270 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
SOPHROCATTLEYA X CHAMBERLAINII. 
A MosT beautiful hybrid has been sent from the collection of the Right 
Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P. It is one of a number of seedlings derived 
from a cross between Cattleya Harrisoniana 9 and Sophronitis grandi- 
flora ¢, and thus would, at first sight, appear to be the reversed cross of 
Sophrocattleya x Calypso, raised by Messrs. Veitch. A comparison, how- 
ever, shows the two to be remarkably different, for which reason we 
have treated the present one as distinct. Cattleya Loddigesii and C. 
Harrisoniana are a good deal confused in gardens, but the former has more 
ample side lobes to the lip, a paler, nearly smooth disc, broader petals, and 
greater substance of the flower generally, all of which characters are 
strongly marked in Sophrocattleya xX Calypso, as compared with the 
present hybrid, which latter, we are assured, is certainly derived from C. 
Harrisoniana. Future experiments may, perhaps, throw further light on 
the suggestions offered. The present hybrid shows much of the character 
of C. Harrisoniana in the sepals and petals, the colour, however, being 
modified to clear, deep, brilliant rose-purple, which also extends to the front 
lobe of the lip and round the margin of the side lobes. The disc and throat 
are bright yellow, passing to white towards the base. In shape, the lip 
shows a good deal of the Sophronitis character. It is a brilliantly coloured 
and very charming little plant, and is rather more comparable with 
Sophrocattleya x Veitchii than with S. x Calypso. There are other 
seedlings which have not yet reached the flowering stage. 
SOPHROCATTLEYA X GEORGE Harpy. 
A very pretty little hybrid was exhibited at the Royal Horticultural 
Society’s meeting on May roth last by F. Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton- 
on-Mersey, under the above name, and received an Award of Merit. A 
flower has now been sent by Mr. Stafford, who remarks that it was derived 
from “ Sophronitis grandiflora x Cattleya Aclandiz.” It combines well 
the characters of the two parents, the flower being larger than in the 
Sophronitis ; the sepals and petals somewhat incurved, and of light reddish- 
purple tint, with a few small darker spots; and the lip larger, somewhat 
obtuse, and more purple, with a deep yellow disc and some veining in the 
throat. It is an interesting addition to the group. 
ODONTOGLOssUM xX ROLFEZ. 
Another most distinct and charming hybrid Odontoglossum has 
flowered with M. Ch. Vuylsteke, of Loochristy, who obtained it by crossing 
O. Pescatorei with the pollen of O. Harryanum. The raiser states that the 
plant is strong and robust in growth, and has now produced a first spike of 
