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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
[Xovember, 1912. 
D. macrophyllum grows freely m Java and 
the Molucca Islands, and is also found in New 
Guinea. A good illustration and description 
of this species appeared in the ORCHID 
World, Vol I., p. 268. 
D. spectabile grows to a height of two feet ; 
the flowers, with their twisted petals, vary in 
colour from creamy-yellow to golden-yellow, 
with crimson spots and markings; thelabellum 
is of somewhat lighter colour. 
D. Johnsonias has been known since the 
year 1882, and is in every way an elegant 
species. The terminal spikes bear large pure 
white flowers, the only colour being some 
purple markings in the throat and on the side 
lobes of the labellum. This species is well 
figured in " Reichenbachia," 2nd ser., ii. t. 61. 
D. Macfarlanei is synonymous. 
D. Phalaenopsis is a favourite species with 
all amateurs, the graceful flower spikes 
appearing during the summer and autumn 
months. The variety Schroederianum was 
imported by Messrs. Sander and Sons from 
North-east New Guinea, and is regarded as a 
geographical form of the original D. Phalas- 
nopsis of North Australia. The flowers vary 
in colour from pure white to deep purple The 
variety Statterianum was discovered growing 
on trees near the coast of New Guinea, and 
was introduced to this country in i88g. The 
flowers are of a deeper rosy-purple colour 
than other varieties. 
D. bigibbum is of somewhat dwarf habit, 
and produces racemes of rich rosy-purple, 
broad-pctaled flowers. The same stem will 
continue to produce these racemes for several 
successive years. The flowering season is late 
autumn and early winter. 
NEW HYBRIDS. 
L.ELIO - Cattleya LILACINA. — Laslia 
Latona (cinnabarina x purpurata) x Cattleya 
Pittiae (Schilleriana x Harrisoniana) are the 
parents of this new hybrid which has recently 
flowered in Mr. H. T. Pitt's collection, Rosslyn, 
Stamford Hill. 
BrASSO-CattlEYA PitTIAN a. — This hybrid 
between Cattleya Mrs. J. W. Whiteley 
(Bowringiana x Hardyana) and Brasso- 
Cattleya heatonensis (Digbyana x Hardyana) 
has been raised in the Rosslyn collection by 
Mr. Thurgood. The specimen exhibited at 
the Royal Horticultural Society, October 8th, 
1912, inherited the rosy-lilac colour and shape 
of C. Bowringiana to a marked degree. The 
labellum was slightly fringed. 
Brassocattl.elia Astarte. — Messrs. 
Sander and Sons have produced this elegant 
result by crossing Laslio-Cattleya Martinetii 
with Brassavola Digbyana. The large flower 
has sepals and petals of coppery-buif colour, 
the labellum fringed and of a rose tint. 
Cattleya Isis. — One of the finest iipped 
hybrids has been produced by crossing C. 
Ella (bicolor x gigas) with C. Hardyana. The 
flower combined all the good points of the 
three species involved. Raised by Messrs. 
Sander and Sons. 
NOMENCLATURE OF 
HYBRID. 
The Scientific Committee of the Royal 
Horticultural Society on October 8th con- 
sidered the question of the nomenclature of 
a hybrid Orchid referred to it by the Council. 
The alleged parentage was Cattleya Fabia 
alba x Cattleya Warscewiczii var. Frau 
Melanie Beyrodt, and the name suggested 
for the seedling was Cattleya Harrisiana. 
The Committee considered that this name 
transgressed the recommendations of the 
Vienna Botanical Congress regarding plant 
names in that it was too much like existing 
names in the same genus, thereby tending 
to confusion (e.g., Cattleya Harrisoniana and 
C. Harrisii) ; the name was, therefore, not 
tenable. Further, they thought that although 
Art. xii. of the rules of horticultural nomen- 
clature permitted the names of Latin form 
(with signs of hybridity) for such cross-bred 
plants as this, it would be more convenient if 
vernacular names were chosen, generall}' from 
the classics. In the instance under considera- 
tion, the Committee recommended that the 
exhibitor should be asked to choose such a 
name. 
