THE ORCHID REVIEW. {ApPRIL, IQII- 
ODONTIODA SENSATION. 
A FLOWER of a very handsome Odontioda has been sent to us by M. Ch. 
Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Ghent, which has been kindly photographed by 
Mr. C. P. Raffill, and is reproduced natural size in the annexed figure. In 
answer to an enquiry as to its name and parentage, M. Vuylsteke replied: 
“Tt is a cross between Odontioda Vuylstekee and a highly spotted 
Odontoglossum crispum.” This makes it a variety o‘ Odontioda Sensation 
(C.R., xvill., p. 171), which was exhibited at the Brussels International 
Exhibition about a year ago, and was recorded as a remarkable hybrid from 
Odontioda Vuylstekee and Odontoglossum crispum, with the flower 
24 inches across, and most like the latter, the colour being white, with a 
cinnabar-red blotch on each segment, and a bright yellow crest. | Whether 
Fig. 11. ODONTIODA SENSATION. 
it is out of the same capsule is not stated. It is of fine shape, and the 
colour and markings are very handsome. The ground colour is white, with 
a yellowish tinge, this being most marked in a zone surrounding the central 
blotch of the sepals and petals, beyond which it shades off into light violet 
rose. The markings may almost be described as light cherry-red, much 
darker on the base of the lip, with the usual yellow markings on the crest. 
The details are well shown in the photograph, and need not be further 
described. The column wings are broad, and slightly denticulate. 
M. Vuylsteke writes that he has now Odontiodas of the third generation, 
and must be congratulated on his continued success. 
