THE ORCHID REVIEW. | 273 
EPILZLIA xX RADICO-PURPURATA. 
WE have now much pleasure in giving an illustration of the remarkable 
and very handsome Epilelia x radico-purpurata, which was described at 
page 232 of our last issue; together with one of its parents, Epidendrum 
radicans, for comparison. It is reproduced from a photograph which 
Messrs. Veitch have had taken for the Review, and it will enable all our 
readers who know the old Epidendrum radicans—and who does not ?—to 
form a very correct idea of the general character of the new hybrid. It was 
intended to include a flower of the seed parent, Lelia purpurata, in the 
photograph, but being late in the season all the flowers were over. This 
parent, however, is so familiar to everyone that the statement that the 
figure is reduced two-and-a-half times below natural size will enable anyone 
to complete the comparison. The Epidendrum parent has not come out 
Fig. 12.—EPILALIA X Fig. 13.—EPIDENDRUM 
RADICO-PURPURATA. RADICANS. 
as clearly as could be desired, chiefly owing to its colour, which does not 
lend itself well to photography. The photographer has also reduced the 
size rather more than was strictly necessary. It is not necessary to repeat 
the history of the plant, so recently given, but our readers will note how 
completely the hybrid has departed from the seed-parent in general 
character. One could scarcely have guessed its origin, but knowing its 
history it is possible to trace the modified characters back to their source. 
We must congratulate Messrs. Veitch on their latest acquisition, which we 
anticipate will prove a good garden plant, as both parents are vigorous 
growers and very floriferous. It will be seen that the first flowers are not 
quite perfect, but this may be only a temporary defect owing to weakness. 
