89 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (MARCH, 1903- 
LYCASTE x BALLI. 
THe annexed figure represents a beautiful little specimen of Lycaste X 
Balliz, bearing thirteen flowers, which was exhibited by Messrs. Charles- 
worth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, at the R.H.S. meeting on January 13th. 
last, as recorded at page 51. It isa remarkably floriferous plant, all the 
flowers being produced from a single pseudobulb. The plant was derived 
from a cross between L. Skinneri and L. plana Measuresiana, and was 
exhibited by G. Shorland Ball, Esq., Ashford, Wilmslow, at a meeting of 
Pic. 19. “LYCASTE =X Bartz. 
the Manchester Orchid Society on November roth, 1898, when it obtained 
a First-class Certificate, as recorded at page 371 of our sixth volume. The 
flowers are described as having rosy terra-cotta sepals, rosy petals fading 
into white at the tips, and a white lip irregularly spotted with carmine- 
We do not know whether it was raised by Mr. Ball, but other plants are 
in existence which are ascribed to the same parentage, and one of them is 
called a natural hybrid. We should like to know the precise history of 
the plant. 
