62 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[December, 1914. 



pigment and the white ground. It has been 

 frequentl}- noticed that the brighter the 

 colour on the hibellum so much the whiter 

 do the otlier segments appear to the eye. 

 The variety bearnig the name Mrs. E. 

 Ashworth is stiU regarded as one of the finest 

 yet seen, altliough it is now some 20 years 

 since it was first exhibited. There is a par- 

 ticuhirly graceful style in the way the petals 

 arc arranged in bending form, while the 

 labellum is noted for the exxeptionally bright 

 magenta-purple veining. In the \ariet\' 

 bearing the name Daphne the violet-i)urple 

 on the labellum is surrounded by an unusually 

 broad white area, thus yielding a striking- 

 contrast. This variety was one of the gems 

 in the Bradshaw collection, as also was Pride 

 of Southgate, another distinct variety, now in 

 the possession of Mr. E. \'. Low, and 

 carrying three handsome blooms. 



A beautiful variety called La Vierge, once 

 in the celebrated collection of Mrs. Bnggs 

 Bury, has been in fine form this season, the 

 vividly-bright colour on the labellum being 

 surrounded by a white border. In this same 

 section are the two extra choice varieties, 

 known respectively as Louise and Princess 

 Helene. 



A very uncommon variation is to be seen in 

 the variety R. I. Measures, the snow-white 

 flower having the open part of the labellum 

 suffused with pmk. There is also a new and 

 very distinct form, named Lady Jellicoe, 

 which has pure white sepals and petals and 

 a light lavender coloured hp. The well- 

 known Amesiana and Gilmouna? are 

 represented by robust plants carrying 

 exceptionall}- strong flower spikes. 



Amongst the newer varieties of promise 

 mention may be made of Mrs. A. Ommund- 

 sen, with white sepals and petals, and another 

 known as Kromerae, which has the unusual 

 character of a bluish labellum. The variety 

 glauca is quite distinct by reason of the 

 peculiar bluish-grey tint suffused over the 

 whole flower ; this season it has carried a 

 spike of three large flowers. 



Although it is somewhat difficult to notice 

 all the various varieties, mention should be 

 made of W. R. Lee and Leeana, as well as 



reedleyensis and Lady Duff, all of which are 

 meritorious plants. 



One variety, however, styled .Sir John 

 French, deserving special mention is a newly- 

 imported plant, which, when it has been 

 ])roperly e.stablished, will undoubtedly prove 

 to be one of the finest varieties yet seen. At 

 jiresent it is flowering on a small and poorlj- 

 developed bulb, but the flower already gives 

 strong" evidence of what is likely to be seen 

 in future years. This is expected to prove a 

 rival to the renowned Gilmouriae. 



Many other albino species are cultivated, 

 and produce elegant flowers in their respec- 

 tive seasons. Of these mention can here be 

 made of C. Lueddemanniana Empress, the 

 finest alba variety of this species yet 

 flowered ; Mr. Ricliard Ashworth's variety of 

 C. Gaskelliana, and M. Lambeau's variety of 

 C. Mendelii, which has white sepals and 

 petals and a blui.sh labellum. Laelio-Cattleya 

 Decia alba is believed to be the only instance 

 of a L. Perrinii hybrid throwing an albino 

 flower, the sepals and petals being pure 

 white, the labellum rose-pink. The new 

 Cattleya Brenda (Dusseldorfei L'ndine x 

 Gaskelliana alba) is well represented. 



There are several good plants of the 

 distinct Lselia tenebrosa " Walton Grange 

 var.," and what is perhaps of still greater 

 interest a most promising batch of seedlings 

 between this and a specially selected form of 

 C. aurea. Judging by the bulbs made during 

 the past summer several of the seedlings will 

 flower during the next season. This hybrid 

 bears the name of L.-C. luminosa aurea, and 

 an illustration of a beautiful variety, derived 

 from similar parents, was included in our last 

 issue. 



While on the subject of albino Orchids, it 

 is of interest to note several strong plants 

 of the pure white variety of Dendrobium 

 Phalaenopsis, which find a suitable growing 

 place suspended from the roof of a Cattleya 

 liouse. This North Australian species is not 

 only very graceful in appearance, but forms 

 a good subject where cut flowers are required 

 for decorative purposes. At Vale Bridge a 

 large batch of robust plants has produced a 

 quantity of crimson-purple flowers. 



