FEBRuaRy, 1906] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 49 
BRASSOCATTLEYA x EROTION. 
THE annexed figure represents a charming little hybrid raised in the 
collection of E. V. R. Thayer, Esq., S. Lancaster, Mass., U.S.A., by Mr. 
E. O. Orpet, to whom we are indebted for the photograph. Its parentage 
is described as Cattleya Walkeriana X Br 
ssavola glauca. Mr. Orpet 
writes that the flower is of a most pleasing shade of soft rose, which is 
uniform throughout the flower, lip and all, except that the latter is beauti- 
fully veined with radiating lines diverging from the centre to the margin. 
This organ is 2} inches long by 1} inches broad. The plant is naturally 
dwarf, as might be expected from its parentage. It is the only one raised, 
Fig. 6. BRASSOCATTLEYA X EROTION. 
and was eight years in flowering. The flower is sweet-scented, especially 
in the evening. The shape, it will be observed, closely resembles that of 
the pollen parent, and it is curious what a close family resemblance there is 
between the hybrids of Brassavola glauca in this respect. Mr. Orpet has 
another seedling of B. glauca in flower, Cattleya Trianz alba being the 
other parent, and he remarks, “‘ strange to say the whole flower is suffused 
with light pink, but there was not the slightest suspicion of pink in the 
Cattleya used. This seedling will be a form of Brassocattleya x Orpheus. 
Mo. pot.Gard 
1906 
