226 THE WOODLANDS ORCHIDS 



Odontoglots. It was commonly assumed until a few years 

 ago that the genus would not bear fruitful seed in Europe. 

 This notion proves to be ill-founded happily, but to obtain 

 good seed is still very difficult, and to rear the young plants 

 more difficult still. Crispo-Harryanum was raised by M. 

 Chas. Vuylsteke near Ghent. The flowers show the influence 

 of either parent in colour and shape ; the petals, which 

 in Harryanum refuse to expand, are almost as flat as in 

 crispum. 



Humeanum. — We may confidently assume that this is a 

 natural hybrid of Od. Rossii and Od. cordatum. The 

 former parent is so handsome that he has begotten a very 

 pretty progeny, though the mother is so plain — sepals 

 primrose, closely spotted with brown, petals and lip white, 

 the former similarly spotted at the base. 



Tripudians oculatum. — A rare and beautiful variety of an 

 interesting species. Very much larger than the common 

 form ; sepals of a lively brown, with yellow tips, petals 

 yellow, mottled with brown ; lip white, with violet spots 

 above, a large blot below. 



Platycheilum. — One of the oddest and rarest Odonto- 

 glots. Sepals and petals white, with a few brown dots at 

 the base ; lip large and widespread, pink, spotted with 

 crimson. 



Baphicanthum. — A valuable hybrid of Od. crispum and 

 Od. odoratum or Od. gloriosum, as internal evidence 

 suggests. All primrose of ground colour, but the sepals 

 and petals are thickly dotted with red-brown. 



S chiller ianum. — Exceedingly rare. Pale yellow ; sepals 

 and petals spotted with chestnut. The lip has one large 

 chestnut splash in the centre. 



Murrellianum. — Probably a natural hybrid of Od. 

 Pescatorei and Od. naevium. White tinged with violet, 

 sepals and petals spotted with purple. 



