THE ORCHID REVIEW. 15 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
L&LIO-CATTLEYA X TIRESIAS; 
ANOTHER pretty little hybrid from Cattleya Bowringiana has appeared in 
Messrs. Veitch’s establishment, of which we have received a two-flowered 
raceme. The pollen parent was a form of Leelio-cattleya x elegans, and 
the hybrid is said to be quite intermediate between the two parents. The 
flower most resembles the seed parent, a peculiarity which is seen in all 
the hybrids from this species. The sepals and petals are 2} inches long, 
and the latter {-inch broad, the colour being bright rose-purple. The lip 
is rather closely rolled round the short column, but on being flattened out 
is seen to be distinctly, though not very strongly, three-lobed. The front 
half is rich crimson-purple, of a tint closely resembling the pollen parent, 
and the centre of the disc bears several similar lines, while the base of 
each side lobe is white. It is a very pretty little plant, and when it becomes 
strong will probably bear numerous flowers, as is the case with both the 
parents. 
CyPRIPEDIUM X AMESL&. 
This is a large and very pretty hybrid raised by Mr. W. Robinson, 
gardener to Mrs. F. L. Ames, from C.tonsum ? and C. Fairieanum ¢, 
from whom we have received a flower through Mr. A. Dimmock, traveller 
for Messrs. F. Sander & Co., who has just returned from the States. It is 
quite intermediate in structure, though in colour it most resembles the 
seed parent. The dorsal sepal is broadly ovate-orbicular, 2} inches long 
by 2 inches broad, and bears about twenty-one narrow purple-brown stripes 
ona light ground. The petals are deflexed, undulate, 24 inches long, and 
very similar in colour, except that the nerves are less distinct and bear a 
few small spots on the disc. The lip is most like C. Fairieanum, but 
2 inches long, and suffused with light purple-brown ; while the staminode 
most resembles the other parent. It is an interesting addition to the list 
of C. Fairieanum crosses. 
CypRIPEDIUM X CALYPso VAR. ARMSTRONGIANUM. 
This very handsome hybrid was raised in the collection of C. Winn, 
Eons Selly Hill, Birming! from Cypripedium Boxallii atratum ? and 
Gr ifi g, and thus is the reverse cross of the original 
Cc. x Calypso, ‘hich | however, has been several times recorded under 
different names. The present form has the general shape of the original 
one, but is markedly different in having the greater part of the dorsal sepal 
strongly suffused with reddish purple. The rest of the flower most 
resembles C. Spicerianum, the petals being undulate and much spotted at 
the base, though darker in colour, the lip also darker, and the staminode 
