332 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NoveMBER, 1913. 
(Orch. Draw., xviii. t. 27), with details of the lip, to show the difference 
between the two. The history of the confusion has already been pointed 
out (O.R., vi. p. 299; Xil. pp. 353-356). R. A. ROLFE. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
FLowErRs of two handsome hybrids, flowering for the first time, are sent 
from the collection of H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill, by Mr. F. 
W. Thurgood. The first is Brassocattleya Pittiana, obtained from Cattleya 
Whiteleye x Brassocattleya heatonensis. The flower most resembles the 
Cattleya parent, both in shape and in the brilliant colour, the latter a 
character in which ‘many Brassocattleyas are deficient. The sepals and 
petals are broad, 2} inches long, and bright rose-purple, while the lip is 
rose-purple, with some light yellow in the throat. There are two seedlings, 
the lighter-coloured one having the lip more undulate and fringed than the 
other. A seedling of this batch flowered last year, and was recorded at 
page 338 of our last volume. The latter is called Brassocattleya William 
Pitt, and is derived from Cattleya Octave Doin x B.-c. Mariz. The 
flower is considerably larger than in the preceding, the sepals and petals 
being 34 inches long, and lilac-rose in colour, while the lip is rather darker, 
well-fringed, and with some light yellow in the throat. Both should 
develop into good things when the plants become strong. ; 
Flowers of a handsome Brassocattleya are sent from the collection of 
G. Marchetti, Esq., Manor Heath, Halifax, by Mr. J. C. Johnson, who 
remarks that the plant is labelled C. granulosa x aurea X B. Digbyana. 
This record, we believe, means Cattleya Pittiana (granulosa x Dowiana 
aurea) X Brassavola Digbyana. The flowers are much like those of B.-c. 
Leemanniz in general character. having light yellow sepals and petals, and 
a much fringed lip, with some reddish suffusion. The chief difficulty we 
see is that the lip is not strongly three-lobed as in B.-c. Pluto, the hybrid 
from C. granulosa. Theoretically this hybrid should be intermediate 
between B.-c. Pluto and B.-c. Leemanniz. Perhaps it may be possible to 
verify the parentage in future, and to see what other seedlings from the 
batch are like. 
A flower of the charming Cattleya Venus (Iris x Dowiana aurea) is 
sent from the collection of Dr. Hans Goldschmidt, Essen-Ruhr, 
Germany. It is most like the C. Dowiana parent in shape, having an 
entire crimson lip, with yellow veining, and a rosy suffusion in the sepals 
and petals. 
A flower of a brilliant form of Lzliocattleya Robsoniz has been sent 
from the collection of E. Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow. It 
was raised from Cattleya Bowringiana crossed with the pollen of Latia 
Ingrami (L. Dayana * C. Dowiana), part of a plant obtained from Messrs- 
