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that O. Hallii was one parent, as the characters of that species come out 
strongly, both in habit and in the details of the flower. But it is equally 
certain that O. crispum is out of the question, for it does not grow anywhere 
near this district, and if it did the resulting hybrid would be much nearer 
that called O. X Wilckeanum. O. X Marriottianum, however, has stellate 
flowers with acuminate sepals and petals, which are whitish yellow spotted 
with purple, and a yellow crest to the lip streaked with purple. Although 
I have not seen this plant, I believe that O. cirrhosum was the other parent, 
for this alone of the Ecuadorean hybrids would account for the characters 
given. It would appear that the characters of O. Hallii predominate. 
In 1882 the plant which is now known in gardens as Odontoglossum X 
elegans appeared in the collection of H. M. Pollett, Esq., Fernside, 
Bickley. It received a First-class Certificate from the Royal Horticultural 
Society on May 8th, 1882, the plant then bearing four racemes and an 
aggregate of fifty-four flowers. About a year later it was described by 
Reichenbach as O. X elegans Mr. Pollett’s variety. The author pointed 
out how it differed from the original type, and indicated its affinity with O. 
Hallii, which I believe arises from its different parentage. It was purchased 
by Mr. Pollett as O. Hallii. There can be no doubt that this well-known 
plant is descended from O. cirrhosum and O. Hallii. 
In 1883 Reichenbach also described a hybrid under the name of 
Odontoglossum X Victor, stating that it had appeared in 1868 with M. J. 
Linden, who had received it from Wallis, and that it had not been seen 
again until this period, when it re-appeared with Mr. W. Bull, of Chelsea. 
He pointed out its affinity to O. X Marriottianum, and so far as I can tell 
from the description it is probably descended from the same two species. 
Odontoglossum elegans Sander’s variety is a large form with smaller 
spots, which appeared with Messrs. F. Sander & Co., and received an Award 
of Merit from the Royal Horticultural Society on March 27th, 1894. It is 
much nearer to O. cirrhosum than to the other parent, which was 
probably O. Hallii. 
The following are the references to scisecnee and figures of this 
hybrid :— 
Odontoglossum X Marriottianum, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1881, i., p. 
168; Veitch Man. Orch., i., p. 75. 
O. X Victor, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1883, 1., Pp- 532: 
O. x elegans Mr. Pollett’s variety, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1883, i., pp. 
720, 721, fig. 118. O. X elegans, T. Moore in Orchid Album, iii., t. 111 ; 
The Garden, xxvi., p- 276, t. 459; Veitch Man. Orch., i. pp. 72, 73, with 
fig.; Pollett Cat. Fernside Coll., 1891, p. 8, n- 178, t. 7; fig. 244; Pollett l.c., 
1893, p. 7, n. 94, t. 4, fig. Loo. 
O. X elegans Sander’s variety, Gard. Chron., 1894, i., pp- 409, 441, fig. 55. 
15. ODONTOGLOSSUM X CRISTATO-HALLU.—This hybrid is only known 
