THE ORCHID REVIEW. 323 
HISTORY OF ORCHID HYBRIDISATION. 
PART X. 
(Continued from page 295.) 
Tue first hybrid Stanhopea was raised in Germany, in the collection of Herr 
Spindler, of Spindlersfeld, from S. oculata crossed with the pollen of S. 
tigrina. It was described and figured in the Gartenflora as S. x Spindleri- 
ana. It is fairly intermediate, both in shape and colour, the flowers being 
larger and fewer in number than those of S. oculata, with the addition of 
some of the dark-coloured blotches of S. tigrina. It flowered in the summer 
of 1890. 
A very pretty little hybrid was figured in the Orchidophile for 1890 under 
the name of Cattleya Vedasti, which had been raised in the collection of 
M, Perrenoud, between Cattleya Loddigesii 2 and “C. Pinellii marginata,” 
i., Lelia pumila, 4. It is therefore. the reverse cross of C. x blesensis 
(P- 315), and may be considered as a variety of Lelio-cattleya x Aurora 
(p. 261). 
Another handsome form was figured in the same work under the name 
of Cattleya x amcena. It was raised by M. Alfred Bleu, of Paris, from 
Cattleya Loddigesii 2 and Lelia Perrinii 3, and has since received its correct 
name of Lelio-cattleya x amoena. : 
Cypripedium x javanico-Spicerianum was raised in the collection of 
M. Page, of Bougival, France, between C. javanicum and C. Spicerianum. 
It is not recorded which was the seed parent. 
Cypripedium x barbato-Veitchianum was raised by M. Alfred Bleu, of 
Paris, between C. barbatum 2 and C. superbiens (Veitchianum) 4, and must 
be considered as a variety of C. x superciliare (p. 39)- 
A considerable number of hybrids were recorded during 1891, though the 
steat majority were Cypripediums, which genus soon became espana 
Popular with hybridists, owing to the facility with which seedlings can 
raised and the comparatively early stage at which they flower. During 1891 
the genus Disa was added to the list. 
Disa x Veitchii, the first hybrid in the genus, 
beautiful plant. It was raised by Mr. Seden, in the collection of agua 
James Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea, from D. racemosa crossed with the 
Pollen of Dp. grandiflora, and flowered for the first time when only a y 
and nine months old, thus beating the record for quickness of a 
from the time of sowing the seed. It was exhibited at a —— ‘oe 
Royal Horticultural Society on June gth, and received the double 
of a First-class Certificate and a Silver-gilt Flora Medal. peor sare 
Another plant which received the same double award on pen : me of 
the beautiful Lzlio-cattleya x Arnoldiana, raised in the — 
meee 8. Sender and Co., of St. Albans, by Mr. Maynard. " 
is an interesting and very 
