250 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Aucust, 1910. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM GLAUCOPHYLLUM HYBRIDS. 
Two strikingly diverse hybrids, said to have been raised from Paphio- 
pedilum Curtisii and glaucophyllum, are sent from the collection of Dr. 
Hans Goldschmidt, Essen Ruhr, Germany, the sender remarking that they 
were received from the Brandt collection, Zurich (gr. Mr. Miethe). One 
is marked as Curtisii X glaucophyllum niveum (the varietal name we do 
not remember), and has a two-flowered scape, and the expanded flower is 
most like that of P. glaucophyllum, the petals, however, being densely 
dotted with purple-brown and the lip and staminode enlarged. The dorsal 
sepal is broadly ovate, 13 inches broad, green with some dusky brown 
suffusion and veining at the base, and a cream-yellow margin. The petals 
are 24 inches long, spreading, ciliate, somewhat undulate, and densely 
spotted with purple-brown ona pale ground. The lip is two inches long, 
suffused and minutely dotted with light purple on a yellowish ground, and 
the staminode obovately orbicular, with three obscure teeth, under half an 
inch broad, and dusky brown. The other is recorded as Curtisii x 
glaucophyllum, and has also a two-flowered scape, but the expanded flower 
is most like P. Curtisii. The dorsal sepal is short, over two inches broad, 
purple at the base, with darker stripes, green in the upper central part, 
and whitish at the margin. The petals are somewhat curved, purple, and 
closely dotted, almost as in P. Curtisii, while the lip is 24 inches long, and 
much resembling the same species. The staminode is transversely oblong, 
with three obscure teeth, nearly } inch broad, and dusky purplish. The 
record suggests that they are from two different crosses, and in neither case 
can the result be called intermediate. The dispersal of the Brandt collec- 
tion makes confirmation of the parentage difficult, but we believe that Mr. 
Miethe has the record books, and may be able to throw some light on the 
matter. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM X CoMPTEI.—A handsome hybrid raised by M. Joseph 
Ginot, St. Etienne, France, from P. x exoptatum (superciliare X ciliare) 
crossed with the pollen of P. Fairrieanum. The cross was made in October, 
1905, the seed sown in the following May, and the first flower expanded in 
July of the present year. It isa handsome thing, comparable with P. xX 
Juno, but lighter in colour. The dorsal sepal is ovate-orbicular, two inches 
broad, and closely striped with purple on a whitish ground. The petals are’ 
drooping, 24 inches long, undulate, pale greenish, dotted with purple- 
brown, and suffused with purple at the closely ciliate margin. The lip is 
suffused with purple-brown in front, and the staminode reticulated with dull 
green in the centre. M. Ginot remarks that the plant from which the 
pollen was obtained was out of an importation by Messrs. Sander and 
