44 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (FEBRUARY, 1912. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM DELHI. 
TuHIs is aremarkably handsome hybrid from the collection of ]. J]. Holden, 
Esq., Southport (gr. Mr. R. Johnson), which received a First-class Certifi- 
-cate from the Manchester Orchid Society on January r2th last. Its parents 
are Odontoglossum crispum augustum and O. eximium, and the annexed 
figure, from a photograph by Mr. F. W. Rolfe, shows that the best characters 
of its distinguished parents have been retained. The flower is of excellent 
shape, and the segments are very broad, while the prevailing colour may be 
described as rich claret-purple. The petals are well toothed, and have a 
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Fig. 8. OponToGLossuM DELHI. 
narrow white margin and apex, and three white lines at the base. The lip 
is well crisped, and the area round the crest is heavily blotched with purple, 
while the apex is white. The sepals are rather broader than the petals, 
but very similar in colour, except that the white margin is not quite 
so well defined. Mr. Johnson, in sending the flower (with another very 
handsome thing which will be dealt with next month), remarks that 
Orchids have done very well there this winter, there being plenty of flower 
in each department, and he attributes this largely to the preceding remark- 
ably fine summer. : 
It would be interesting to know what any. other seedlings from the 
same cross were like, for the great diversity among secondary hybrids 
