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360 THE ORCHID REVIEW. {[DECEMBER, 1912. 
SOME RARITIES AT WESTONBIRT. 
At the present time there is a grand lot of Orchids in flower in Sir George 
Holford’s collection at Westonbirt. The beautiful Vanda coerulea (some 
fine examples of which were shown at the R.H.S. Show on November 5th 
and 6th) present a fine sight with their long spikes of large blue flowers. 
The display of Cypripediums is wonderful, and the good things among this 
genus are far too numerous here to note. There are some splendid 
Cattleyas in flower, notably a quantity of C. Fabia (labiata x Dowiana 
aurea), which also made a brilliant display in London. Beside the above- 
mentioned there are some rare species in flower which are worthy of note. 
The beautiful Oncidium Jonesianum, with its thick pendulous leaves and 
creamy white flowers blotched with brown on the sepals and petals, is not 
often met with now. Some well-grown plants of Vanda Watsonii, with 
three and four spikes on each, make a fine display. A remarkably strong 
plant of Phalznopsis violacea Clifton’s var. with its sweet-scented flowers 
at once attracts attention, the one disadvantage with this beautiful species 
is that the inflorescence is always short. Phalenopsis Esmeralda was also 
in flower. The rare Stauropsis lissochiloides must be mentioned, and the 
latter is probably one of the oldest plants in the collection. 2 eae One 
LOWIARA INSIGNIS. 
A VERY interesting trigeneric hybrid was exhibited by Messrs. Stuart Low 
& Co., Bush Hill Park, at the R.H.S. meeting held on November roth, of » 
which a flower has been kindly sent to us. It was obtained from 
Sophronitis grandiflora ¢ and Brassolelia Helen g, and is thus derived 
from the three genera Brassavola, Lelia, and Sophronitis, and must be 
dealt with according to the Rule for naming multigeneric hybrids. ‘‘ Future 
multigeneric hybrids (containing three or more genera) should be given a 
purely conventional name consisting of the name of some person eminent 
as a student or grower of Orchids, terminated by the suffix ‘ara.’’’ We 
therefore propose to call it Lowiara insignis. The name of Low has 
occupied an honoured place in the annals of Orchidology for much more 
than half-a-century. The plant exhibited had a dwarf, sturdy habit, short 
one-leaved pseudobulbs, and a two-flowered inflorescence. The flowers 
show much of the Sophronitis character, but the sepals are not widely 
spreading. The sepals and petals are 2} inches long, the latter nearly 14 
inches broad, and the colour dark rosy salmon. The lip is two inches long, 
and entire, with an undulate crenulate margin, and the colour rose-purple 
with a yellowish white throat. The column is broad, whitish. and over half 
an inch long. Lowiara will includehybrids between Brassavolaand Sophro- 
lelia, and any future combination of the three genera named. 
