128 THE ORCHID WORLD. 



Doris with its scarlet-red flowers has a 

 similarly coloured comiDanion in Sophro- 

 Laelia Psyche, a hybrid between L. cinna- 

 barina and S. grandiflora. Cattleyas of the 

 albino section are represented by many kinds, 

 the labiata albas being worthy of special 

 mention. As one would expect in such a 

 large collection there are numerous varieties 

 of Cymbidiums, Calanthes, and Coelogynes. 



Miltonioda Harwoodii is one of the most 

 remarkable of the recent additions, the 



crossing of Milton ia vexillaria with Cochlioda 

 Noezliana has resulted in a fairly large flower 

 effectively suffused with scarlet. 



The unabated interest which Mr. Kinleside 

 takes in horticulture generally is also visible 

 in the other glass-houses devoted to various 

 ornamental plants, orange trees laden with 

 ripe fruit, and numerous flowering plants. 

 At the formation of the Orchid Committee of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society, March 2Cth, 

 iSiSg, Mr. Kinleside was elected as a member. 



CATTLEYA SCHRODER/E. 



OF all the spring flowering Cattleyas 

 none is so delicate in colouring as 

 Cattleya Schroderae, so slight is the 

 blush tint on many of its varieties that one 

 might expect to find several pure albino 

 forms in every importation, but many Orchid 

 growers have found to their disappointment 

 that varieties with only the .slightest trace of 

 colour in the flowers have, when flowering the 

 followmg year, developed a perceptible purple 

 tint. The pure albino of this species probably 

 does not exist ; it is doubtful whether any of 

 the so-called Cattleya Schrodera? albas are 

 entirely devoid of purple pigment. 



The beautiful orange-yellow in the throat 

 of this species is a distinctive feature, and 

 more than one Orchid grower has enriched 

 his collection by the acquisition of varieties 

 possessing this special charm. The labeflum 

 is prettily crisped and coloured with a slightly 

 deeper rose tint than that of the sepals and 

 petals. Few Cattleyas are so delightfully 

 fragrant, and when a number are in flower 

 together the amount of perfume is remarkable. 



With a species possessing such distinctive 

 features and of comparatively easy culture it 

 is not surprising to find that much use has 

 been made of it by hybridists. When crossed 

 with a Cattleya species various results have 

 been obtained, the best known being Cattleya 

 Robert de Wavrin, in which Cattleya Schil- 

 leriana was the other parent. As may be 

 expected the labellum of this hybrid is par- 

 ticularly good, the sepals and petals usually 

 narrow. About eleven other Cattleya hybrids, 

 in which Cattleya Schroder^ has taken part. 



are known, the most remarkable being 

 Cattleya Zephyr, the result of using Cattleya 

 aurea. Anyone attempting to reproduce this 

 hybrid will encounter much difficulty in secur- 

 ing the two parents m flower at the same 

 period. But whatever the difficulties are the 

 results are almost certain to be good, and the 

 ra-iscr wild be fully rewarded in knowing that 

 he possesses seedlings likely to be of per- 

 manent rareness ; this is, surely, more than 

 can be said of many hybrids. 



Cattleya Schroderae when combined with a 

 a species has yielded many most useful 

 and beautiful hybrids. For several years the 

 princ:pal Orchid groups at the Temple Show 

 have always included a large selection of the 

 hybrid known as Laelio-Cattleya Fascinator 

 (L. purpurata x C. Schroderae) ; in fact, one 

 grower, realising the usefulness of the hybrid 

 for this purpose, has ra:sed a large number 

 of plants. The variation in the design and 

 coloration of the labellum is remarkable, 

 scarcely two being alike. 



In Laelio-Cattleya G. S. Ball (cinnabarina x 

 .Schroderae) we have another useful and deli- 

 cately coloured hybrid. The cinnabar pig- 

 ment of the Laelia parent combines with the 

 .soft colour of the Cattleya, in a very pleasing 

 manner, but, as in most of the cinnabar 

 hybrids, the shape is somewhat poor. It is 

 rather strange that no one has raised a hybrid 

 between L.-C. G. S. Ball and C. Schroderae, 

 the extra influence obtained by the second 

 use of C. Schroderje would make aji appre- 

 ciable difference in the form of the flower, 

 and, owing to the potent colour of the 



