48 THE ORCHID REVIEW. | FEBRUARY, 1900. 
ODONTIODA CHELSEIENSIS. 
THE annexed figure represents an interesting and beautiful hybrid, raised 
by Messrs. Wm. Bull & Sons, Chelsea, from Cochlioda vulcanica and 
Odontoglossum crispum, which was shown by them at a meeting of the 
Manchester Orchid Society held on January 7th last, when it received an 
Award of Merit. It is reproduced from a photograph kindly sent by Messrs. 
Bull, in which the single flower is represented natural size. The colour is 
described as deep rosy carmine, richly shaded with violet purple, and the 
shape may be described as fairly intermediate between its very distinct 
Fig. 5. ODONTIODA CHELSEIENSIS. 
parents. We have not seen a living flower, so cannot describe it more 
minutely, but the photograph speaks for itselt, and it shows a very distinct 
blotch on the lip, in front of the crest, also some markings on the sepals 
and petals, these evidently being derived from the Odontoglossum parent. 
It is certainly a very beautiful acquisition, and Messrs. Bull are to aatieait 
gratulated on their success. It would be interesting to re-cross it with a 
good form of Odontoglossum crispum, so as to increase the size of the 
flower. 
