202 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
DENDROBIUM xX LUTWYCHEAN UM. 
Tuts is a very fine hybrid Dendrobium which has flowered in the collection 
of S. G. Lutwyche, Esq., of Eden Park, Beckenham, Kent. It was derived 
from D. Wardianum ? and D. x splendidissimum grandiflorum 2, and the 
flower has the general shape of the former. It measures nearly three and 
a half inches in diameter across the petals, these organs being over an inch 
broad and the lip still broader. On first opening it was distinctly yellowish 
(doubtless owing to the influence of D. aureum in the hybrid parents), after- 
wards changing to nearly white, the petals having small rosy purple tips. The 
sepals are a little inrolled at the margins, and the dorsal sepal has a slight 
flush of pink near the base. The lip has a very large dark maroon blotch 
with slightly feathered margin, the remainder being palest primrose-white 
slightly flushed with pink at the tip. The plant approaches D. nobile in 
habit, and is five years old, but has only produced a single flower at present, 
but should develop into a very fine thing, as the flower is large, of good 
shape and great substance, as would naturally be expected from its 
distinguished parentage. ; 
MASDEVALLIA X ASMODIA. 
This is the pretty little hybrid for which Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, 
of Chelsea, received an Award of Merit from the Royal Horticultural 
Society on June 12th last. It was obtained from M. x Chelsoni crossed 
with the pollen of M. Reichenbachiana, and thus three species are involved 
in its parentage. In shape it most resembles the pollen parent, and is of 
about the same size, while the colour is a peculiar reddish purple, with 
slightly darker veins and some dull yellow in the throat. The sepaline tube 
is half an inch long, the lateral sepals an inch longer, while the curved 
slender tails measure two inches. The limb of the dorsal sepals arches 
over and is about a quarter as long as the lateral ones. The plant is now 
four years old, and the leaves range from three to six inches long. It isa 
very attractive little plant, the colour of the flower being of a very distinct 
and pleasing shade. It is apparently the first secondary hybrid in the 
genus. 
Disa X LANGLEYENSIS. 
This very charming hybrid was raised by Mr. Seden in the establishment 
of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, and received an Award of Merit from 
the Royal Horticultural Society on May 8th, as already recorded at p. 186. 
It was obtained by crossing Disa racemosa with the pollen of D. tripe- 
taloides and also from the reverse cross, the two being practically identical, 
both in shape and colour, as is shown by specimens kindly sent by Messrs. 
