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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



Brasso-Cattleya with a L.-elia. 



B.-L.-C. Veitchii is the only recorded plant 

 of a Brasso-Cattleya combined with a Laelia. 

 It is the result of fertilising! L. purpurata with 



B. -C. Digbyano-Mossias, and was exhibited 

 by Messrs. Veitch at the Royal Horticultural 

 Society i.n 1907. It is the first recorded 

 instance of the proportion of Brassavola 

 Digbyana being reduced to a quarter share. 



Brasso-L.elia wit:i a Cattleya. 



The following six hybrids are the result of 

 crossing a Brasso-Laelia with a Cattleya spe- 

 cies. The combination reduces the proportion 

 of Brassavola Digbyana to a quarter share in 

 each case. It is interesting to note that in 

 four of these hybrids L^lia cinnabarina has 

 been used with the intention of producuiig a 

 rich colour. 



B.-L.-C. Agamedes, obtained by crossing 



C. labiata with B.-L. Mrs. Gratrix (cinna- 

 barina X Digibyana), was raised by Messrs. 

 Charlesworth and catalogued by them in i gog. 



B.-L.-C. Surprise (C. bicolor x B.-L. Dig- 

 byano-pur]Durata) was exhibited by Mr. 

 Walker at the! Royal Horticultural Society, 

 December, 1909. 



B.-L.-C. Fuerstenbergii is recorded and 

 figured in the Orchis, 1910, p. 57. It is the 

 result of crossing B.-L. Mrs. Gratrix with C. 

 Trianas. 



B.-L.-C. Thompsonii, a hybrid between C. 

 Gaskelliana and B.-L. Digbyano-purpurata 

 was catalogued by Messrs. Charlesworth in 

 1909. 



B.-L.-C. Fowleri prodluoes a large, good 

 shaped, reddish-orange flower. It was ob- 

 tained by crossing C. Schroderae with B.-L. 

 Mrs. Gratrix, and when exhibited by Mr. J. 

 Gurney Fowler at the Royal Horticultural 

 Society, April 30th, 1907, it received a First- 

 class Certificate. 



B.-L.-C. Cooksonii is a beautiful hybrid 

 with golden yellow flowers slightly suffused 

 with red, the result of crossing C. aurea 

 with B.-L- Mrs. Gratrix. It received an Award 



of Merit when exhibited at the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, February 9th, 1909. 



Brasso-Cattleya with a 

 L.elio-Cattleya. 



In the next five hybrids the theoretical 

 proportion of the species is the same, viz., 

 one-quarter Brassavola Digbyana, one-half 

 Cattleya. and one-quarter Lselia. 



B.-L.-C. Elatior was exhibited by Messrs. 

 Veitch in 1909. It is derived from L.-C. 

 Hippolyta X B.-C. Digbyano-Mossiae. 



B.-L.-C. Lutetia was exhibited in 1909. It 

 is one of Messrs. Charlesworth's hybrids 

 obtained by crossing L.-C. highburyensis with 

 B.-C. Mrs. Leemann. 



B.-L.-C. Triune (L.-C. Hyeana x B.-C. 

 Digbyano-Schroderas) was shown by Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart., in 1911. It pro- 

 duces a large flower of rosy-mauve colour with 

 a fringed lip marked with purple. 



B.-L.-C. Pink Beauty was exhibited by 

 Messrs. Veitch in 19 10. It is the result of 

 crossing L.-C. Hippolyta with B. C. Dig- 

 byano-Mossiae. 



B.-L.-C. Baron Henin was exhibited by 

 Mons. Firmin Lambeau at the Brussels 

 Horticultural Meeting, August 20th, 1911. 

 It was obtained by crossing L.-C. callis- 

 toglossa with B.-C. Mrs. Leemann. 



Brasso-L.elia with a L.^:lio-Cattleya. 



In the following four hybrids Brassavola 

 Digbyana is responsible for one fourtli, 

 Laelia one-half, and Cattleya one-quarter of 

 the parentage. 



B.-L.-C. King Emperor, obtained by cross- 

 ing B.-L. Digbyano-purpurata with L.-C. 

 Dominiana, the latter being a scarce hybrid 

 between L. purpurata and C. aurea, first 

 flowered in 191 1, and is described' in Vol. i, 

 p. 196, of this journal. 



B.-L.-C. Nereus is described in Vol. i, p. 

 223, of this journal. It was exhibited by 

 Messrs. Cypher in 191 1, the parents being 

 B.-L. Mrs. Gratrix and L.-C. Hyeana. 



