Some specific developments in the hybrid field are interesting enough to merit brief review.

A great deal has been done in the development of fine Phalaenopsis hybrids. They are not of great number but are of outstanding quality.

Gravel culture has been responsible for the growth of large round hybrid orchid Phalaenopsis of complicated parentage.

Phalaenopsis Altadena (P. La Canada x P. Psyche) and P. Winged Victory (P. Elizabethae x P. La Canada), by Orchid Research of California in 1946, are whites of extreme size, leathery texture, and round shape.

Phalaenopsis Reve Rose (P. Algers x P. Schilleriana), by Veitch in 1932, is capable of producing flowers of dusky rose, lacking the veining considered unattractive in the pink Schilleriana. Phalaenopsis Gilles Gratiot (P. amabilis x P. Rimestadiana), by Dr. Gratiot in 1920, is a primary hybrid found in the background of many later hybrids.

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