208 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (JULY, 1907. 
Ca:LOGYNE PANDURATA.—The extraordinary colouring of the flowers of 
this fine Orchid always commands admiration. It is now growing apace, 
and should be kept well supplied with water. When new roots are being ; 
emitted is the season when potting should be done. This is another Orchid — 
that seems to me to require frequent propagation, in fact I know that good — 
results can be obtained that way, and the plants kept in comparatively — 
small pots. The stock is also quickly increased. After the plant has 
flowered the new growth soon emits collar roots, and that is the best time 
to propagate. Cut it off with one or two bulbs, work out as many as pos- 
sible of the roots attached to the severed bulb or bulbs, potting up the 
leading part and the back part. separately. My experience has been that 
the leading part, when relieved of the back bulbs, grows much stronger, 
and the back part soon makes a new lead, and in a year or two is quite 
gocd plant. The quarters afforded should be the hottest and shadiest pa 
of the stove, where they can be freely syringed, and the compost as given 
for Cattleyas will be very suitable. 
HYBRID ODONTOGLOSSUMS, 
Mons. Boppe’s remarks in the June issue, at p. 1g0 need areply. He ~ 
omits to put the date of my statement regarding success in raising blotched — 
crispums. When I wrote that, in last November, in my paper upo 
“ Hybrid Odontoglossa”’ (R.H.S. Genetics Conference Report), there had been 
very little success published or was even privately available, but since then” 
there have been several additional important links in the chain of evidence, — 
and I am more than pleased to see that such advances have been made. 
Very fine forms have been shown at the R.H.S. Temple Show by Messrs 
Charlesworth, Linden, and Sander since that date, and I look forward to 
seeing many more, and, I hope, even finer forms, as such an excellent start — 
leads one to hope for such a result. 
Time will give Mons. Boppe the reply he asks for respecting seedling 
spotted Odontoglossum nobile, and as to success herein, it will only be in 
the hands of very few fortunate raisers, for good spotted O. c. nobiles are 
rare. Mons. Boppe evidently has tried to raise spotted forms of it, and it 
would be exceedingly interesting if he will tell us how many he did raise, 
and give us all particulars. 
If, as I understand him, he tried to raise them, and only bloomed w 
ones, he has his own proof that the spotting is not that of a true speci 
otherwise it would reproduce itself from seed. 
Where the colour of the blotched ones comes from is equall 
answered, as in crispums. I will ask Mons. Boppe a question: 
‘ ble to 
should we assume that they are true species ?”’ I hope he will be @ 
reply to this. DE B. Ceawse 
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