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THE @ROUMID REVIEW 
Vou. XX OCTOBER, 1912. [No. 238. 
- OUR NOTE BOOK. 
THE flowering of a hybrid between Oncidium macranthum and Cochlioda 
Neetzliana, under the name of Oncidioda Cooksoniz, as recorded at page 
272, iS an interesting event, and it will be very curious to see what the plant 
develops into when it becomes strong. We may assume that the in- 
florescence will be more or less twining in character, but one wonders 
whether it will extend to several yards in length, and have to be trained 
round and round the plant on stakes, as is often seen in the Oncidium 
parent. We have no Oncidium of this class with crimson flowers, and as 
those of the hybrid are necessarily considerably reduced in size it will be 
interesting to see if it can again be crossed with the Oncidium. 
Hybridists seem to provide us with a constant series of surprises, and 
any meeting of the R.H.S. may produce some interesting novelty. At the 
last meeting there was a very striking hybrid between Odontoglossum 
Rossii rubescens and O. Queen Alexandra, under the name of O. 
Woodroffee, which gained a First-class Certificate. It had much of 
the character of O. Smithii, another fine O. Rossii hybrid, and will form 
a charming companion for it. There was also a beautiful hybrid between 
O. crispum and O, apterum, called O. Neptune, in which the characters 
of the two parents had combined well, gaining for the plant an Award 
of Merit; while a similar award went, to Odontioda Margarita, derived 
from the very distinct Mexican Odontoglossum madrense and Cochlioda 
Neetzliana, and this was remarkable in having a light orange blotch at the 
base of each segment. The two latter were from M. Henri Graire, of St. 
Fuscien, who has already given us several very interesting novelties. 
At the previous meeting there was a surprise of another kind, in the 
shape of a fine new Dendrobium from the Philippines, which gained a First- 
class Certificate. It was briefly described under the name of D. Schuetzei, 
Rolfe, last year (O.R., xix. p. 224);"when imported by Messrs. Sander, but 
now it has flowered with them, and promises to be a striking acquisition. 
Its dwarf habit and large white flowers recall D. formosum rather than D. 
