TP ORD REVIEW: 
Vox. XIV.] FEBRUARY, 1906. {No. 158. 
DIES ORCHIDIANI. 
“‘ Serps of choice Odontoglossums at one penny a packet,” did you say ? 
Not just yet! but such a thing seems hardly impossible, judging by the 
rapid progress which is being made in raising these beautiful plants from 
seed. Mr. Crawshay has just written an enthusiastic article on the subject, 
in which he remarks that ‘the future of Odontoglossums lies in the hands 
of hybridists.” I think so too, but there is one observation that puzzles me 
alittle. He remarks :—‘It is amusing to see those who hold quantities 
of very valuable plants attempting to destroy their value by producing 
them artificially.” And he speaks of prices ranging from £168 to £1,500» 
the latter sum being ‘ commonly spoken of and said to have been paid” 
for one marvellous form of O. crispum. But we cannot all add such plants 
to our collections. Perhaps in the halcyon days that are coming we shall 
be able to purchase them for less, and even regard the story as a “‘ passing 
glimpse into a legendary world.” 
We are indeed lutionising Od gl culture, and the remark- 
able O. x Smithii figured at page 9 only served to emphasise the rapid 
progress made during last year, as summarised on an earlier page. We 
have now succeeded in uniting the Colombian and Mexican Odonto- 
glossums, and both with the violet-purple O. Edwardii, besides blending 
with the first-named the brilliant orange-scarlet Cochlioda Noetzliana and 
the very distinct Miltonia Warscewiczii. When they are still further inter- 
mixed, and a few other allied genera thrown in—for this is clearly possible 
—some remarkable producti may be i d. And it is but a few 
years ago that we were discussing the SO Ae of ever being able to raise 
seedling Od in our collecti Such progress must tend to 
popularise ‘ieee beautiful plants, for it is rapidly bringing choice forms 
within the reach of every Orchid grower, and we may regard the change 
with unmixed satisfaction. 
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