104 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
EPIDENDRUM x ENDRESIO-WALLISII. 
It was a rather happy idea of Mr. Seden to cross Epidendrum Wallisi 
with the pollen of the elegant little E. Endresii, as the resulting hybrid has 
now proved. It is a charming little plant, and when exhibited at a meeting 
of the Royal Horticultural Society on January 12, 1892, was awarded @ 
First-class Certificate. It has now proved to be rather variable, as Mess 
Veitch have sent us flowers from four different plants, all of which are 
different. The first has the sepals and petals suffused and dotted with 
maroon, and the four-lobed lip light yellowish white, irregularly blotche — 
and veined with dull purple, and the crest orange. The second has the 
flowers a little smaller, the sepals and petals darker except at the bast 
which is pallid, and the lip almost suffused with light purple, and veined 
with darker purple on the disc. The third has the sepals and petals light 
yellow at the base, and light purple above, and the lip very similar to ie 
preceding. In the fourth the lower half of the sepals and petals is yellows 
white, and the upper part suffused and spotted with light purple; the lip 
also suffused with this colour, but scarcely at all veined. The purple of the 
sepals and petals of this hybrid is a curious feature, as the pollen parent ht 
these organs white, while the mother plant has them yellow spotted wit 
very dark maroon-purple. To. account -for the peculiarity we may assume 
that in the hybrid the colouring pigment of the spots has become suffused 
through the segments, The flowers are nearly an inch in diameter, and 
when the plants become stronger they will probably improve. In baht 
two parents are widely diverse, and an intermediate form should be 4 decid 
improvement. This pretty hybrid appears to be very floriferous. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CERVANTESII PUNCTATISSIMUM 
This rare and handsome variety has just flowered in the collection : 
Capt. H. P. Greenwood, F.L.S., Harnham Cliff, Salisbury. It rete 
— lightly flushed with pink, and above the usual brown spots A 
ee tee purple ones, which extend to the summit of all t 
Segments. It has the toothed lip of the variety decorum. 
Odontoglossum Cervantesii punctatissimum, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1878) B® 
