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recently fertilised, and this change of colour was the first evidence of the 
change, the flower being otherwise perfect. 
In Phalznopsis Lueddemanniana the segments rapidly become green, 
and, what is certainly curious, they then remain in this condition for 
months while the capsule develops. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
PHAIus X PHGBE. 
Tue advent of the beautiful Phaius x Cooksoni gave a great stimulus to 
hybridising in the genus, and now we have quite a series of charming garden 
plants raised by intercrossing the Indian and Madagascar species. The 
latest addition to the list is Phaius x Pheebe, also raised in the collection 
of Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, by crossing 
P. Wallichii Sanderianus with the pollen of P. Humblotii, to which a First- 
class Certificate was awarded by the R. H. S. on May 16th last. We have 
received a flower from the raiser, together with one of P. x Cooksoni, for 
comparison, which shows that the novelty is distinctly larger in size and 
lighter in colour, while there are important differences in the details on the 
lip and column, as might be expected from the different parentage. The 
sepals and petals are broad, 1} inches long, subequal, and a peculiar light 
fawn colour tinged with pink; and the lip 1 inches long, very broad, 
undulate, obscurely 4-lobed, and rich crimson-red, with yellow nerves 
radiating from the centre. The spur is very short, and the column larger 
and broader than in P. x Cooksoni. It is a charming addition to the group. 
L&LIO-CATTLEYA X LucIA. 
Flowers of a very pretty little hybrid have been sent from the collection 
of E. F. Clark, Esq., Chamounix, Teignmouth, with the following history. 
It was purchased in April, 1897, as a seedling from the Winn collection, 
with the parentage Cattleya Mendelii x Lelia cinnabarina. At that time — 
it was small, and did not appear to have formed its first bulb, but it has 
since made great progress, and has now flowered when just five years old. 
The inflorescence now produced is two-flowered, the pseudobulb which was 
formed last autumn being rather over two inches long, and the leaf not 
quite six. The sepals and petals are deep apricot colour, with a reddish 
shade, and the three-lobed lip is veined with red purple in a broad band 
round the front and side lobes of the lip, the centre being clearer yellow. 
There is a strong family resemblance between the hybrids between Lelia 
cinnabarina and the Cattleyas of the labiata group, bat the differences in 
the present are such as might have been expected from the above parentage. 
It is a very pretty little plant, and is obviously not nearly developed at 
present, the plant being small. It is named after Mr. Clark’s little 
daughter. 
