THE ORCHID REVIEW. . 275 
SOBRALIA XANTHOLEUCA, WIGAN'S VARIETY. 
A very charming variety of Sobralia xantholeuca which has flowered in 
the collection of Sir Frederick Wigan, Clare Lawn, East Sheen, has received 
the above name. A flower sent by Mr. W. H. Young, who has charge of 
the Orchids, shows the sepals and petals to be of a nearly creamy white 
shade with a little suffusion of pale primrose, though when young they are 
very slightly flushed with light blush pink. The throat of the lip is bright 
canary yellow, and the front lobe creamy white, at first suffused with light 
pink blush, but afterwards with light yellow. The light blush tint is most 
distinct in the young flower. In every other respect the plant agrees with 
typical S. xantholeuca. We have seen a similar form from the collection of 
the late G. Hardy, Esq., Timperley, Cheshire. It is a very beautiful 
variety. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
CyPRIPEDIUM X EXCELLENS. 
At the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, held on August r4th 
last, an Award of Merit was given to a superb hybrid from the collection 
of Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester, which had 
been obtained from C. Rothschildianum ? and C. x Harrisianum gf. It was 
exhibited under the name of C. x excelsior. That name, however, belongs 
to a hybrid between C. Druryi ? and C. Spicerianum 7, from the collection 
of M, Jules Hye, and we therefore propose the name C. x excellens for the 
present one. Mr. Statter has kindly forwarded the flower, which is superb. 
The dorsal sepal is exactly ovate, two and a quarter inches broad, light 
greenish yellow, closely striped with twenty-seven deep purple-brown lines, 
The petals arch downwards, and are four inches long by three-quarters 
of an inch broad, beautifully ciliate, and densely spotted along the nerves, 
the colours being the same as in the dorsal sepal. The lip is two and five- 
eight inches long, by three-quarters of an inch broad, and, as well as the 
obovate pubescent staminode, of a reddish purple shade. It is as fine as 
C. x Morganize, but more richly coloured, and is certainly a magnificent 
thing. 
CATTLEYA X ATLANTA. 
A particularly interesting hybrid was exhibited by Messrs. James Veitch 
and Sons at the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on August r4th 
last, under the above name. Its parents are Cattleya Leopoldi $ and C. 
Warscewiczii 2. It bore a striking general resemblance to Lzlio-cattleya x 
elegans, except that the front lobe of the lip had the brilliant colour of the 
pollen parent. It bore only a single flower, and received no award, but this 
jn no way shows its merit. Both parents bear numerous flowers, which 
