160 THE ORCHID REVIEW. _ [Juty-Aveusr, 1918, 
Ke ODONTOGLOSSUM_ SMITHII. ES 
HE hybrids of Odontoglossum Rossii with the Colombian Odonto- 
glossums form a very distinct and natural little group, and invariably 
show much of the influences of the Mexican species. O. Smithii, which is 
here figured, was the first of the series, and was raised by Messrs. 
Charlesworth & Co., the pollen parent being O. spectabile (crispum xX 
Harryanum). It flowered in December, 1905, and received a First-class 
Fig. 17. ObONToGLOssUM SMITHII. 
Certificate from the R.H.S. The plant is dwarf and compact in habit, and 
the flowers are borne in short spikes, and combine well the characters of 
the two parents. The colour is remarkable, the sepals and petals being 
greenish yellow, with a strong suffusion of violet-purple round the margins 
and at the apex, while the blotches are blackish purple. The front lobe of 
the lip is suffused with violet-purple, and there are a few dark blotches 
