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crystals. In general, if the character of one parent does occur in the 
hybrid, it is much less developed than in the parent. 
Sections of the leaves of thirteen.primary hybrids and their parents were 
exhibited, as follows :— 
2? PAREN 3 PARENT. HYBRID. | 
Cochlioda Neetzliana ‘{ Ada aurantiaca. Adioda St.-Fuscien. 
i x Miltonia vexillaria. Miltonioda Harwoodii. 
a = x Odontoglossum cordatum. Odontioda Craveniana. 
re Fe x O. Harryanum. Odontioda Charlesworthii. » 
» is x Oncidium incurvum. Oncidioda Charlesworthii. 
hg a x O. macranthum. Oncidioda Cooksoniz. 
Lelia cinnabarina xX Epidendrumprismatocarpum. _Epilzlia cinnacarpa. 
L. tenebrosa x E. prismatocarpum. _ Epilzelia bradfordiensis. 
Odontoglossum Edwardii x Cochlioda vulcanica. Odontioda Vulpecula, 
es Ps x O. Rossii. O. Antiope. 
O. Uroskinneri x Miltonia Schroederiana. Odontonia Langowoyi. 
em x O. Edwardii. Odm. Groganiz. 
Vanda teres x V. suavis. V. Maroniez. 
_ Also two secondary hybrids :— 
Odontioda. Chaslesworthii - x Odontoglossum Harryanum. Odontioda Brewit- 
Odontoglossum Uroskinneri x Odontioda Charlesworthii. Odontioda Irene. 
Mr. R. A. Rolfe, A.L.S., contributed further remarks, and showed leaves 
of the two Vanda species in illustration ; also leaves of green and tessellated 
species of Cypripedium, with those of hybrids resulting from intercrossing 
the two sections. 
We believe this to be a preliminary note of what may develop into a 
very interesting series. 
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OponTIODA MADELINE SUPERBA.—A flower of the handsome Odontioda 
Madeline superba, which received an Award of Merit from the Manchester 
Orchid Society on February ist, has been sent from the collection of Philip 
Smith, Esq., Haddon House, Ashton-on-Mersey, by Mr. E. W. Thompson. 
It is not only very handsome, but altogether ‘exceptional, so much so that 
some members of the Committee doubted whether it was really derived 
from Odontioda Charlesworthii and Odontoglossum crispum. It is most 
like O. Harryanum in size and texture, but the sepals and petals are 
copiously blotched with crimson-brown on a yellow ground, and the lip has 
the unmistakable shape and spotting at the base of hybrids of this species- 
The seedling is said to be seven years old, and was obtained from Mr. W- 
Shackleton, of Bradford, who says he is certain that the parentage is 
correct, and has other seedlings of the same batch. We do not see where 
the colour of the blotches could have come from but from O. Charles- 
worthii, but the influence of O. Harryanum seems to have almost over- 
powered O. crispum. It is a brilliant acquisition, and we hope to see 
flowers of other seedlings of the batch. 
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