28 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, IQII. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON, 
A FLOWER of a pretty hybrid from Brassavola Digbyana X Lelia anceps is 
sent from the collection of Sir John Edwards-Moss, Bart., Roby Hall, 
Torquay. The flower is about intermediate in shape, and has an expanse 
of over 64 inches, the colour being lilac-purple, with a yellow throat to the 
lip, and some radiating brown lines at the base, recalling those of the Lelia 
parent. The petals are twice as broad as the sepals, and the lip distinctly 
fringed. Sir John remarks that the plant is not at all strong, and is now 
flowering for the first time. It is a form of Brassolalia Lellieuxii (Orchid 
Stud-beok, p. 259). It would be interesting to see the cross repeated with a 
good white anceps, for a white flower might result from such a cross, with 
more substance to the sepals and petals. 
A flower of Paphiopedilum aureum var. CEdippe with free lateral sepals 
is sent from the collection of G. Hamilton-Smith, Esq., of Finchley, by 
Mr. Coningsby, who remarks that the flowers have been normal on previous 
occasions. It is probably an accidental occurrence. There are two small 
buds on the plant, and it will be interesting to see how these behave. A 
flower of Cymbidium Wiganianum (eburneum x Tracyanum) is also sent, 
in which the characters of the latter are the most pronounced. 
Two interesting secondary hybrids are sent from the collection of W. 
R. St. Quintin, Esq., Scampston Hall, Rillington, Yorks., by Mr. Puddle, 
who remarks that they were raised in the collection, Lzliocattleya 
Florentia (L.-c. La France x C. labiata) has lilac-coloured sepais and 
petals, the latter being rather broad, and having a darker band down the 
centre, and the lip entire, and very rich crimson-purple except at the 
extreme base. L.-c. Lavinia (L.-c. epicasta x C. Bowringiana) has a 
bright purple flower much resembling C. Bowringiana in size, shape, and 
colour. It is also said to resemble this parent in habit and in having a 
number of flowers on the spike. 
Several interesting Odontoglossums are sent from the. collection of W. 
Thompson, Esq., Walton Grange, Stone, by Mr. Stevens. There are 
two distinct forms of O. Thompsonianum, which are from small plants 
flowering on the second bulb, and one having the sepals much more 
acuminate than the other, and with some lilac marbling at the base of the 
petals. Three seedlings, called O. Wilsoni, derived from O. crispo- 
Harryanum X Vuylstekei, are very diverse in character, one having heavy, 
deeply-coloured blotches, recalling the second parent, while the others are 
yellow with brown markings, and one of which shows very little of the 
characteristic Harryanum markings, at the base of the lip. A third is 
a form of O. armainvillierense with clear white ground and a zone of 
purple blotches on the lower half of the segments. The last is from O. 
