348 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NovemBeER, 1908. 
THE HYBRIDIST. 
BRASSOCATTLEYA DANTE.—A distinct and very pretty hybrid, derived from 
Cattleya Grossii x Brassavola Digbyana, which has just flowered in the 
collection of Lt.-Col. G. L. Holford, at Westonbirt. It most resembles the 
Cattleya parent in shape, and has greenish sepals and petals, and the lip is 
recurved and broadly expanded in front, and narrowed behind, while the 
colour is light purple, with a broad yellow stripe on the isthmus. It was 
included in the group staged at the Royal Horticultural Hall on October 
27th. 
BRASSOLAZLIA x CECILIA.—A pretty little hybrid raised in the collection 
of R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Chessington, Streatham, from Lelia pumila 2 X 
Brassavola Digbyana 3, of which the flower has been sent by Mr. Black. 
It is fairly intermediate in shape, and is nearly five inches in diameter. The 
sepals and petals are pale lilac, also the front lobe of the lip, which is 
obscurely three-lobed and neatly fringed, while the throat is paler. The 
habit is rather dwarf. It was exhibited at the R.H.S. meeting held on 
October 27th. 
CaTTLEYA X FreyA.—A very beautiful hybrid derived from C. x Mantinii 
re-crossed with C. Dowiana aurea is sent by Mr. C. F. Karthaus, Potsdam, 
Germany, under the above name. It may be described as an enlarged and 
glorified edition of the former, being enlarged to twice the size, and equal to 
a very dark form of it in colour. It is said to be flowering for the first time 
from a small young plant, and should make a magnificent thing when 
strong. 
HYBRIDISING ODONTOGLOSSUMS. 
ALLow me to submit some observations which may, perhaps, interest the 
readers of the Orchid Review, if they are really new. I do not remember 
having seen any similar statement in the literature which is at my 
disposal. : 
In the month of May, when I had quitea number of various Odontoglossums 
simultaneously in bloom, I amused myself in making a good many crosses. 
The kinds used were O. crispum, Pescatorei, x Adriane, x Fascinator, 
triumphans and Rossii. I intercrossed all these in order to provide a good 
supply of seed for next spring. The usual reaction set in in all the pollinated 
flowers ; the pollen was embraced and occluded by the swelling column, 
whilst the petals and sepals showed signs of early fading. After a few days 
all the unmistakable signs of successful hybridisation could be observed in 
all the plants used for the experiment. After some time, however, there was 
a marked difference. With some of the plants the formation of a pod 
proceeded in the usual manner, whilst on others the incipient fruit withered 
