THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



>ss should increase our knowledge of the polymorphic 

 reum already raised by M. Jules Hye, of Ghent. 



As suggestive of a continuation of the series, we may m< 

 t yet ripe, representing P. x Leeanum Masereelianui 

 Derbuin, and P. X Leeanum Prospero self-fertilized. 



Besides the long time required for Orchids to reach the 

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In addition to the seedlings just mentioned it was interesting to see the 

 original plants of P. X Hera, some sixty in number, about half of which 

 were described in the article above named. Two of these varieties 

 received Awards of Merit from the Manchester Orchid Society on January 

 24th, igoi, namely Dakini, a large richly-coloured form of the Spiceriano- 

 Boxallii group, and burbagense, of the insigne-Boxallii series. There were 

 also about a dozen plants purchased as P. X nitens X Medeia, a 

 self-fertilized seedling of P. Spicerianum which has not yet flowered, 

 P. X Bruno (P. Spicerianum X Leeanum), P. X Simonii Actens (P. X 

 Leeanum superbum X P. insigne Sanderai), P. X Leeanum Albertianum, 

 P. X L. Prospero, P. X Leonidas, and a considerable number of others, 

 including a large batch of the old P. insigne and some of its varieties. 



Other plants in the collection which may be mentioned are, some thirty 

 Dendrobiums, and over forty hybrid Cattleyas, Laelias and Lselio-cattleyas, 

 several of which were in sheath or bud. One, called Ladio-cattleya X 

 burbagensis, is described on another page. Cattleya X Iris oculata, a fine 

 hybrid between C. bicolor and C. Dowiana, is in bud. The variety is 

 characterised by having two yellow eyes on the ruby-red lip, the sepals and 

 petals being lemon yellow. This specimen received a First-Class 

 Certificate at Manchester in November, 1901. A hybrid purchased as a 

 seedling from C. Mossiae X Warscewiczii is in sheath, and should be 

 interesting, as should be C. Percivaliana X Laelia anceps, if it proves true. 



Not many Orchids are in flower at this season of the year, but we noted 

 a hybrid opening between Paphiopedilum Argus and P. Rothschildianum, 

 P. X Pluto var. rubens, in which the dorsal sepal, petals, and lip were 



