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CHONDROPETALUM FLETCHERI. 
Tue “ false” hybrids of Zygopetalum were mentioned last month (page 37), 
also the remarkable Chondropetalum Fletcheri, and it may be interesting to 
reproduce the portrait of the latter in connection with that of the albino of 
Zygopetalum Mackayi given on the preceding page. The record is that 
this hybrid was raised from Z. Mackayi and Chondrorhyncha Chestertonii, 
but we believe that the Zygopetalum parent was actually Z. intermedium, a 
Fig. 12. CHONDROPETALUM FLETCHERI. 
larger-flowered species which has generally usurped the name of Z. Mackayi 
in gardens. It will be seen that the Chrondrorhyncha character, both of 
habit and flower, is lost, or at all events very successfully hidden, yet the 
Zygopetalum parent has not been actually reproduced, showing that some 
modifying influence has been at work, and thus it may be called a case of 
dominance. The loss of the characteristic blue markings of the lip is, 
however, the most obvious difference. Several very interesting biological 
