200 THE : ORCHID REVIEW. [JULY, 1923. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPO-SOLON VAR. CARMANIA. 
HE Odontoglossum genus has of late years been so much extended by 
the raising of numerous hybrids that there is now never a month 
without some plants being in flower. But, as every amateur knows, it is 
the spring of the year when Odontoglossums are seen at their best, and 
this is why the Chelsea Show affords such an excellent opportunity for 
viewing these plants in their fullest state of excellence. No matter which 
way the visitor cared to turn in the section devoted to Orchids he found in 
all the groups a most varied collection of species and hybrids, the last- 
mentioned considerably outnumbering the former. 
Blotched Odontoglossums have for many years been popular plants, and 
even at the present time there are many amateurs who make a point of 
searching out and criticising the special varieties staged at Chelsea. Taking 
into consideration the fact that the Orchid Committee awarded but one 
First-class Certificate to an Odontoglossum, and that to O. crispo-Solon 
var. Carmania, it may be truly said that this was the finest of its kind in 
the show. It was exhibited by Messrs. J. & A. McBean in their Gold Medal 
group. Our reproduced photograph shows the spike of four flowers, some- 
what reduced in size, but depicting all the fine qualities as regards the 
formation of the segments and their deep reddish-purple blotching on a 
rose-tinted ground. 
O. crispo-Solon is the result of crossing crispum with Solon, the latter 
being a hybrid between Adriane (crispum X Hunnewellianum) and arden- 
tissimum (crispum X Pescatorei). A minute examination of the flowers 
showed that all these three species were more or less represented. 
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Eria PANNEA.—Mr. H.N. Ridley states that this species is called in 
Malacca “ Poko Kura Kubong,” and the leaves and roots are boiled and the 
decoction used for bathing by the aborigines (Jakuns) in cases of shivering 
fever. It.is a common little plant, creeping on branches of trees often very 
high up. 
A TUTANKHAMEN OrcHIp.—With the multitude of varieties, both of 
species and hybrids, that have from time to time appeared, it is no light 
task for the owner of a new form to select a suitable varietal name that is 
not already in use in any particular section of a genus. At the recent Ghent 
Exhibition a pleasant surprise awaited the visitors in Odontoglossum Vulcan 
var. Tutankhamen, staged by Count Joseph de Hemptinne. Not only was ita 
noteworthy plant on account of the large flowers with their finely-formed 
segments, but each of the three sepals bore a comparatively immense colour 
blotch of pyramid-like form that suggested the Egyptian varietal name. 
