FEBRUARY, 1912.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 45: 
from the same capsule has been frequently commented upon, and this 
reminds us that very similar results sometimes appear from diverse crosses, 
when the parents contain the same original species—perhaps in somewhat 
different proportions. The beautiful Odontoglossum egregium var. Madame 
Jules Hye de Crom (0.R., xvi. p. 209, fig. 27) may be cited as an 
example. Itis said to have been derived from O. Vuylstekei and O. armain- 
villierense, and thus may be described as made up of O. crispum, Pes- 
catorei, luteopurpureum and triumphans, in somewhat different proportions. 
One cannot say absolutely that nothing else is represented, owing to a 
little looseness in the original records, but at all events the composition 
of the two is very similar. In this case the shape is rather different, 
the petals less toothed, and the colour rather more bronzy, and extending 
almost to the margins and apex, while the details of the lip are some- 
what different. These are the phenomena which render the naming of 
secondary hybrids upon any uniform system so extremely difhcult, and 
not only justify, but even necessitate, their being named as florists’ flowers, 
which indeed they are, for the process of hybridisation and selection 
is the same in each case. Only the best forms are selected as parents, 
and the numerous inferior forms are discarded, and thus the progress 
is ever upward. How long it will be before the limit of improvement 
is reached no one can predict, but we have not nearly reached it yet. 
—— 
VANDA CHARLESWORTHII. 
ANOTHER plant of this handsome and striking natural hybrid has appeared 
among imported plants, in the establishment of M. Charles Maron, Brunoy, 
France, of which a flower has been sent for identification. It is fairly inter- 
mediate in general character between the two parent species, the sepals and 
petals being smaller and less membranous than those of V. coerulea, and 
beautifully tessellated with lilac-blue on a greyish ground, while the lip is 
smaller than in the latter, but similar in colour. This hybrid originally 
appeared in the establishment of Messrs. Charlesworth, Shuttleworth & Co., 
in an importation of V. coerulea, and was exhibited at a meeting at Man- 
chester, in 1894, being shortly afterwards described in these pages on a 
second plant flowering with Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. (il. pp. 182, 322)- 
Two or three other plants have since appeared in other establishments 
under similar circumstances. We strongly suspect that Vanda amoena may 
bea form of the same, for the resemblance to V. coerulea is great, and the 
other supposed parent, V. Roxburghii, grows far away. Two other natural 
hybrid Vandas have been described, namely, V. Moorei, from V. coerulea. 
and V. Kimballiana (O. R., Vv. P- 329), and V. confusa, supposed to be 
derived from V. ccerulescens and V. parviflora (O58 %:-p..290)- = 
