THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM x ADRIANS VICTORIA-REGINA. 

 At the Royal Horticultural Society's Meeting held at the Drill Hall, 

 Westminster, on April 8th last, a magnificent variety of Odontoglossum X 

 Adrianse was exhibited from the collection of Baron Sir H. Schroder, The 

 Dell, Egham, under the name of O. X A. memoria Victoria- Regina, to 

 which a First-class Certificate was given, as recorded at page 144. One 

 of the flowers was photographed by Mr. G. I' Anson, of Bush Hill Park, 

 and from a copy kindly sent by him the annexed illustration has been 

 prepared. The photograph shows its remarkable character better than the 

 longest description, and we need only add that the ground colour is white, 



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Fig. 35. Odontoglossum x Adrians Victoria-Regina. 



and the markings dark purple. The shape is excellent, and owing to its 

 colour, and the number and arrangement of the blotches, it must rank 

 as one of the finest varieties of this beautiful Odontoglossum yet known. 

 O. X Adrianse orginally appeared in cultivation in the spring of 1897, in 

 the establishment of Messrs. L. Linden & Co., at Moortebeek, and quite 

 unexpectedly, in an importation of O. crispum, being at once recognised 

 as a natural hybrid between that species and O. Hunnewellianum. It 

 is now fairly common in cultivation, and proves to be remarkably variable, 

 both in colour and markings. Its history was given at pp. 179, 180 of our 

 sixth volume. 



