. The lip is rather narrower than 

 in O. sceptrum, and has one large red-brown blotch and some small spots- 

 It is unfortunate that the origin of these beautiful plants should remain m 

 doubt. 



