DECEMBER, 1912.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 361 
DIALAZLIA VEITCHII AND ITS PARENTS. 
THE annexed figures represent the interesting hybrid Dialelia Veitchii 
(fig. 50) with its two parents, Diacrium bicornutum (fig. 51) and Laelia cin- 
mabarina (fig. 52), which a few months ago were in bloom together in the 
Kew Collection, when the photograph here reproduced was taken by Mr. 
C. P. Rafflll. Dialzlia Veitchii was raised by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, 
Chelsea, and received a Botanical Certificate from the Scientific Com- 
mittee of the R.H.S. in March, 1905, on the occasion of its flowering for 
the first time (O.R., xiii. pp. 115, 116). The plant bore an inflorescence 
Fig. 50. DIAL#LIA VEITCHII. 
Fig. 51. DIACRIUM BICORNUTUM. Fig. 52. LaLIA CINNABARINA 
about two feet long, with eight or ten flowers. The photograph gives a 
very graphic record of the characters of the three. It will be seen that the 
hybrid most resembles the Diacrium parent, both in shape and colour, 
though there is a marked modification in the structure of the lip. The 
segments are pale buff when the flower expands, soon changing to whitish, 
with a lilac tinge, and a few dark spots on the yellow disc of the lip. The 
Diacrium has pure white flowers, with light purple dots on the lip, while 
