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16 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JANUARY, 1907. 
published the much debated genus Paphiopedilum, which has at length 
been adopted, though in a more restricted sense than at first proposed, 
for he also included the Tropical American species, but afterwards agreed 
to their separation. The deceased appeared to be in his usual health on his 
last visit to England, and his death is a great loss to Orchidology. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM ROSSII AND ITS HYBRIDS. 
OponTocLossum Rossii, with its variety rubescens, is one of the most 
interesting and beautiful of Orchids, not only for its dwarf habit and its 
many pretty flowers, forming a graceful collar round the plant, but because” 
it promises to be very useful for hybridising. It can evidently be used as 
the seed parent with both the Mexican and Colombian sections of the genus, | 
thus connecting types which two years ago were considered as very distinct 
from each other. q 
Odontoglossum xX Smithii (O. Rossii rubescens x Harryano-crispum); 
from Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., and O. x Fowlerianum (0. Rossit_ 
rubescens X cirrhosum), exhibited by Messrs. Sander and Sons, both very 
pretty, are known to every one, and the latter is a surprise in the unexpected 
brightness of its flowers. 
After such successful experiments we can be certain that other hybrids 
even more wonderful will follow, because O. Rossii bids fair to succeed 
when hybridised with the allied genera, Miltonia and others. The 
enormous seed-pods that. this species carries usually ripen after twelve or 
thirteen months, and the seeds rapidly germinate. 
The young seedlings are also very vigorous when grown in an Inter- 
mediate house, kept near the glass in a. sunny position. The hybrids of 
O. Rossii, like their parent, require a long rest, and during that time much 
less water is required. After two or three years most of the plants are 
strong enough to show their flowers. 
Every one interested in Orchid hybrids may find here an immense field | 
for experiment, as the work of hybridising this popular genus is still in its 
infancy. ». BOrEES | 
CyPRIPEDIUM GODEFROY LEUCOCHILUM.—We have a small plant of : 
Cypripedium Godefroy leucochilum (Hessle var.), but unfortunately it 
does not seem to make much progress. We grow it with the warm 4 
Cypripedes, and give it the same treatment as C. bellatulum and niveum. — 
Perhaps some readers of the Orchid Review might give their experience / 
with this plant ? 
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