NoveEMBER, 1911.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 7 
PAPHIOPEDILUM LUCIFER. 
AT the R.H.S. meeting held on October roth last this fine hybrid was 
exhibited from the collection of Lt.-Col. Sir George L. Holford, K.C.V.O., 
Westonbirt (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), and was awarded a First-class 
Certificate. It was derived from P. Niobe Westonbirt var. x P. Euryades, 
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and combines well the characters of these handsome parents. P. Spicerianum, 
Fairrieanum, Boxallii and insigne are concerned in its ancestry, all it may 
be remarked belonging to the green-leaved group, and the result is a hybrid 
of great beauty, both in form and colour. The dorsal sepal is broad and 
