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VoL. XV.] FEBRUARY, 1907. {[No. 170. 
DIES ORCHIDIANI. 
WeE have not yet obtained a “ scarlet’? Odontoglossum crispum, but 
another milestone on the road towards that goal of the hybridists’ ambition 
has been passed, for this popular Odontoglossum has now been united with 
the brilliant little Cochlioda Neetzliana, by Messrs, Charlesworth & Co., 
and the result was exhibited at the R.H.S. meeting held on January 8th, 
under the name of Odontioda Bradshawie, when the Orchid Committee 
marked their appreciation of its beauty by the award of a First-class 
Certificate. The plant bore a raceme of thirteen flowers, which are of a 
brilliant shade of ‘“ cinnabar-scarlet,” and fairly intermediate in size and 
shape between those of the two parents. If it can be again combined with 
one of the numerous blotched crispums—and there seems no reason why it 
should not be done—the result should be remarkable, as the flowers would 
naturally have more of the crispum size and shape. Messrs. Charlesworth 
must be congratulated on their brilliant acquisition, which rivals the original 
Odontioda Vuylstekez in beauty, and if it improves as much as did that at 
its second time of flowering, it will be a sight worth seeing. It is the fourth 
member of this brilliant little hybrid genus, which bids fair to occupy a 
very prominent position in our collections in the near future. 
The year is opening in a brilliant way for Odontoglossums, for we find 
a batch of seedling ‘‘ blotched crispums ” from Messrs. Linden described at 
page 27—-one of which, by the way, is figured at page 57 of the present. 
issue. Then we have the beautiful O. x Alice, raised by Messrs. Bull 
from O. Edwardii and O. X crispo-Harryanum (see p. 41, fig. 5), and three 
handsome things from M. Ch. Vuylsteke, two of which received Awards of 
Merit from the R.H.S. at its last meeting, while the third is figured at 
page 48, and as numerous others are rapidly approaching the flowering 
stage the records of progress are likely to be written large over the year’s 
doings. 
Speaking of Odontoglossum xX Alicez reminds me that it has received 
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