﻿October, i 9 o 4 .] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



CYMBIDIUM x WINN IAN UM. 



There has long been a doubt about the parentage of Cymbidium X 

 Winnianum, and the question has at length been brought forward by 

 Mr. W. H. Young, Clare Lawn, East Sheen, in a recent issue of the 

 Gardeners' Magazine, in a paper on Hybrid Cymbidiums. He alludes to 

 C, X Winnianum as " one whose parents, in my (and others) opinion 



the collection of Mr. Charles Winn, of Selly Hill, Birmingham, reputedly 



Fig. 45. Cymbidium X Winnianum. 



others, which, on comparison, have proved identical, have been flowered 

 and named, though in their case the parents are different. C. Holmesii was 

 raised by Mr. W. Holmes, of Timperley, from C. Mastersianum and C. 

 giganteum ; and the other, said to be the reverse cross, named C. Mantinii, 

 was raised by Mr. G. Mantin, in France. Mr. Holmes kindly sent me a 

 spike from his plant, and on comparing it with our C. Winnianum, in 

 flower at the same time, could detect no difference, and therefore I conclude 

 that a hybrid from C. giganteum and eburneum has yet to appear. The 

 plants produce long, narrow leaves from medium-sized spherical bulbs, 



