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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[September, iqib. 



tion ; the lip resembles the upper portion of a 

 cockleshell m figure, is most delicately stained, 

 and when held to a lamp exhibits a glittering 

 transparency of texture for which other 

 Orchidaceous flowers are so remarkable ; 

 while, perhaps, the most pleasing part of all is 

 the splendidly mottled tubercles at the base of 

 the lip, vv'hich, viewed from the side, or almost 

 any position, are in the highest degree 

 beautiful, though, as if to attest the fugitive- 

 ness of physical beauty, these are the first to 

 fade." 



SALE OF MR. ZIBA WARD'S 

 COLLECTION. 



ONE of the earliest and most enthusiastic 

 members of the Manchester Orchid 

 Society was lost by the death of Mr. 

 Ziba A. Ward, which took place July 4th, only 

 eight days before the sale of his entire collec- 

 tion, which had been arranged owing to 

 continued ill-health . Messrs. Protheroe and 

 Morris conducted the sale at Northenden, 

 Cheshire, the following being the most 

 interesting figures; — 



Odontoglossum amabile var. Confidence, 

 7 gns. ; O. amabile var. La Belle, 4I gns. ; 

 O. ardentissimum var. Norman, gns. ; O. 

 amabile var. His Majesty, 20 gns. ; O. 

 cnspum var. Z. A. Ward, 15 gns. ; O. amabile 

 var. Monarch, 5 gns. ; O. cnspum Lucianii, 

 14 gns. ; O. amabile Georgius, 5^ gns. ; O. 

 amabile var. Amethyst, 10 gns. ; O. cnspum 

 var. George, 13 gns.; O. Jasper, 11 gns.; O. 

 Queen Alexandra, 7 gns.; O. Beauty, g gns. ; 

 O. Wardii, 6^ gns. ; O. Pescatorei, two good 

 varieties, 6 gns.; O. Wilckeanum var. Mrs. 

 Ward, 5 gns. ; O. crispum var. White Queen, 

 5^ g'^s- ■> O. crispum var. The Bulgar, 7 gns. ; 

 O. Purple Queen, 5 gns. ; O. Rouge Dragon, 

 4 gns. ; O. amabile var. Oxo, 10 gns. ; O. 

 Dreadnought, 6 gns. ; and O. crispo- 

 Harryanum var. Ne Plus Ultra, 6 gns. 



Cypripedium Dreadnought, 4 gns. ; C. 

 Waterloo, 4.I gns. ; C. Actasus Bianca, 12 

 gns. ; C. Royal George, 36 gns. ; C. 

 Alcibiades Illustre, 14 gns. ; and Cattleya 

 Venus var. Rev. J. Crombleholme, 12 gns. 



L/ELIO-CATTLEYA MOMUS. 



THE attention at one time given to the 

 production of large flowers generally 

 brought about successful results, but 

 these were almost invariably deficient m the 

 matter of compactness of the segments, the 

 flowers were wmgy and hardly of the model 

 type desired. Looking back on past results, 

 it cannot be said that C. Mossias has done 

 much in the production of hybrids with flatly 

 displayed petals, neither has C. aurea, nor 

 even the large C. Warscewiczii, yet all have 

 yielded results that may be considered 

 excellent in other respects. 



In L.-C. Momus we have a hybrid 

 produced by crossing L.-C. rubens (L. pumfla 

 X C. Hardyana) with C. Octave Doin (C. 

 Mendelii x C. aurea), and of these component 

 species the Laslia pumila is mainly responsible 

 for the model shape of this fine hybrid. 



The general habit of the plant partakes 

 much of the dwarf style of L. pumila, and 

 more closely resembles it m the manner by 

 which the flower bud is produced without a 

 sheath, the only protection in this respect 

 being a small bract-like organ. 



The sepals and petals are rose-purple, with 

 an obscure yellowish under-tint, derived from 

 C. aurea, and veined with purple. The 

 labellum inherits the characteristic yellow 

 area on the inner part of the side lobes of C. 

 Warscewiczii, while the golden veining in the 

 throat IS due to C. Mendelii and C. aurea, this 

 latter species also being responsible for the 

 glowing crimson-red tints of the massive front 

 lobe. Although L. pumila has its good 

 points, there remains the unfavourable one 

 that it rarely produces more than a single 

 flower, hence the solitary flower on L.-C. 

 Momus. 



A First-class Certificate was unanimously 

 granted to L.-C. Momus when exhibited by 

 the raisers, Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., at 

 the Royal Horticultural Society, July i8th, 

 igi6, since when it has passed into the rich 

 collection of Mr. Wm. Lee, of Plumpton Hall, 

 Heywood, Lanes, whose houses contain some 

 of the finest hybrids which have been 

 produced in recent years. 



