I20 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [ApRIL, 1906 
ODONTOGLOSSUM x STEWARTIANUM. 
A FLOWER and photograph ofa very beautiful hybrid Odontog lossum has 
been sent to us from the collection of Robert Stewart, 
q., of Glasgow, 
and the latter is reproduced in the annexed figure. Mr. Stewart writes :— 
“‘The seed-bearing plant, Odontoglossum xX Andersonianum magnificum, 
was fertilised in June, 1900, with pollen of O. crispum heliotropium. The 
seed was sown on July 26th, rgor, but germination did not take place very 
readily, with the result that only three or four plants were ultimately sa 
There were seven buds on the spike of the seediing, but only four were 
Fig. 14. OpdontoGLtossum xX STEWARTIANUM. 
allowed to develop. It flowered March 1st, 1906.” It will be seen that 
the hybrid has retained a good deal of the characteristic Andersonianum 
shape, but the segments are broader than in most forms of that hybrid. 
The ground colour is cream white, prettily suffused with rosy purple, and 
the blotches, which < : 
half of the sepals and 
rer large and regularly disposed on the lo 
etals, are warm red-brown, while a couple of othe 
appear on the rather broad lip, in front of the crest. - The flower is most 
rable with a good O. x Andersonianum Ruckerianum. It is a bright 
y attractive hybrid, and is speci lly interesting as a secondary hy brid 
of known origin in the O. x Andersonianum group. It may be remembe red 
