360 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
influence of P. insigne being the most marked, but that of P. Spicerianum 
is chiefly seen in the details of the dorsal sepal. This organ is green in 
the lower half, and white above and along the margin, with several rows 
of small spots, which are purple where they extend into the white area. 
The rest of the flower is most like P. insigne. It is curious to note that 
if a cross were made between P. insigne and P. X Lathamianum the same 
three species would be represented in exactly the same proportions. 
PAPHIOPEDIUM X D#DALUS. 
This pretty and very interesting hybrid has been sent from the collection 
of Reginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, Liverpool. Its history is thus given 
by Mr. Young :—‘‘ A bloom of P. insigne punctato-violaceum was crossed 
in December, 1890, by my gardener (Mr. Thomas J. Poyntz), with the 
pollen of P. x vexillarium superbum. The seed was sown in October, 
1891, and in the following October two seedlings appeared. For two years 
these seedlings made little or no progress, remaining apparently dormant, 
then they seemed to make a satisfactory start, and are now (October, 1898), 
sturdy plants, one flowering for the first time.” The flower sent bears some 
resemblance to P. X cenanthum, but it is rather smaller and the petals less 
uniformly coloured. The influence of P. barbatum is not as marked as 
in the forms of P. X Ashburtone, which might be expected, but curiously 
enough, that of P. Fairrieanum seems to have been almost or quite 
eliminated. The second plant may differ in this respect, but is not 
flowering this year, so that further remarks may be deferred. 
One of the curiosities of hybridising is that practically the same result 
may be obtained by different ways (see O. R. iv., p. 361), and Mr. Young 
again calls attention to this in a later note. He writes :—‘‘As an experi- 
ment I have now crossed P. x Ashburtone Barteti with the pollen of 
P. X Arthurianum pulchellum, and vice versa, as the result (shown below) 
should be somewhat similar to P. X Dedalus, containing the same propor- 
tions of the same species in each case :— 
insigne punctato- 
is. violaceum_ - ‘ ‘ . aoe | 
Dedalus. x vexillarium barbatum - - 4 
superbum Fairrieanum - } 
x Ashburtonze barbatum_ - aoe 
Barteti speed ghana 
New cross. _Chantini = 4 
x Arthurianum f igre yee 
| pulchellum j Chantini -—- H 
ra) 
ted 
\Fairrieanum — - 
We hope these crosses will succeed, for it will be interesting t compare 
the results, It rather opens a new problem in nomenclature. 
