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darker, and the disc yellow. In short it appears to be Lelio-cattleya 
Phryne, the hybrid with C. Warscewiczii (gigas), The cross with C. 
Dowiana aurea, namely L.-c. Ophir, has, we believe, more yellow flowers 
with a darker lip. What we should say has happened is that a pollen tube 
from C. Warscewiczii has grown down the style, into the ovary, and 
entered the micropyle of the xanthina ovule, thus producing the hybrid 
named. Other pollen grains doubtless took a similar course, and some of 
these may have been from C. Dowiana, in which case the capsule may 
yield also L.-c. Ophir. Mr. Black should watch the development of any 
’ other seedlings from the same pod. We do not remember a case where 
two distinct hybrids have appeared out of the same capsule in this way, so 
that the experiment is interesting. But nothing equivalent to a cross with 
C. xX Hardyana need be expected. It could only happen if a pollen tube 
from each species entered the micropyle of the ovule at the same moment, 
and we believe that this is impossible under ordinary circumstances. To 
get a hybrid from three species, two of them must first be united, in other 
words one of the parents must itself be of hybrid origin, and in order to 
get a hybrid composed of L. xanthina, C. Warscewiczii and C. Dowiana 
one must fertilise the first-named species with pollen from the hybrid C. Xx 
Hardyana.. We shall hope to hear of any further developments from the 
cross mentioned. 
ORCHIDS IN SEASON. 
SEVERAL beautiful Orchids are sent from the collection of J. J. Neale, Esq., 
of Penarth, by Mr. Haddon, including Cattleya Aclandiz, the rather rare 
C. Lueddemanniana, Odontoglossum apterum, the white-lipped O. bictoni- 
ense album, and a small O. crispum with a blotch on each segment. There 
are also Miltonia Regnellii and its variety purpurea, Oncidium longipes, a 
flower of the rather rare Angrecum Scottianum, Paphiopedilum Parishii, a 
spray of Polystachya laxiflora and the green Epidendrum umbellatum, 
forming quite an interesting little group. 
Cattleya Gaskelliana is known to be very variable in colour, and is a 
Aery useful species at this season. A good, brightly coloured, and fairly 
typical form is sent from the collection of Walter R. Scott, Esq., Crieff 
Villa, Chester-le-Street, together with a pretty, delicate rosy lilac form, the 
latter having been purchased from the collection of the late Reginald Young, 
Esq., of Liverpool. 
A flower of the pretty little Laelio-cattleya Proserpine, in which the 
characters of Lelia Dayana and Cattleya velutina are combined, is sent 
from the collection of R. I. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell, 
by Mr. Smith, together with a flower of Listrostachys caudata, whose long, 
twisted spur gives it a very singular appearance. 
