240 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Aveust, r996, 
HYBRID ODONTOGLOSSUMS. 
THE annexed figures represent eight very beautiful Hybrid Odontoglossums 
which were exhibited by M. Ch. Vuylsteke at the last Temple Show, and 
are reproduced from photographs, taken by Mr. C. P. Raffill, of flowers 
given to us by M. Vuylsteke. The figures represent the flowers as nearly 
as possible half natural size, and as they were taken on isochromatic 
Fig. 28. O: X ARDENTISSIMUM Fig. 29. O. X FORMOSUM 
AR. APOLLO. VAR. } 
Fig. 30. O. xX ARDENTISSIMUM Pi. 3%. Sx PERCULTUM 
JAR. EXIMIUM. VAR. ORION. 
plates with a yellow screen they represent the colours in their relative 
degrees of brightness. They are all taken on the same scale, and thus 
are readily comparable. The flowers were cut from plants in the a 
group to which the Lindley Medal was awarded. - 
O. X ARDENTISSIMUM VAR. APOLLO (fig. 28) is a very beautiful form . 
having a white ground, with a slight rosy suffusion on the sepals, and vey 2 
dark violet-purple blotches. The plant bore an inflorescence of twenty” 
