THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[May, 191 5. 



Cattleya IVarscewiczii oar. Frau Melanie Beyrodt. 



CATTLEYA WARSCEWICZII. 



IN the early days of hybridisation no great 

 importance was attached to the varieties 

 of parents used, the mere production of 

 a hybrid quite satisfied the ambition of both 

 raiser and subsequent owner ; but in course of 

 time the desire to produce something finer 

 caused better parents to be used, and so the 

 standard gradually rose until what appeared 



to be the limit of variation was reached, 

 rendering further progress extremely slow. 

 I,ittle wonder then that the hybridists turned 

 their attention to some of the distinct and 

 rarer albino varieties of the popular species, 

 with the hope that some, at least, of the results 

 would carry forward their special charms, 

 more especially that of perpetuating the 

 :ilbino characteristic in the resulting progeny. 

 Take, for example, Cattleya Warscewiczii. 



