218 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JULY, 1903.) 
ODONTOGLOSSUM x CRAWSHAYANUM. 
A HANDSOME hybrid Odontoglossum, raised in the collection of De Barri 
Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks, from QO. Hallii 9. -and O. 
Harryanum ¢, was exhibited at a meeting of the R. H. S., on July 16th, 
Igor, under the above name, and received an Award of. Merit. Just 
previously a supposed hybrid from the same two species had been 
described as O. X Braeckmani (Lindenia, xvi, t. 744), and consequently 
the name of Mr. Crawshay’s plant was changed to O. x Braeckmanii var. 
Crawshayanum (Orch. Rev., ix, p- 232). The record was that it had been 
obtained in the collection of M. Metdepenningen, of Ghent, that the origin 
had not been exactly noted, though it was supposed that the parents were 
O. Hallii and O. Harryanum, and an examination of the flower confirmed. 
the suspicion, for the flowers were intermediate in shape, but most like. 
O. Hallii in colour. It was unfortunate that no authentic flower was. 
forthcoming, especially as Mr. Crawshay doubted the identity of the two. 
plants. M. Metdepenningen has since died, and his collection has been. 
dispersed, without any solution of the difficulty having been arrived at. 
Mr. Crawshay therefore wrote to Mr. Linden respecting the matter, and. 
has received a reply to the effect that materials were sent by M. de. 
Metdepenningen to M. Linden, with the request that he would publish a 
figure in Lindenia. This was done, but there was some little misconception 
about the actual history of the plant, and it has since been ascertained that. 
it was not actually raised by M. Metdepenningen, but was purchased by. 
him, and is actually a seedling out of a batch of O. X crispo-Harryanum. 
If this is the case O. x Crawshayanum will be the correct name 
for the hybrid between O. Hallii and O. Harryanum, and O. X 
Braeckmanii will have to be transferred elsewhere as a synonym. It. 
is a very unfortunate confusion, but a glance at the coloured plate will 
convince anyone that the original remark about the resemblance in colour 
to O. Hallii was justified. It would be interesting to know what has 
become of the actual plant. Raisers of seedling Odontoglossums should. 
look out for something identical in their next batch of seedlings between 
O. crispum and O. Harryanum. : 
SSS + 
THE HYBRIDIST: 
SPATHOGLOTTIS X kEWENSIS.—This is a hybrid raised at Kew between 
Spathoglottis plicata var. Micholitzii 2 and S. Vieillardii ¢. The cross 
was made in rgoo, the seeds sown in January, 1got, and the first plant is 
now in flower. S. plicata var. Micholitzii is readily distinguished from the 
type by its dwarfer habit and narrower leaves, but the bright purple flowers 
