242 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ AuGust, 1906, 
what suffused with rose, and the much-confluent blotches may be described 
as plum-purple in colour. : 
O. X PERCULTUM VAR. ORION (fig. 31) is a very beautiful form which — 
received an Award of Merit. It has rosy lilac flowers, closely barred and 
blotched with cinnamon-brown. It contrasts rather strongly with the : 
variety Cybele, figured at p. 273 of our last volume. The parentage of — 
this hybrid was originally recorded as O. X Rolfeze X ardentissimum. 
This was in 1904, but, as O. X ardentissimum was only exhibited two — 
years previously, the record requires confirmation. 
O. X WILCKEANUM var. THALIA (fig. 32) is a very large and handsome — 
form, having the typical toothed petals, yellow ground colour and dark — 
brown blotches of the original natural hybrid, whose origin it demonstrates. 
The parents are O. luteopurpureum and O. crispum. va 7 
O. X RUBICANS (fig. 33) was exhibited as a seedling of unknown origin, | 
and, unless it is a heavily blotched form of O. x nitidum (Harryano- 
crispum X Wilckeanum), we are unable to locate it. There is a trace of — 
O. Harryanum about the crest. The ground colour is nearly white, and 
the very confluent blotches are deep red-purple, becoming rather more brown — 
on the lip. It is a very handsome thing. ae ; 
O. X ALTUM vaR. BELLONE (fig. 34) was exhibited as O. X ardent: — 
issimum X Hallii, though we should prefer to think of O. Pescatorei in 
place of the first-named, on account of the shape of the lip, and the white — 
ground colour. The markings are deep chocolate. It is a very striking 
hybrid. a 
O. X AMABILE vAR. GOLIATH (fig. 35) is the giant of the series, and 
has an expanse of 4} inches across the petals. It is out of the batch of 7 
O. X Harryano-crispum recrossed with O. crispum, and has a creail 
white ground with numerous light cinnamon blotches. 
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BES So ae 
SOCIETIES, 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. ae 
THE Great Summer Show was held at Holland Park, Kensington, 0” July: 
Toth and 11th, by kind permission of the:Countess of Ilchester, and was . 
delightful function in every respect. There was a very good display 
Orchids, including numerous choice things, and the awards included four 
First-class Certificates, seven Awards of Merit, a Gold Medal and three 
peer oi 
Silver Cups. , 
Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen (gr. Mr. Youths 
staged a choice group, to which a Silver Cup was awarded. ‘Tt ind eo 
the handsome Zygopetalum xX Roeblingianum in fine condition, Lelie 
cattleya eximia, L.-c. H. Greenwood, Cochlioda Neetzliana, Dendrobu™ 
Phalzenopsis, Cattleya x Whitei Wigan’s var., C. Gaskelliana and 
mies 
