58 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [FEBRUARY, 1903. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
ODONTOGLOssUM X BRADSHAWI£.—This is a very beautiful hybrid 
between Odontoglossum Harryanum and O. x Andersonianum, which was 
exhibited by J. Bradshaw, Esq,, The Grange, Southgate, at a meeting of 
the R.H.S. held on January 27th last, and gained a First-class Certificate. 
It was raised on the Continent and flowered some time ago, when it was 
purchased by Mr. Bradshaw. Since then it has made a very strong bulb, 
which has now produced a noble inflorescence. A flower kindly sent by 
Mr. Bradshaw measures 44 inches from the tip of the dorsal to the tip of 
the lateral sepals, which organs measure from 8 to 9 lines broad. The 
petals are rather shorter and more acuminate than the sepals, but other- 
wise very similar, and the lip is an inch broad, by 14 inches long, with a 
very short abruptly acuminate apex. The colour is bright yellow, tinged 
with rose on the back of the sepals, and very slightly so also at the front. 
The markings are confined to the lower two-thirds of the sepals and 
petals, and take the form of numerous red-brown blotches, which are more 
or less confluent in groups, and arranged somewhat in a zone on the 
petals. On the lower half of the lip the spots are much smaller and very 
numerous. In general shape the flower most resembles O. Harryanum, 
and there is a certain resemblance to O. x spectabile, but the arrangement 
of the markings, and a slight twist at the apex of the lateral sepals shows 
the influence of O. gloriosum. It is a very beautiful hybrid, and the 
segments are broader than might have been expected. 
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PAPHIOPEDILUM X PERSEPHONE.—This is a distinct and pretty 
hybrid sent from the collection of Reginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, 
Liverpool. It was purchased as a seedling with the record “‘ Lathamianum 
X exul,” and appears to be correct, for the petals, lip, and staminode show 
an unmistakable resemblance to the latter species, while the dorsal sepal 
is enlarged, green at the base, with some dark purple-brown spots in the 
centre, and the upper part white. There are also a few dark purple- 
brown spots at the base of the petals. 
L#LIO-CATTLEYA. X MARICA.—Mr. Young also sends a flower of 
Lelio-cattleya X Marica (Lelia cinnabarina x Cattleya amethystoglossa) 
as an example of another hybrid in which the cinnabar colour is 
obliterated. It has retained largely the characteristic cinnabarina shape, 
but the narrow sepals and petals are light purple in colour, and the 
lower half of the lip nearly white, while the front lobe and tips of the 
side lobes are very dark purple. 
