132 THE ORCIIin WORLD. [March, 1914. 



Catlleya Drapsiana McBean's var. (aurea X Mrs. Pill). 



HYBRIDS OF CATTLEYA LODDIGESII. 



OWING to the widespread confusion 

 that has existed regarding the correct 

 determination of the two species C. 

 Loddigesii and C. Harrisoniana, it is now 

 practically impossible to separate the various 

 hybrids derived from both into their respec- 

 tive places. C. Loddigesii is the original, 

 while C. Harrisoniana, at first regarded as a 

 variety of it, is now considered a distinct 



species. Unfortunately, the names have not 

 always been correctly applied. In nearly 

 every collection one can find plants labelled 

 C. Harrisoniana that are in reality the true 

 C. Loddigesii ; and so it has been with the 

 recording of hybrids. 



In selecting flowers for the purpose of 

 hybridisation it is the usual custom to choose 

 those with wide, well-developed labellums. 



