﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



[April, 1904. 



acum, nobilius, giganteum. and Cooksonianum. D. X Ainsworthii is also 

 represented by several beautiful varieties, varying from white to rosy purple, 

 with the usual dark disc. Other good things are D. Wardianum, a very 

 line D. ochreatum, the richly-coloured D. X Socius, D. X Cybele, D. X 

 melanodiscus, D. X Juno, and D. X Pirene, the whole forming a very 

 charming little group. Lastly may be mentioned a new hybrid : — 



Dendrobium X Nanxy, derived from D. aureum X Curtisii, and having 

 nearly white segments, with a large somewhat feathered purple disc to the lip. 

 It has rather complex parentage, for D. X Curtisii itself was derived 

 from D. aureum X Cassiope, and D. X Cassiope from D. moniliforme X 



Several interesting Orchids are sent from the collection of J. E. Wanner, 

 Esq., Camden Wood, Chislehurst, by Mr. Robbins. Odontoglossum X 

 mulus Bockett's var. is a very tine form of th i hybrid between O. luteopur- 

 pureum and O. gloriosum. A form of O. X Denisonse, of the Wilckeanum 

 type, is remarkable for having the inner halves of the lateral sepals enlarge 

 and fimbriated, like the margin of the lip, and Mr. Robbins states that 

 every flower on the spike comes the same year by year. A pretty spotted 

 O. crispum has the markings regularly distributed over the segments, and 

 there is a strong suspicion that it may not be a pure crispum. 



Six seedlings, from the same capsule, of what wc take to be Paphio- 

 pedilum X Menelik (Calypso X Boxallii) are also sent, and all of them 

 show a great preponderance of the Boxalli character. The history has 

 already been given (vol. x., p. 124 ; xi., p. 92). Lastly may be mentioned : — 



PAPHtoPEDiLUM X Robbinsii (P. X Godseffianum (Jupiter) ? X 

 Calypso 3 ), sent, together with a flower of each of its parents. It is a 

 pretty novelty, most like the former, but the segments rather shorter, the 

 apex of the petals broader, and more shining brown, while the base of the 

 latter and of the dorsal sepal is closely spotted with brown, these characters 

 being derived from the pollen parent. It shows its origin very clearly. 



A flower of the handsome Odontoglossum X ardentissimum Cooksona; 

 from the collection of N. C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, to 

 which a First-class Certificate was given by the R.H.S. on March 22nd. is 

 sent by Mr. Chapman. It is remarkable for the very copious rich purple 

 blotching. 



A very richly coloured form of Paphiopedilum X Chapmanii is sen 

 from the collection of O. O. Wrigley, Esq., Bridge Hall, Bury. Mr. Rogers 

 remarks that it was obtained from a cross between P. Curtisii and P. bella- 

 tulum album, and he is at a loss to understand why there is no evidence of 

 the albino parentage. Judging from what is now know n of such cases, we 

 think that the crossing of albinos and coloured forms together should be 

 avoided. 



