196 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
L#LIO-CATTLEYA X EDGAR WIGAN. 
A very handsome hybrid was exhibited at the Temple Show by Sir 
Frederick Wigan, Bart., under the name of Lzlio-cattleya x Edgar Wigan, 
and was awarded a First-class Certificate. Its parentage was recorded as 
Lzlio-cattleya x Aphrodite ¢ and Lelia Digbyana ¢, and as the former 
was derived from Lelia purpurata and Cattleya Mendelii the novelty has 
three species in its ancestry. A flower sent by Mr. Young shows that the 
Lelia Digbyana characters again come out very strongly, both as regards 
shape and colour. The general shape is that of the latter, with a more 
entire, much less fringed lip, and the petals enlarged to two inches broad. 
The greater part of the flower is of a delicate blush pink, with a light yellow 
tinge in the throat of the lip, and the front lobe a rather brighter pink than 
the rest of the flower. It isa magnificent flower, but the Lelia Digbyana 
influence has, as usual, obliterated most of the rich purple colour seen in the 
lip of the other parent. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM X YOUNGI&.—Two plants of a very promising hybrid 
from the collection of Reginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, Liverpool, were 
exhibited at the Temple Show. They were derived from P. bellatulum ¢ 
and P. Hookere Volonteanum ¢, and are now flowering for the first time 
from seed sown in February, 1895. The seedlings first appeared in July, 
1896. The plants are dwarf, and most resemble the seed-parent in general 
character, though the flower is modified in shape, and closely mottled and 
spotted with red-purple on a lighter ground. The leaves are also very 
prettily variegated. The plantsare still very small, and, it is evident, will 
improve considerably when they become stronger. The staminode of one 
flower, it may be remarked, was green on one half, and purple on the other, 
giving it a harlequin-like appearance, but this may not prove constant. It 
is dedicated to Mrs. Young. 
DENDROBIUM X WILsonI.—An interesting hybrid Dendrobium is sent 
by Mr. D. Wilson, Tollcross Park, Glasgow, together with its two parents, 
D. nobile (a fine coloured form) @ and D. X Owenianum ¢. The cross 
was made when Mr. Wilson was gardener to Hugh Stevens, Esq., West- 
mount, Kelvinside, Glasgow, and, on leaving, Mr. Stevens gave him a few of 
the seedlings, of which the first has now flowered. D. X Owenianum is a 
hybrid from D. Linawianum and D. Wardianum—really a variety of D. X 
chlorostele—and the present novelty most resembles a light form of D. 
nobile. The sepals and the upper quarter of the petals and tip of the lip 
are light rose purple, the rest of the flower being white with a dark maroon 
disc. The yellow of the pollen parent seems quite obliterated in the first 
