toz THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
may seem desirable, but it must be accompanied by judicious selection and 
weeding out of worthless forms, which will certainly be numerous. Such 
improvements as the one in question will only stimulate our Hybridists to 
renewed exertions. 
ARGUS. 
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THE HYBRIDIST. 
DENDROBIUM X APOLLO GRANDIFLORUM. 
THIs magnificent hybrid was raised in the establishment of Mr. James Cypher, 
Oueen’s Road Nursery, Cheltenham, from Dendrobium nobile pulcherrimum 
@ and D xX splendidissimum grandiflorum ¢g, and received a First-class 
Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society on March 12th. The 
flower measures nearly four inches across its broadest diameter, the petals 
being 1} inch and the lip 1} inch broad (the measurements taken without 
being artificially flattened out). The sepals are light blush with rosy purple 
apex, the petals white tipped with rosy purple, and the lip has a very broad 
slightly-feathered maroon disc, and a light rosy purple margin, except just 
behind the apex, where it is nearly white. It is of exceptional size, very 
beautifully coloured, and marks a distinct advance in this useful group. 
DENDROBIUM X RUBENS GRANDIFLORUM. 
A-large and brillantly coloured hybrid, raised in the same establishment 
as the ‘preceding, from D. X splendidissimum grandiflorum and D. nobile 
nobilius. The petals are 14 inch broad, and measure 3% inches from tip 
to tip. ‘Their colour and that of the sepals is bright rose-purple, a little 
paler at the base. The lip is as broad as the petals, and bears a large 
feathered maroon blotch with a light blush border, the rose-purple nerves 
extending to the margin on either side. The sepals and petals are very flat, 
but the lip stands out in front of the flower more than in many of its allies. 
The brilliant colour recalls D. nobile nobilius. It is a very handsome 
form. 
SELENIPEDIUM X FINETIANUM. 
We are soon called upon to supplement the list of hybrid Selenipediums 
given at page 75, by a handsome form from the collection of M. F. Finet, of 
Argenteuil, France, received through Messrs. F. Sander & Co. It was 
obtained by crossing S. xX cardinale ? and S. caudatum ¢, and well 
combines the characters of its two parents. The dorsal sepal is over 2} 
inches long, the colour light straw suffused with faint pink. The petals are 
drooping, over 43 inches long, light rose-pink in the basal portions, but 
light rose at the apex, and for some distance along the apical margins, with 
numerous rose-purple hairs at the base. The lip is nearly two inches long, 
bright rose-purple in front, paler behind, where, and on the side lobes, it is: 
prettily spotted with rose-purple; the staminode light yellow, with a 
