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the Cool house, in a loamy compost. C. macrostachya was originally dis- 

 covered by Hartweg, in the Hacienda de la Laguna, Mexico, and described 

 in 1S42 (Lindl. in Bcnth. Pl.Hartw., p. 92). Living plants were also sent 

 to the Horticultural Society, one of which flowered in the collection in 

 1849, when Lindley remarked : " Received some years since from Mr. 

 Hartweg, who collected it in Guatemala; and also from Mr. Skinner. The 

 expectations respecting the ornamental appearanc e of this plant have not 

 been realised. It has been found in a wild state with a close flower-spike as 

 much as a foot long, and its blossoms are reported to be deep red ; but in 



with fig.). In 1853 it was figured in the Botanical Magazine (t. 4712), Sir 

 William Hooker then remarking:—" It is really a handsome plant, and well 

 worthy a place in every Orchideous collection, flowering in August, when 

 our fine spike was sent from the Belfast Garden by Mr. Ferguson, the able 

 Curator. The pseudobulb and foliage, the latter in perfection at a more 

 advanced period, were drawn from our own plant at Kew." It was also 

 well figured in the Revue Horticole in 1878 (p. 210, fig. 41, and plate). It is 

 a member of a small genus, and is very distinct from the two other species, 

 C. Baueriana and C. bella, in having rose-coloured flowers, with a white 

 lip. It is a very distinct Orchid, and a well-grown plant is certainly 

 effective. 



R. A. R. 



ZYGOCOLAX x VEITCHII. 



Those who remember a short article entitled " Hybrids in the Botanical 

 Magazine''' which appeared in these pages four years ago (O. A'., viii., 

 p. 263) will be interested to know that another hybrid is illustrated in the 

 last issue of the work mentioned, namely Zygocolax X Veitchii (t. 7980), 

 and what gives the plate an additional interest is that it contains also a 

 figure of a flower of each parent, thus presenting a very graphic record 

 of the plant's origin and characters. We may here summarise the very 

 interesting article by Mr. W. B. Hemsley :— 



Hybrid Orchids of reputed bigeneric origin are now not uncommon. 

 The first raised artificially was Phaiocalanthe irrorata, Rolfe, a cross 

 effected by Dominy between Phaius grandifolius and Calanthe vestita. 

 It was originally described by Reichenbach under the name of Phaius 

 irroratus, and a coloured figure appeared in the Floral Magazine (viii., 

 t. 426). This was a highly interesting achievement, both of the parents 

 having long been in cultivation, and the former was one of the earliest 

 of exotic Orchids cultivated in England. For many reasons Zygocolax X 

 Veitchii, Rolfe, deserves our attention and admiration. 



