THE ORCHID REVIEW. 345 
PAPHIOPEDILUM x MAHLER. 
In August last a fine, three-flowered spike of a hybrid between Paphio- 
pedilum Lawrenceanum ¢? and P. Rothschildianum 3 was sent from the 
collection of Reginald Young, Esq., of Sefton Park, Liverpool (gr. Mr. 
Poyntz). ‘Mr. Young writes that the cross was made in May, 1892, 
the seed sown in the following December, the seedlings first detected in 
June, 1893, and the first flowers expanded in July of the present year. 
There is a difference of opinion as to the correct name of this hybrid, 
as it has been recorded under several specific names, but we believe 
that P. x Mahlere is the earliest. Under this name it was described in 
these pages in 1898, on the occasion of its flowering in the collection 
of R. H. Measures, Esq., of Streatham. It may be interesting to give 
the different names under which it has been recorded in our pages in 
chronological sequence :— 
P. X Mahlere, Orch. Rev., 18098,  p. 271. 
P. x Wiertzianum, ay ay Me Pp. 335: 
C. * Garbari, oes 1899, pp- 249, 254- 
C. X tixallense, eteoer TG00,. p.. 112. 
C. x Rothschildiano-Lawrenceanum, eee e p- 251. 
As to P. x Wiertzianum we have a doubt as to whether it really 
belongs here, for a glance at the figure (Lindenia, t. 644) suggests 
P. xX selligerum rather than P. Rothschildianum as the second parent, 
while one record gives P. barbatum. In any case we consider P. ¥ 
Mahlere to be the correct name of this hybrid. It, is probable that a 
certain amount of variation exists between the different individuals known, 
but how far they are distinct enough to warrant the addition of varietal 
names could best be determined if they could be compared side by side. 
All, however, are very handsome, and of very robust constitution. 
HYBRID MILTONIAS. 
Reapinc through Mr. Rolfe’s very interesting article on Hybrid Miltonias 
in the last issue of the ORCHID REVIEW, I notice that there is some doubt 
about the history of the plant named M. X Peetersiana var. concolor. It 
flowered with us in September, 1886, and was sent to Prof. Reichenbach, 
who named and described it as above, and in the following month a plant 
was sold by Mr. Bull to Mr. Tautz. This is sufficient to establish the 
identity of the plant with the one noted by Mr. Gower in 1888 as M. X 
Peetersiana, which is presumably identical with the one noted in the collec- 
tion of Ri 1, Measares, feq., in 1887) but 1 am not’ sure whether Mr. 
Measures also had a plant. JAMES scseamaaecieans 
