192 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Sept,-Oct,, 1918, 
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aaa ODONTOGLOSSUM MACULATISSIMUM. [seices 
YBRIDS between the Mexican Odontoglossum maculatum and the 
Columbian species are still very few in number, and the first of the 
series, which is here represented, is a striking plant. It was raised by 
M. Ch. Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Ghent, and exhibited at the Ghent 
Quinquennial Show in April, tg08. The parents were O. maculatum and 
the form of O. armainvillierense known as ardentissimum, the name being 
Fig. 21. ODONTOGLOSSUM MACULATISSIMUM. 
given to indicate the origin. The hybrid bore a raceme of nine flowers, 
which show much of the influence of O. maculatum, particularly in the 
ample lip, the shape of the column, and in colour. The markings oD the 
sepals and petals may be described as dark bronzy brown, and on the 
former they extend so far as to nearly obliterate the light yellow ground 
colour. The lip is more white, with a large red-brown blotch in front © 
the yellow crest, and a few additional blotches near the undulate marg!™ 
It is a very interesting and striking hybrid, 
