60 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ FEBRUARY, IQII- 
like Leeanum, with very closely dotted petals. All but the first were raised 
in the collection. There is also a seven-flowered raceme of the pretty 
Odontoglossum crispum with sepal-like petals which we have previously 
noted, and a good white form with a few purple spots on each segment. A 
seedling from Zygopetalum Mackayi x rostratum, as Mr. Rogers remarks, - 
shows no ttace of the latter in the flowers. A larger form of Z. Mackayi is 
sent for comparison. We cannot suggest any reason for the anomaly, but 
Z. Mackayi has a reputation for its erratic behaviour. 
VUYLSTEKEARA INSIGNIS. 
SoME months ago a striking hybrid raised by M. Ch. Vuylsteke from 
Miltonia vexillaria ¢ and Odontioda Vulystekee J flowered in his 
establishment at Loochristi, Ghent, of which a short note and a coloured 
figure of a single flower appeared (Rev. Hort. Belge, 1910, p. 150, with fig.). 
As three genera were involved, the question of a suitable name has been in 
abeyance, but now that the Report of the Committee appointed to deal 
with the question of the nomenclature of multigeneric hybrids has appeared 
(see pp. 7, 8 of our last issue), we may proceed to apply the Committee’s 
recommendations to the present subject. One clause reads: ‘“ Future 
generic hybrids (combining three or more genera) should be givena purely 
conventional name consisting of the name of some person eminent as a 
student or grower of Orchids, terminated by the suffix ‘ara.’” 
generic name now proposed for the present plant is, we think, highly 
appropriate, for not only the hybrid but also the pollen parent are the 
creations of M. Vuylsteke, who has further raised a host of beautiful hybrid 
Odontoglossums which now decorate our gardens. The specific name is 
also appropriate, and in conformity with the recommendations of the 
Committee, that it ‘‘ should be preferably in the Latin form.” 
M. Vuylsteke has certainly raised a striking hybrid, which, from its 
composition, should develop into a handsome thing when the plant 
becomes strong. The flower is fairly intermediate in character, with the 
expanded form of the seed-bearer, and a four-lobed lip. It measures just 
under two inches from tip to tip of the petals, and the colour may be 
described as carmine-rose, with the lip slightly paler, especially towards 
the base, and the crest bright yellow. Nothing is stated as to the habit of 
the plant. We hope to be able to examine it on some future occasion. 
Vuylstekeara will, according to the rule cited, include all the combinations 
between the three genera Cochlioda, Miltonia, and Odontoglossum, and 
thus the name must also be applied to any future hybrids between 
Miltonioda and Odontoglossum, and ne Odontonia and Cochlioda, as 
well as to the two above mentioned. 
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