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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
NEW PLANTS. 
Erasso-La-lio-Cattleyu Nereus (B.-L. Mrs. 
Gratrix x L.-C. Hyeana). — A long bulbed 
hybrid with fairly large flowers of a reddish- 
salmon colour, the lip being rosy-purple with 
an orange throat veined with purple. Ex- 
hibited by Messrs. Cypher and Sons, Chelten- 
ham, at the Temple Show, May 23rd, 191 1. 
Odontoglossum Sappho [Fletchenanum 
(Edwardii x cirrhosum) x crispum]. — This 
hybrid, which was exhibited at the Temple 
.Show by ]Mons. H. Graire, St. Fuscien, 
Amiens, France, carried a spike of 18 rather 
starry flowers almost covered with rosy- 
purple blotches, the tips of the segments 
being light-rose, the crest conspicuous and 
yellow. 
Erasso-Cattleya Abekenii (Digbyano-gigas 
X Luddemaniana). — An elegant and large 
flowered hybrid, resembling in form the latter 
parent. The sepals and petals are a soft 
rosy-purple colour, the lip large, fringed, and 
with the broad throat golden-yellow veined 
with purple. Exhibited by Messrs. Charles- 
worth and Co., at the Temple Show, and 
named in honour of Gustave H. Miiller 
Abeken, Esq., The Hague, Holland. 
Odontioda Papilio Gattonensis [C. Noez- 
liana x O. Warnhamensis (Hallii x Fesca- 
torei)]. — A prettily marked hybrid with the 
rich, red colour broken up into blotches and 
spots, possibly through the Hallii influence. 
The lip is streaked with colour at the apex, 
and the crest is particularly conspicuous. 
Exhibited at the Temple Show by Sir 
Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H. 
Coelogyne Burfordiense (asperata x pan- 
durata). — A very remarkable hybrid with a 
general resemblance to C. pandurata. The 
plant carried a spike of eight greenish-yellow 
flowers, the lip being marked with blackish 
ipots and blotches. Exhibited by Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Burford, .Surrey, at 
the Temple Show, May 23rd, igii. 
Ljelio-Cattleya Cowanii (L. cinnabrosa x 
C. Mossi.'E). — A large golden-yellow flower 
tinged with a bronzy hue, the hp being broad 
and rosy-purple in colour. Exhibited by the 
Liverpool Orchid Nursery Co., Liverpool, at 
the meeting of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, June 6th, igii. 
Oncidioda Cybele (Oncidium sarcodes x 
Ccchlioda Noezliana). — A very interesting 
bi-generic hybrid with a branching spike of 
21 scarlet flowers, the red colour on the lip 
being broken up and showing the yellow 
ground colour. Raised, and exhibited by 
Messrs. Charlesvvorth and Co., at the Royal 
Horticultural Society, June 6th, 191 1, when it 
received an Award of Merit. 
La?lio-Cattleya Farrantia (L. purpurata x 
J^.-C. Pallas). — A fairly large flower of a 
deep-rose colour, with a claret-purple coloured 
lip, the throat being veined v/ith purple. 
Exhibited by Francis Wellesley, Esq., West- 
field, Woking, at the Royal Horticultural 
Society, June 6th, 191 1. 
Laelio-Cattleya Fascmator-Mossiae. — An 
elegant hybrid with white sepals and petals, 
the latter splashed with purple at the tips, 
the lip being saturated with violet-purple, and 
the throat yellow, slightly veined. Exhibited 
by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., at the meet- 
ing of the Royal Horticultural Society held 
on June 6th, 191 1. 
Laelio-Cattleya purpurata Rex (L. pur- 
purata X L.-C. Canhamiana Rexj. — A fine 
hybrid of striking appearance. The sepals 
and petals are pure-white, the lip being violet- 
purple and lined with dark purple Exhibited 
by Messrs. .Sander and .Sons, St. Albans, at 
the Royal Horticultural Society, June 6th, 
191 1. 
Laelio-Cattleya Hector (L.-C. Martinetti x 
C. Dowiana). — The flower of this hybrid 
measures /h inches from tip to tip of the 
petals, is of a reddish magenta-purple colour, 
the lip prettily crisped and of a rich purple 
colour veined with dark crimson. It has been 
raised and flowered in the collection of 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill, N. 
