80 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Marcu, 1912. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM ARMAINVILLIERENSE VAR. JOHNSONII. 
THE annexed figure represents a flower of a very beautiful Odontoglossum 
from the collection of J. J. Holden, Esq., Southport, which received a 
First-class Certificate from the Manchester and North of England Orchid 
Society on November 16th last. The spike was again exhibited on 
January roth, after which part of it was sent to us by Mr. R. Johnson, 
after whom the variety is named. The parentage is said to be O. 
Pescatorei giganteum xX O.crispum Franz Masereel, and there‘is a marked 
resemblance to the latter in the arrangement of the markings, particularly 
in what has been termed the eye-brow like band near the upper and lower 
margin of the petals, as may be seen by comparison with the figure of the 
Fig. 13. ODONTOGLOSSUM ARMAINVILLIERENSE VAR. JOHNSONII. 
latter at page thirteen of our seventh volume. The colour is, however, 
much more purple, due to the influence of O. Pescatorei. It is a 
remarkably fine variety, the flower measuring over 3} inches from tip to tip 
of the petals, while all the segments are gcod in shape, and the breadth of 
the clear white margins, and the large white area of the front lobe of the lip, 
throws the purple markings upto great advantage. It is one of the finest 
varieties of O, armainvillierense that we have seen. The photograph here 
reproduced was taken by Mr. F. W. Rolfe, and shows the flower under 
natural size, while the dorsal sepal is somewhat foreshortened, owing to the 
flower having become alittle flaccid when the photograph was taken, and 
thus curved forward a little. 
