D E N D R O B I U M IHYBRIDUM) MELANODISCU. S KM./.
Icones analitica;. Flos
a, bine T""'" '•T""' "" (Vt.) Ainsworthil,
Uie li t=r bemg the pollen plant. Tl,c last-named parent is itself a hybrid between D nobile and D 1 eterocarnum
may be sa.il to have the blood of three spceies, namely. D. Findlayanum, a nobile, and D heterocarnum ii it tT
herefore what may be termed a secondary hybrid. It has yellorvish. swollen, and e^stricted p ™ ^ i i.h em
and a half mches aeross, are „snai l, borne ,n fascicles of twos. The oblong obtn.se sepals are whitish with rose nnrnle
at the ,ps and s,des. The petals are much broader, white, with rose-pnrpie tips and s ightly wavy m ^ T ,e s.
rbreniar hp ,s creamy white, with a la,,e, dark red blotch, snrronnded by a eLspicnot I yeilow a o . r o n t „ pT s L ;
dtsc, whde there ,s a small, pale ros=-p„rpic stain on the front edge. The l . , n i.Veenisi.ll, it a "
rcddish-purpie aiuher.
Dendrobium (hyb.) mela
Marcii 9, 1889, p. 297 I
On a preceding: page (p. 21)
variety, and ive may now mention -
The parents of the present hybrid
Rchb. r., in Card. Chron., March 26, ,887, p, 4 1 4 I Rolfe, in Card. Cliron,,
we have an interesting example of a reversed hybrid, in Cypripcdium Lathamianum
LH equally interesting phase of the same phenomenon with regard to the present plant
hybr, was namrf by Prof. Reichenbaeh, D.ndrobinm (hyb.) chrysodiscns (Gard. Chron., Marci, p . ? , í
stngnlarly enongh ,t bears so little resemblance to D, melanodiscn, that L one withoit evidence f f í a 1 <1
a l in I T ; ™ s 7 , ' " r " " pid z largely ,„ he o^prmg so that D. melanodtseus bears a strong resemblance to D. Ainsworthii, while D ch.ysoili
f™,°".he° r ' 7 " "" • ' • - y - " - ' - Another cnrions character is dtat of f L 11«
ali from the same seed-pod, no two are ahke. Secondary hybrids are notorio.sly variable, and in this case we havL ,
very good example of this curions and interesting fact. tin. u s ^we have a
This brilliant production of Sir Trevor Lawrence will, we anticipate, bccome a great favonrite with love", of this
m.^n,Scent genns, most of vhich are easily grown, very showy, and Horifetons. Probably in the next ten yTr hyb
between speces and varieties of Dendroircs will be nearly as numerous as tirose of the no i r I
Too much encou„gen,.„t cannot be given to this fascinating occupation, the results of which confersrmuTnTea'sure
and also proht aIthottgh as Reiehe.baeh truly said, ..There are hybrids of very sordid colour,, still t r i Í t "
hem are beau ,f„l, and ali are .nteresBng. The method of culture pursued „Itl, the warm house Dendrobes will b
found to .u.t the s u b i « of our plate, and even a little extra care and attention from the iucty possessor of a goo pla
Of this fine hybrid \v:ll be amply rewarded. '
0.,r pbtt was taken from a plant in the collcc.ion of Sir Trevor Un-rrncc, linrt,, M.l'., Burford Lodge, Dorking,