MARCH, 1907. | THE ORCHID REVIEW. S59 
PHAIOCALANTHE COLMANII. 
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THE annexed figure represents the beautiful Phaio-calanthe x Colmanii, 
from the collection of Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate, which 
received an Award of Merit from the R.H.S. on January 8th last, as recorded 
at page 49. The photograph was taken by Mr. W. P. Bound, who remarks :— 
*‘ It was raised from Phaius X Norman @ and Calanthe Regnieri Stevensii 
g , the cross being made on March oth, 1904, the seed sown on July 22nd 
following, and the plant flowered on January rst, 1907, and was named by 
Mr. Colman in compliment to his son, who attained his majority on that 
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in the photograph, so that nothing further need be said. It is a charming 
thing, and from its ancestry we may judge that it will prove to be free-grow- 
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ing and floriferous. It will be noticed that it has reached thi flowering 
stage in less than two and a half years. We have now about half a dozen 
hybrids between Phaius and Calanthe, but the present seems to be the first 
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in which a hybrid Phaius was one of the parents; also the first in which 
the beautiful Madagascar P. simulans is represented. The Calanthe 
parents, with one exception, belong to the C. vestita group. 
