THE ORCHID REVIEW. 135 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
EPIDENDRUM X BuRTONI. 
FURTHER examples of this handsome hybrid, whose history was given at 
page 73 of our March issue, were exhibited by F. M. Burton, Esq., at the 
meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society held on April 18th. Two racemes, 
the best, bearing twenty-eight flowers, were much like the original form, 
being shades of orange-scarlet. A third, called var. pallens, had the sepals 
and petals pale salmon-coloured and a light yellow lip, while a fourth may be 
described as deep rose, slightly inclining to purple, and may be called var. 
roseum. This was a particularly brilliant form, the raceme bearing thirty 
flowers, mostly expanded, of over 14 inches in diameter. Only one of the 
plants was shown, which had the advantage of being dwarfer than E. X 
O’Brienianum, one of the parents. The amount of variation is what might 
have been expected in a secondary hybrid, and there are other plants yet to 
flower. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM X SPECTABILE. 
This is a specific name selected for the beautiful hybrid between O. crispum 
and O. Harryanum, which has hitherto been known under the joint names 
of its two parents, O. X crispo-Harryanum, under which name it received 
a First-class Certificate at the last Temple Show, and was described at 
page 170 of our last volume. It is one of three seedlings with which 
M. Ch. Vuylsteke carried off the President's prize for new Odontoglossums 
at an exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society of Antwerp, held on 
April gth last. A second was var. vivicans, in which the markings were 
red-brown rather than violet-brown in shade. It is very beautiful, and 
other varieties will probably appear as more seedlings reach the flowering 
Stage. A seedling noted at page 259 of our last volume as derived from the 
reverse cross, will, of course, rank as a variety of O. X spectabile. 
PAPHIOPEDILUM X OLLENDORFFII. 
A flower of the hybrid bearing the above name is that sent by Herr G. 
Beyer, Orchid grower to Baron Ollendorf, Hamburg-Hamm, Germany. 
The parentage is P. X Harrisianum X P. hirsutissimum, and the 
being intermediate in shape, but most 
like the former parent in colour. The dorsal sepal is ovate, two inches 
long, and somewhat twisted, the colour very dark shining brown on the 
lower half, passing to green at the apex, and margined with white. The 
petals are 3 inches long, and the lip measures 2% inches, both much 
resembling the seed parent in colour. The staminode is roundish, with an 
oblong, deep olive-green tubercle in the centre. The dorsal sepal is rather 
small in proportion to the rest of the flower. It has received a First-class 
Certificate from the Hamburg-Altonare-Gartner-Verein. 
flower shows very well its origin, 
