174 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (JUNE, 1913. 
identical district (Gard. Chron., 1879, i. p. 342). This would suggest a 
position near the roof glass of the Cattleya house, where it would receive 
a maximum of light and heat. Owing to its climbing habit a raft forms a 
suitable receptacle to grow it on. Its flowers should appear during the 
autumn before resting, and its non-flowering may often be due to the fact 
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that the bulbs are not strong enough. The leaves are deciduous, and the 
plant requires a good dry rest during the winter months. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM GEORGIUS REX. 
THE annexed figure represent the handsome Odontoglossnm Georgius Rex, 
for which Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Haywards Heath, received an 
Fig. 32. ODONTOGLOSSUM GEORGIUS REx. 
Award of Merit at the recent R.H.S. Show at Chelsea, and is reproduced 
from a photograph kindly sent by the exhibitors. It is said to be a hybrid 
from O. Rolfeze crossed with some blotched O. Harryanum hybrid, but 
which one is uncertain. It bore a very fine inflorescence of magnificent 
flowers, whose shape is well shown in the figure, while the markings are 
dark claret colour ona white ground, slightly suffused with rose. The lip 
is good in shape and colour, and the hybrid is altogether a fine acquisition. 
