304 LHE ORCHID REVIEW. 
LAELIO-CATTLEYA x BINOTI. 
Last November the above interesting natural hybrid was described by 
Prof. Cogniaux (Gard. Chron., 1890, xxviii., p. 370), as follows :— 
“L#LIO-CATTLEYA X BINOTI, Cogn., hybr. nat. nov.—At the end of 
last October I received from M. A. A. Peeters, nurseryman, of St. Gilles, 
Brussels, a curious Orchid found among a consignment of Cattleya bicolor 
sent from Brazil by M. P. Binot, of Petropolis. At first we thought this 
plant merely a form of C. bicolor with purplish-rose flowers ; but a detailed 
examination showed that it differed from it in numerous points, of which 
the following are the principal: — Pseudobulbs diphyllous, or some- 
times monophyllous, not exceeding four to six inches in length, with only 
from one to three joints; leaves pointed; peduncle very short and 
uniflorous ;_ petals with margins very slightly waved ; lip with the charac- 
teristic form of that of C. bicolor, but less thick, and more erect, 
furnished at the base with two small, rounded lobes, enfolding the base 
of the column, the terminal lobe almost flat, and entire at the summit, 
and above all, eight pollen masses, very unequal in size, characteristic 
of a Lelio-cattleya. This is, then, a hybrid, and one of the parents 
parents is certainly C. bicolor; the other must be a Lelia exhibiting the 
above-mentioned characteristics—very probably some form or other of L. 
pumila. The lip is clear orange-yellow at the extreme base, with small 
lateral lobes, white scarcely tinged with rose ; all the rest a bright crimson 
purple, excepting the part near the slope of the summit, which is paler.” 
An artificially raised hybrid having similar characters has now flowered 
in the collection of the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, m.p., Highbury, 
Birmingham. It was purchased from Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., though 
not with this recorded parentage. It is a very pretty little hybrid, and 
might almost be described asa bright purple Cattleya bicolor with the 
addition of a pair of small, roundish, yellowish-white side lobes to the lip, 
so much does it conform to the general shape of that species. There are, 
however, four small additional pollen-masses which, together with the 
dwarfed habit and modified texture of the flower, indicate Lelia pumila as 
the other parent. The petals are at present just under 2 inches long by 
~ inches broad, their colour with that of the sepals being bright mauve- 
purple, while the lip is rich purple-crimson right to the base, with the 
exception of the small, yellowish-white side lobes. AlthoughI have not 
seen a flower of the preceding, it is quite evident that both were derived 
from the same parentage, so that it adds another to the list of natural 
hybrids which have also been raised artificially. 
R. A. ROLFE. 
