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PHAIUS (HYBRIDUS) AMABILIS O'Brien. 



A hybrid derived from Phaius grandifolius crossed with the pollen of P. tuberculosus, and, as might be expected, nearly allied to Ph. Marthae. The 

 flowers, however, are a little larger, the sepals and petals more decidedly pink in front, and the lip rather broader, rounder, and more heavily blotched and 

 marbled with reddish-brown. As in the case of Phaius Marthae, it well combines the characters of the two parent species, those of P. grandifolius being 

 the most marked in the general habit of the plant, while in the details of the flower the influence of the pollen parent is most apparent. 



PHAIUS (hybridus) AMABILIS, O'Brien, Gard. Chron., 1893, i., pp. 206, 226, 228, 336, fig. 32 ; Orchid Review, I., pp. 87, 96, 127. 



This very beautiful hybrid was raised by Mr. Seden, in the establishment of Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, and 

 received a First-class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society on February 14, 1893, on the occasion of its flowering for the first time. Imme- 

 diately afterwards the same hybrid, raised by Mr. Maynard in the establishment of Messrs. F. Sander & Co., opened its flowers at St. Albans, and was 

 shown before the next meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, which took place a month later, viz., on March 14th. It has the vigorous constitution 

 of the mother plant, with the better-shaped flowers of P. tuberculosus, a species which has proved very troublesome to cultivators to grow really well. 

 From the results of experiments already made it is evident that the crossing of the Asiatic species with the more beautiful Madagascar ones will in time 

 yield a race of hybrids of great value as decorative plants, easily grown, of convenient size, and with very beautiful flowers, all of which characters are 

 essential in a good garden plant. R. A. R. 



PHAIUS (HYBRIDUS) MARTHA sand. 



A hybrid derived from P. Blumei, crossed with the pollen of P. tuberculosus, Blume, which well combines the characters of the parent species. It is 

 considerably dwarfer than P. Blumei, which it otherwise resembles in habit, and produces a raceme of several large and handsome flowers, with a general 

 resemblance to those of P. tuberculosus in shape. The sepals and petals are broad and somewhat spreading, nankeen yellow suffused with light pink in 

 front, and yellowish white at the back. The lip is broad and well expanded in front, with the margin elegantly undulated. The ground colour is darker 

 than that of the sepals and petals, and variously spotted and blotched with brownish red, while in the centre of the disc is a light yellow, oblong blotch. The 

 spur is very short and broad, approaching that of the pollen parent, whose influence decidedly preponderates throughout the flower. 



PHAIUS (hybridus) MARTHA, Sand., Gard. Chron., 1894, i., p. 343 ; Orchid Review, II., p. 127 ; Journ. of Hort, 1894, 1, p. 219, fig. 36. 



This very handsome hybrid was raised in the establishment of Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, by Mr. Maynard, and flowered for the first time 

 during March last. It was exhibited at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on the 13th of that month, when it received a First-class Certificate. 

 It is the third hybrid in whose parentage the beautiful Phaius tuberculosus has participated, that species being the pollen parent in each case. First came 

 P. x Cooksoni, raised from P. Wallichii in the collection of Norman C. Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne, then P. x amabilis, raised from P. 

 grandifolius by Mr. Seden, and also by Mr. Maynard at the St. Albans establishment, and now the present one, and it is a noteworthy fact that each has 

 received a First-class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society. The flowers of the present beautiful hybrid are lighter than those of P. X Cooksoni, 

 and the lip more decidedly spotted and marbled with red. It is very beautiful, as will be apparent from the annexed plate. R. A. R. 



Our analytical drawings represent the lip, column, seen from the front 

 and side, and pollinia. 



Our analytical drawings represent the lip, column, seen from the front 

 and side, and pollinia. 



In the beautiful race of garden hybrids with Phaius tuberculosus, to which both the fine plants now figured belong, we 

 have always kept one object in view, and that has been to eliminate any weak character found in either of the species 

 used, and to place the greatest amount of floral beauty on a sturdy plant of neat habit. In both cases we may congratu- 

 late ourselves on a remarkable degree of success, the known delicate constitution of Phaius tuberculosus being changed to 

 strength in the progeny, while much of its beauty of flower has been retained. The taller habit and larger growth of 

 both P. grandifolius and P. Blumei, so objectionable to some, does not appear in the hybrids, which are of neat habit, 

 although the graceful and ornamental character of their foliage is reproduced. It was rather a singular coincidence that 

 two hybrids of precisely the same parentage should have been raised in two establishments contemporaneously. This 

 happened with P. amabilis, and Messrs. Veitch & Sons had the advantage of us, as their plant was shown before the 

 Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society a few days only before our plant flowered, ours being exhibited on 

 March 14th, 1894. 



The second figure on our plate, Phaius (hybridus) Marthae, Sand., very clearly shows the influence of the variety 



