APRIL, 1909.| THE ORCHID REVIEW. 113 
ODONTIODA BRADSHAWIZ, COOKSON’S VAR. 
AT the meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society held on March oth last, 
a First-class Certificate was awarded to Odontioda X Bradshawiz Cookson’s 
var., a very handsome hybrid raised in the collection of Norman C. Cookson, 
Esq., Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. Chapman). A photograph and 
flower have been forwarded by Mr. Cookson, who remarks: ‘‘ The photo 
shows the exact size of the flowers when taken, and was carefully checked 
with callipers. The cross is a good typical O.crispum 2 ™X Cochlioda 
Neetzliana ¢. It is curious that the reverse cross, with O. crispum 
Graireanum as the pollen parent, should give very much smaller flowers, 
Fig. 10. ODONTIODA BRADSHAWI2, COOKSON’S VAR. 
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with no spotting or blotching, and showing much of the seed-bearing 
parent’s influence, whereas with a good-sized, well-shaped, typical crispum 
(unspotted and unblotched) as seed-parent, a fine crispum-shaped Odontioda 
should be the result.” Mr. Chapman writes: “This. is the only occasion 
that we have been fortunate enough to get a.seed vessel on any Odonto- 
glossum, species or hybrid, but with the Cochlioda as seed-parent there is 
little difficulty in getting seed. In fact it rarely fails when intercrossed 
with Odontoglossum or Oncidium. The plant flowered about three vears 
from sowing the seed, but O. x Bradshawiz Oakwood var. (C. Neetzliana 
