AUGUST, 1922.] THE -ORCHID REVIEW. 235 
O DONTOGLOSSUM EURYDICE. 
|" has frequently been stated that an Odontoglossum to be considered 
meritorious should have broad sepals and petals, and in support of this 
opinion the majority of certificated varieties certainly possess this qualifi- 
cation. If, however, the flowers are considered froma purely decorative 
of y" 
, whe 
ODONTOGLOSSUM EURYDICE (CIRRHOSUM x HASTILABIUM). 
point of view, then it must be admitted that really graceful effects are often 
produced by varieties in which the segments are narrower. Consequently, 
the Award of Merit given to O. Eurydice when it flowered in 1906 was a 
reward that marked the creation of an attractive as well as a decorative 
hybrid. It is the result of crossing the Ecuadorean O. cirrhosum with the 
