42 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (Mar.-APRIL, 1920+ 
the Odentoglossum, both, however, being somewhat modified, and 
altogether it represents a very distinct break, which it may be anticipated 
will be carried further, for the flowers will probably prove fertile, as in the 
case of its allies. We need add nothing as to the shape of the flowers, but 
as regards colour we may remark that the prevailing tint is violet-blue, 
shading off to a lilac margin, while there are a few light-coloured spots on 
the sepals and petals, and some radiating lines and a yellow spiny crest on 
the lip. There is a special interest in hybrids of this type, because of the 
possibility of obtaining a race of plants withthe Odontoglossum character 
yet better adapted to a warmer climate, for there are many localities, 
particularly in the United States, where the summer temperature is too 
warm for Odontoglossums. Altogether it is a very remarkable plant, and 
future developments will be awaited with interest. 
ODONTOGLOSSUMS FROM EXETER.—Several interesting and beautiful 
Orchids are sent from the collection of Mrs. J. J. Neale, Oxton, Kenton, near 
Exeter (gr. Mr. E. Swinden). A flower of Miltonia Bleuana is from a well- 
grown plant, producing twelve flowers from a single bulb, there being 
spikes of five, four, and three flowers, producing a fine effect. A fine spray 
of Odontocidium Edwardatum (Odm. Edwardii X Onc. serratum) shows a 
curious combination of the characters of two very distinct parents, the shape 
being most like that of the Oncidium, while the colour is dark maroon- 
purple, with lilac tips to the petals, and a prominent yellow crest to the lip. 
Both the lip and column most recall the Oncidium parent. Thereis a 
charming form of Odontoglossum armainvillierense, good in shape, and very 
regularly blotched with ruby purple, and the O. Pescatorei character is, as _ 
usual, very prominent in thelip andcolumn. A fine five-bloomed spike of 
what is called a yellow Odontoglossum Rossii belongs to O. Humeanum, 
the natural hybrid with O. maculatum, whose history was exhaustively given 
in our last volume (pp. 4-6, 41). A beautifully-marked form of Cypri- 
pedium Helen II., and flowers of Cymbidium Garnet and C. Seamew, 
complete a varied and interesting series. 
After the above was in type, came a ten-flowered spike of a very beauti- 
ful blotched Odontoglsssum crispum, which Mr. Swinden remarks is quite 
the best they have flowered up to now. The parents were two blotched 
crispums, but the varieties are unknown. The flowers are large and of 
good shape, covered with large claret-red blotches on a white ground, 
slightly suffused with rose, and the petals distinctly toothed. From its 
characters we should suggest the presence of O. Wilckeanum in its ancestry. 
A good form of O. eximium, has heavily blotched sepals, a zone of purple 
spots on the petals, and much of the O. Pescatorei character in the lip and 
column-rings. There arealso flowers of O. sceptrum, Hunnewellianum, 
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