52 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
PHALENOPSIS X INTERMEDIA, VAR, VESTA. 
In the hybridisation of Orchids the unexpected frequently happens, and 
especially has it been so in the present case. The beautiful Phalaenopsis x 
intermedia was long suspected to be a natural hybrid. between P. Aphrodite 
and P. rosea, and this was at length proved by Mr. Seden, by artificial 
crossing. He afterwards fertilised P. rosea, var. leucaspis, with the pollen | 
of P, Aphrodite, and the result is quite a distinct form of P. intermedia. 
P. rosea leucaspis differs from the type in having smaller flowers with 
shorter and broader segments, and the petals darker in colour than the 
sepals, and these characters are impressed on the hybrid, which differs from 
P. intermedia in much the same way. The flowers are smaller, the petals 
more distinctly rhomboidal, and the two teeth at the apex of the lip at 
straight, not curved inwards. The whole flower is of a lovely rose-purplé 
and as regards colour exceptionally distinct. This new acquisition was 
exhibited by Messrs. James Veitch and Sons at the meeting of the Royal 
Horticultural Society on January 17th last. | 
SELENIPEDIUM X PH&DRA. 
This is a new hybrid ‘raised by Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, 
Chelsea, and the first to flower, in which the stately S. Lindleyanum ¢ 
Mount Roraima is connected by hybridisation with its congeners of th 
Andean Cordilleras. S. x Sedeni candidulum was the seed-parent, and there 
fore three distinct species are concerned in the parentage ; and the resultits 
progeny is one of the handsomest hybrids in the genus. T he leaves a 
nearly as broad as in S. Lindleyanum and shorter than in S. x Sedeni, at! 
the flowers larger than in either parent. Dorsal sepal 14 inches Tons. 
oblong, obtuse, undulated at the margin, cream-white, mottled with light 
rose to two-thirds of its length ; lower sepal very broad, nearly SY 
orbicular, concave, yellowish white ; petals broadly linear, deflexed 2 
undulated, about three inches long, light rose-pink with a white medi 
line ; bp helmet-shaped, bright rose-pink, the unfolded lobes yellow 
white with a few crimson dots. Staminode yellowish white, fringed 
ee hairs at the back. It is a decided acquisition. It was awardel! 
First-class Certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society on January 7 
last. 
Sika 
Peete ree: frowns 
