May, 1915.] 



'IF1I<: ORCIIII) VVORI.l). 



Ill iii.iiu' li\'l)ri(ls 111 which this species is a 

 parent quite an ordmary variety was used, 

 although the results achieved in the early 

 days were considerably prized. Better results 

 were obtained when finer varieties were used, 

 namely, those of the saturata type, in which 

 the labellum is almost covered witli crimson- 

 purple. In the variety known as Frau 

 Melanie Beyrodt, of which we give an 

 illustration, there is an excellent subject for 

 creating hybrids of the albida section, or, m 

 other words, flowers with white sepals and 

 petals and a coloured labellum. To maintain 

 these valued characteristics some care in the 

 selection of the other parent is needed, for if 

 flowers with purple coloured sepals and petals 

 are used the results will be very disappointing. 



One of the first successes obtained by the 

 use of this variety of Warscewiczii was C. 

 Hardyana alba, the sepals and petals being 

 either pure white or cream coloured, and 

 making a pleasing variation to the typical 

 forms of this natural as well as artificially 

 raised hybrid. 



Cattleya Enid alba is another fine result 

 produced by the use of this white Warsce- 

 wiczii and Mossiae Reineckiana, the orange- 

 yellow in the throat remaining as usual. 



In the case of L.-C. Britannia alba the other 

 parent is L.-C. Canhamiana alba (purpurata 

 X Mossiae), the results showing various 

 degrees of purple coloration of the labellum. 



As time goes on we shall obtain albida 

 flowers of many of the well-known hybrids of 

 Warscewiczii, and those built up with such 

 good things as Loddigesii alba and Dussel- 

 dorfei Undine cannot fail to be extremely 

 useful and attractive. 



Our reproduced photograph is of a plant 

 growing in 'the collection of Mr. Clement 

 Moore, Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.A. 



Cattleya Warscewiczii was discovered about 

 the year 1848, the first collection being lost 

 through an accident to the ship conveying the 

 plants down the river Magdalena, and it was 

 not until 1870, when Roezl re-discovered the 

 species, that it became plentiful in gardens. 

 The flowering season extends from July to 

 September, the spike being produced before 

 the resting season, 



NFW HYBRIDS. 



OdONTOGLOSSU.M AliKIEUM. -The result 

 of crossing Adrianie and illustrissimum. The 

 ])lant, which carried a spike of 12 flowers, 

 vecrixed an Award of Merit, Manchester 

 Orchid Society, March l(Sth, 1915, when 

 exhibited by Mr. Wm. Thompson. 



OnONTIODA MaNCUNL\. -The rc-sult of 

 crossing Oda. Bradshawia" and Odm. Rio 

 Tinto. Raised by Messrs. Sander and Sons. 



OnONTOGLOSSUM St. Eloi. -A pretty 

 addition to the Edwardii hybrids, the 

 parentage in this case being Thomi^sonianum 

 and percultum. Flower of reddish-brow^n 

 colour with yellowish tips to the segments. 

 Raised by Messrs. Sander and Sons. 



OnONTOGLOSSUM Nancv. — The result of 

 crossing Edwardii and excellens. Raised m 

 Mr. Pitt's collection, Rosslyn, Stamford Hill. 



Odontoglossum Panama. — The parents 

 of this pretty hybrid are Edwardii and 

 Adrianas. Raised by Mr. Thurgood, in the 

 Rosslyn collection, Stamford Hill. 



L.^:lio-Cattleya Prometheus. — This 

 hybrid is the result of crossing L.-C. 

 Gottoiana and L. Cowanii. 



L,-elio-C!attleya Yellow Bird. -A fine 

 addition to the yellow-flowering section has 

 been made by Messrs. Flory and Black, who 

 have produced this bright orange-yellow 

 flower by means of L.-C. Doris (harpophylla 

 X Trianae) and L.-C. G. S. Ball (cinnabarina x 

 Schroderaj). 



L.elio-Cattleya Panama. — This is the 

 result of crossing C. Parthenia " Prince of 

 Wales " and C. Trianae alba, yielding a 

 pleasing white flower. Raised by Messrs. 

 Flory and Black. 



OdONTIODA Nebula. — By using crispum 

 as a seed bearer and Odontioda chelseaensis 

 (C. vulcanica x O. crispum) as a pollen parent, 

 Messrs. Flory and Black have produced this 

 enlarged form of the Odontioda parent. 



CypripEDIUM Canopus. — A flower of this 

 new hybrid comes from the raiser, Mr. F. C. 

 Puddle, of Scampston Hall Gardens, Rilling- 

 ton. The parents are Psyche (niveum x 

 bellatulum) and Lawrenceanum, the dorsal 

 sepal being greenish and veined with 



