364 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [DECEMBER, 1922. 
varieties of O. crispum, including Magnum Bonum, a very round flower, 
but one that requires careful growing to get good results, also O. crispum 
solum, with its distinctive blotching, O. crispum Snowball, named in 
allusion to its round white flowers, and the variety Windsor, a beautiful 
form with much spotting on a white ground. An older variety, yet still one 
of the best, is Seraphim, and there are two peculiarly marked ones called 
Lady Jane and Oakfield Sunrise. Two fine yellow flowers are to be seen 
in O. crispum Laburnum, appropiately named, and O. crispum aureum. O. 
Pescatorei Virginia is a pleasing variety distinctly marked with purple spots. 
To be considered of out-standing merit to-day an Odontoglossum must 
be something more than a pretty flower with a few spots in irregular 
positions. A glance at the illustration of O. St. George, Ralli’s variety, 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM BLACK KNIGHT. 
will show that the Orchid Committee ot the Royal Horticultural Society 
gave it a First-class Certificate on account of the excellent formation of the 
segments and the decisive blotches of rich crimson-purple colour. In 
O. Aphrodite var. Mrs. T. Zarifi, the segments are unusually round and 
almost covered with a bright lilac rose tint, the border line of the same 
colour greatly adding to the pleasing effect, while the yellow crest on the 
labellum is the finishing touch. A few Odontoglossums are noted for the 
blackness of their blotching, and quite a little colony of them has been 
formed. The distinguishing names are very suggestive, and include Black 
Knight, Sambo (eximium x Black Prince), Dinah and Negro, as well as 
Uncle Tom and Pierrot 
