THE ORCHID REVIEW. 107 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
DENDROBIUM X KINGIANO-SPECIOSUM. 
AN interesting hybrid was raised some years ago by the late Mr. Spyers, 
in the collection of Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking, from D. 
speciosum ? and D. Kingianum ¢, and a good plant was exhibited at the 
Royal Horticultural Society’s meeting on March roth last. Looking at Mr. 
Hanson’s book we find the record at p- 198—“ Dendrobium Kingianum- 
speciosum (Kingianum ?) White, for Lawrence, Dorking, R.H.S., March 
22nd, ‘93.”" How this record was obtained we cannot say—and we fail to 
trace it—but in any case it is incorrect. No meeting was held on the date 
given, and the record does not tally with one from Mr. White himself, which 
accompanied a raceme of flowers, and which was taken from a note book 
kept by Mr. Spyers.. The plant distinctly combines the characters of the 
two parents, those of D. speciosum being particularly well marked in the 
vegetative organs, though the p jobulbs are iderably smaller than in 
that species, as would be expected. The racemes are about six to nine inches 
long, and bear from nine to twelve flowers, which are white, three-quarters 
of an inch long, and borne on longish pedicels. The lip is three-lobed, and 
marked all over with light purple spots and streaks, arranged in radiating 
lines, the front lobe being very broadly rounded. It is an interesting little 
plant, and is apparently very floriferous. 
ZYGOPETALUM X PERRENONDI. 
This handsome hybrid Zygopetalum was exhibited at the Royal 
Horticultural Society’s meeting on March xoth last, by M. A. A. Peeters, 
of Brussels. It was obtained from Z. intermedium ¢ and Z. Gautieri 3, 
and well combines the characters of the two parents. The sepals and petals 
are 1} inches long, and purple-brown in colour, except at the base, which is 
light green. The lip is broadly obovate and retuse, slightly longer than the 
sepals, 1} inches broad, and wholly suffused with purple, with darker —— 
purple radiating nerves, and quite smooth. The crest is whitish is 
numerous purple ridges, and the column wholly deep purple. The flowers 
are fragrant. It is a richly-coloured and handsome hybrid. 
DENDROBIUM X WIGANIE. 
A very charming hybrid Dendrobium has been raised in -~ — “ 
Sir Frederick Wigan, Clare Lawn, East Sheen, by Mr. os oe : 
nobile 9 and D. signatum g, of which we have received the two-flowere 
Taceme. The flowers have the general shape of the forme 
3t inches across their broadest diameter, but the segmen 
, and measure 
ts are a little 
