JUNE, 1913.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 175, 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CORADINEI. 
Ir is interesting to record that Odontoglossum Coradinei has been raised 
artificially, or at all events a hybrid from O. Lindleyanum x crispum 
which has long been the accepted parentage of this plant. The doubt lies 
in the difficulty in ascertaining the actual origin of O. Coradinei. This 
plant was originally described and figured by Reichenbach over forty years 
ago (Gard. Chron., 1872, p. 1068, fig. 251), as a beautiful thing—probably 
a hybrid between O. triumphans and some species of the group of O. 
odoratum. It was gathered by Messrs. Chesterton and Coradine, and was 
exhibited some time previously at a meeting of the R.H.S. by Messrs. 
James Veitch & Sons. The flowers were said to be sulphur yellow, with a 
large brown blotch on the lip, and one or two others on each of the sepals 
and petals. A plant with such a parentage could not then have appeared 
among QO. crispum, but there is the possibility that the origin was incorrectly 
interpreted. At all events, O. Lindleyanum and O. crispum ultimately 
became the accepted parents, and many natural hybrids showing the 
character of these two species are now known, though it must be admitted 
that they do not agree very well with the original figure. — They, however, 
differ greatly among themselves. The point may be cleared up when the 
Reichenbachian Herbarium is opened. Jt was in the hope of throwing 
light on this matter that, in June, 1997, I crossed O. Lindleyanum (a rather 
poor form being the only one available) with the pollen of an unblotched 
O. crispum, and the first of a small batch of seedlings has now flowered at 
Kew. The seedling is most like O. Lindleyanum in character, having a 
long column with narrow wings, a long-stalked, sharply reflexed narrow lip, 
with a solid brown blotch in front, and rather narrow yellow sepals and 
petals, with a few round brown spots. Of course the seedling is not yet 
fully developed, and it will be interesting to see what variations there are 
among the other seedlings. 
RITAIA HIMALIACA. 
A PLANT of this curious little Himalayan Orchid was recently received at 
Kew, and is now flowering. It was described by King and Pantling some 
years ago (Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc., viii. p. 156, t. 214) as a new genus. 
nearly allied to Appendicula, but differing in habit and in various structural 
details. It was dedicated to Mr. Rita, of the Khasia Commission, who had 
assisted the authors in their work. Ceratostylis himalaica, Hook. f. (Fl. 
Brit. Ind., v. p. 157; Hook. Ic. Plant., t. 2101) was cited as synonymous. 
A comparison of the plant, however, shows that it is a true Ceratostylis, 
and far removed from Appendicula. The plant forms a pendulous mass 
several inches long, the stems being somewhat branched, and bearing 
