OCTOBER, IgII.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 305 
SOPHROCATL4ZLIA JEANETTE, 
AT the Royal Horticultural Society’s meeting held on September 12th last 
this magnificent hybrid was exhibited by Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., 
Haywards Heath, and was unanimously awarded a First-class Certificate. 
Its parents are Sophronitis grandiflora and Leliocattleya Martinetii, and 
it will be seen how well the general character of the Sophronitis parent has 
been retained, while the flower is greatly enlarged in size. The influence 
of the Leliocattleya parent is apparent in the more ample lip, which may 
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Fig. 33. SOPHROCATLALIA JEANETTE. 
be described as deep ruby-crimson in colour, with a deep yellow disc, on 
which occur some darker radiating veins. The sepals and petals are of a 
most brilliant vermilion-scarlet, with an orange glow which is not easy to 
describe. It is one of the most brilliant acquisitions that we have seen for 
a long time. The photograph here reproduced was kindly sent by the 
raisers. It may be interesting to recall here the illustrated article on 
“* Sophronitis grandiflora as a parent” by Mr. J. M. Black, which appeared 
two years ago in our pages (XvVil. Dp. 321-325, 359-362). in which a complete 
