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Cypripedium Sihyl superhum. 



Cypripedium Sibyl superbum — 

 This very distinct and attractive Cypri- 

 pedium received an Award of Merit at 

 the Royal Horticuhural Society when 

 exhibited by Mrs. N. C. Cookson, 

 November 7th, igii. The parentage 

 was then recorded as Francisi^ x Fair- 

 rieanum, the former being a hybrid 

 between callosum and Curtisii, and of 

 which a similar plant was exhibited b)' 

 Mr. G. H. Goulten on January i6th, 

 1894, under the name Cyp. Goulteni- 

 anum. The correct nomenclature 

 should therefore be Cypripedium Sibyl 

 superbum (Goultenianum x Fair- 

 rieanum). In the reproduced photo- 

 graph, which has been taken by Mr H, 

 J. Chapman, the characteristics of all 

 three species can be plainly seen. The 

 large white dorsal is tinged with rose 

 and striped from the green base with 

 purple. The petals, drooping as m 

 Fairrieanum, are densely spotted with 

 dark purple. 



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Reversion. — An interesting in- 

 florescence of a hybrid resulting from 

 L^elia Latona x Laelio-Cattleya Ophir 

 has been sent by Mr. F. W. Thurgood, 

 Orchid grower to H. T. Pitt, Esq. The 

 inner whorl of one flower is composed 

 of three petals, and it may be considered 

 a reversion to the primitive form of an 

 Orchid. Another flower shows reduction 

 from a trimerous to a dimerous condition, 

 there being a dorsal and a ventral sepal and 

 two lateral petals. From a decorative point 

 of view, the canary-yellow colour of the 

 flowers is certainly of value. 



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Sophro-L.elia grangefieldensis (S. 



GRANDIFLORA x L. JONGHEANA). — This 

 interesting plant seems to have been first 

 recorded in a list which was sent out by 

 Messrs. Keeling, in October, 1905. It will 

 always be a scarce hybrid for, apart from the 



well-known fact that most Sophronitis crosses 

 are hard to raise, Lselia Jongheana is by no 

 means an easy plant to cultivate. It has been 

 seen growing very well m a warm Odonto- 

 glossum house, and we may suggest that its 

 hybrids, especially S.-L. grangefieldensis, will 

 grow best m a temperature slightly cooler 

 than that usually maintained for Cattleyas 

 and Laelias. At a recent meeting of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society a good example 

 of this hybrid was exhibited from the collec- 

 tion of Frank Lloyd, Esq., Coombe House, 

 Croydon, where it had been grown by Mr. E. 

 Mills. The conspicuous ridges on the label- 

 lum of Lselia Jongheana were also clearly 

 visible in the hybrid. 



