Cymbidium 



THE V-SHAPED BLOTCH OF 

 CYMBIDIUM LOWIANUM. 



IX the typical form of Cymbidium 

 Lowianum the sepals and petals are 

 greenish-yellow, with reddish veins, 

 while the lip is light buff-yellow, with a large 

 V-shaped blotch of dark red-crimson on the 

 front lobe. In the variety concolor this red- 

 crimson blotch on the lip is entirely absent, 

 leaving the apical area clear yellow. 

 Hybridists have made considerable use of 

 this concolor variet)-, but with varying results, 

 in some seedlings the characteristic blotch 

 is inherited, while in others it remains 

 suppressed. 



Additional information on this matter, 

 obtained from some recent results achieved 

 in Mr. G. Hamilton-Smith's collection, Leigh 

 Woods, Bristol, is given by his grower, Mr. A. 

 Coningsby, who writes: — "I am sending a 

 flower of a new Cymbidium, which we propose 

 calling C. Vega. The parentage is C. Low- 

 grinum (Lowianum x tigrinum) x Lowianum 

 concolor, so it is made up of three parts 

 Lowianum and one of tigrinum. The lip has 

 the bold \'-shaped blotch, which is not present 

 in either the variet\- of Lowgrinum we used, 

 or the Lowianum concolor. 



" Another plant flowering for the first time 

 is C. Pauwelsii (Lowianum concolor x insigne), 

 and I send a flower of it because it also has 

 the V-shaped blotch on tlie lip, just as in C. 



Lowianum. 



Vega. These two hybrids seem to prove that 

 when the concolor variety of C. Lowianum is 

 h} bridised with any flower having colour in 

 the lip the resulting hybrids always possess 

 the V-shaped blotch, and in precisely the same 

 manner as if the tj'pical form of Lowianum 

 were used." 



Sale of the Marlfield Collection. 

 — The entire collection of Orchids formed 

 by the late Mr. Richd. le Doux, of Marlfield, 

 \\ est Derby, Liverpool, was sold b}' auction 

 by Messrs. Protheroe and Morris on Wednes- 

 day, February i6th, igi6. 



On the whole, it must be considered a 

 satisfactory sale, as the plants offered were in 

 many cases onh- very small duplicates. A 

 total amount of about i^i,ooo was realised, 

 the following being some of the best prices : 



Cattleya Countess of Derby, 8 gns. ; C. 

 Trianse alba var. Snowflake, 6 gns. ; C. labiata 

 var. Richd. le Doux, 6 gns. ; Odontoglossum 

 Charlesworthii, 5 gns. ; O. percultum, 8 gns. ; 

 O. Richd. le Doux, 8 gns.; O. Mrs. Edith 

 Carlisle, 23 gns. ; O. Countess of Sefton, 

 25 gns. ; O. Lady Pirrie, 24 gns. ; O. crispum 

 xanthotes, 5^ gns. ; O. Princess of Pless, 

 14 gns. ; O. Mrs. Phoebe Fletcher, 23 gns. ; 

 Brasso-Cattleya Dietrichiana, 23 gns. ; Cypri- 

 pedium }^Ioonbeam, one growth and a break, 

 9 gns. ; C. Gaston Bulteel var. King 

 Edward VII., 6 gns. ; C. Royal George, 

 three growths, g gns. 



