THE ORCHID REVIEW. 271 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM X KUBELE. 
IN an account of the collection of Reginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, 
Liverpool, given in these pages about two years ago, we alluded to some 
seedlings between Paphiopedilum x cenanthum and P. x Youngianum as a 
hybrid ‘‘ which should be interesting, because containing five species 
in its ancestry.” Two of the plants have now flowered, and prove as 
beautiful as they are interesting, examples of both having been sent by 
Mr. Young, who thus gives the history of the hybrid :—P. x cenanthum 
superbum ¢ x P. xX Youngianum ¢; crossed 8th August, 1894; seed 
sown 13th June, 1895; seedlings discovered 20th August, 1895; flowered 
for the first time July, rgor. Its ancestry is shown in the following table, 
the fractions in the left hand column showing the proportions in which the 
original species are represented in the hybrid) :— 
(%) villosum 9 \ 
(%) barbatum 3 
(4) insigne Maulei 3 ... i 
(4) philippinense Roebelenii ? 
(4) superbiens ¢ sul ay 
x Harrisianum 2 
X cenanthum superbum 2 
5 x Kubele. 
x Youngianum & 
The result of such a combination could hardly have been foreseen, but it 
may be remarked that, in general appearance, the hybrid most resembles 
P. X Youngianum, though with the addition of a number of more or less 
confluent spots derived from P. X cenanthum. The leaves are green, with 
only an obscure trace of tessellation, rather broad, and the scape at present 
is two-flowered, the whole habit being strong and vigorous. The dorsal 
sepal is broadly ovate, nearly 2} inches long, and the ground colour palest 
yellow, becoming white at the apex, irregularly veined with rows of more 
or less confluent spots to beyond the middle. The petals are 34 inches 
long, broadened to beyond the middle and narrowed at the apex, strongly 
ciliate, and the colour light purple, somewhat paler in the centre, and 
spotted with darker purple near the base. The lip is two inches long, 
rather broad, and the colour greenish, more or less suffused and marbled 
with light brown. The second seedling is markedly different, in having 
shorter, broader petals, more spotted at the base; the dorsal sepal much 
more strongly marbled, after the fashion of P. x cenanthum; and the lip 
darker. It is finer and richer in colour generally, and may be called 
P. X Kubele grandis. Mr. Young, and his gardener, Mr. Poyntz, must 
be congratulated on their success. Kubele, it may be added, is the name 
of a Greek goddess. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM X BARBATO-CHARLESWORTHII.—It is interesting to 
note that this pretty little hybrid has again been raised. A flower of a 
