SEPTEMBER, I910.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 265 
LAELIA x BELLA. 
THE annexed figure represents the striking hybrid, Lelia x Bella, which 
is mentioned at page 271, and is reproduced from a photograph kindly sent 
by Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards Heath. It was derived from 
L. purpurata crossed with the pollen of L. grandiflora (majalis), and shows 
Pip; tO." LALA eR BELLA: 
its origin very clearly. The sepals and petals are most like L. purpurata 
in shape, and rose-purple in colour, while the shape and details of the lip 
recall rather the pollen parent, the front lobe being rose-purple, and the 
throat paler, beautifully veined and dotted with dark purple, the dotting 
