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THE ORCHID REVIEW. 93 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
DENDROBIUM X MANTINII.—This is said to be the first hybrid Dendrobium 
raised in France, andit isa very interesting one. Its parents are said to have 
been D. nobile and D. fimbriatum oculatum, and its raiser M. G. Mantin, 
Chateau de Bel Air, near Paris. In general character it most resembles D. 
nobile, except that the lip is more open and acuminate, and the ground colour 
of the segments is not white, but suffused with yellow at the base and along 
the middle nerve, while at the apex they are blotched with purple. We 
hope to see a flower on some future occasion, for we believe that D. 
fimbriatum oculatum has generally been considered a rather intractable 
plant by hybridists.—Le Jardin, 1900, p. 7. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM X BARrBEY#.—About ten years ago M. Jolibois, of 
Paris, raised a hybrid between Paphiopedilum Lawrenceanum ? and P. 
tonsum ¢. The reverse cross has now flowered, in the collection of O. 
0. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury, in this case P. Lawrenceanum 
atrorubens being the pollen parent. The flower sent is thoroughly inter- 
mediate, the petals being nearly horizontal, though most like P. tonsum in 
shape, colour, and markings, and having also a few marginal warts and a 
distinct ciliation. The dorsal sepal shows much of the influence of the 
pollen parent, both in shape and colour, while the other parts are inter- 
mediate in character. It shows unmistakable evidence of its origin, and is 
likely to be a vigorous growing plant. 
PHRAGMIPEDILUM X SUAVE.—We have now a hybrid from Phragmi- 
pedilum Klotzschianum. At the Royal Horticultural Society’s Meeting on 
February 26th, a plant was exhibited by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, of 
Chelsea, which had been obtained from P. x Sedeni candidulum ¢ and P. 
Klotzschianum 3. It showed the usual intermediate characters, with an 
4pproach to the seed bearer in the details of the flower. 
SDONTOGLOSSUM x LOOCHRISTIENSE COUNDONENSE. 
A FLoweEr of the beautifal Odontoglossum X loochristiense coundonense, 
to Which an Award of Merit was given by the R. H. S. on February 12th, 
Ssent from the collection of G. Singer, Esq., Coundon Court, Coventry 
through Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. It measures upwards of 42 inches. 
“Oss its broadest diameter, and the segments are beautifully blotched 
nb light brown on a light yellow ground. The spikes are equally fine, 
being nearly four feet long and bearing seventeen flowers. Mr. Singer 
nates that it flowered out of a batch of fifty imported Odontoglossum 
“ispums obtained from Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., and has not previously 
red. It is asplendid example of good culture. It had been suggested 
