F. Fedde: Species novas in Gardener's Chronicle, 3. ser., XLII (1907). 355 



XC11. Species novas in Gardeners Chronicle, 3. ser., 

 XLII (1907), descriptas 



compilavit F. Fedde. 



66. X Odontoglossum Astarte (0. Harryanum 9X0. tripudians tf) 

 De B. Crawshay in Gard. Chron., 3. ser., XLII (1907), p. 42. 



This may be considered one of the least showy of the great O. 

 Harryanum family, but it is not always easy to see what future plants 

 of the same cross may be; its lip, at least, is a fime feature. 



A small plant, blooming with only two flowers for the first time, 

 does not fully indicate its final development. I raised it more for ex- 

 periment to see what parallel influence would be seen upon 0. crispum 

 and 0. Harryanum by crossing with 0. tripudians as the pollen parent. 

 It has appeared in the lip in a decided manner, as it does in the lips 

 of all forms of 0. X bellatulum. 



The sepals are brown, this colour being only broken by two bars 

 of jellow that do not extend to the edges, and by the tips, which are 

 also yellow. 



The pales are similarly coloured with the addition of some violet- 

 purple, shaded into the basal marks. The lip has a white ground, but 

 the lower two-thirds portion is hearily spotted with deep lilac, the yellow 

 around the crest being almost suppressed by it; the apex is white, with 

 a somewhat widened blade, as in 0. tripudians. The central keels are 

 elongated much more than is usual in 0. Harryanum hybrids, from the 

 influence of the similar character in the male parent. 



The column is cream-white, with very small lacerate wings, slightly 

 marked with brown. 



In form it is somewhat poor, the segments being rather narrow 

 and the petals standing forward at an angle of 35° to the plane of the 

 flower. 



67. Odontoglossum Astraea (X 0. Fascinator [nat. hybr.] $ X Wat- 

 tianum Crawshayanum cT) De B. Crawshay, 1. c, p. 42. 



This hybrid also has inferior form, but its colour scheme is most 

 pleasing. 



The greater influence in respect of colour comes from the female 

 parent; but in form the flower is more like 0. Lindleyanum, the female 

 parent once removed. I expected this, therefore am not disappointed, for 

 it proves what I have often stated, viz., that reversion to ancestors will 

 be in relation to the individual strength of those ancestors to impart 

 their characters upon their descendants. 



To explain these details without the aid of photographs or paintings, 

 I must state that the ground colour of the 0. X Fascinator I used was 

 creamy-yellow, with some rose in it; it was very lightly spotted in both 



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