﻿THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



Baron Schroder, and has been ranked as a variety of O. crispum. The 

 flower here figured is from the type plant. It has creamy white flowers, 

 heavily blotched with dark brown on the sepals and lip, while the petals are 

 nearly unspotted, thus affording a very effective contrast. 



O. X Denison^ Golden Queen (fig. 3) contrasts very strongly with 

 the preceding variety, and indeed was at first regarded as a variety of 

 O. crispum. It appeared in the collection of W. Thompson, Esq., Walton 

 Grange, Stone, and received an Award of Merit from the R.H.S. in 

 November, 1896, under the name of O. crispum Golden Queen, and a First- 

 class Certificate in May, 1901, under the name now adopted. The colour 



is bright golden yellow, with red-brown spots. The origin of this plant has 

 been the subject of some discussion, which may be found at pages 73 to 75 

 of our fifth volume, the question being whether it is a variety of O. crispum, a 

 form of O. X Denisonse, or even a secondary hybrid between the two. That 

 it is a hybrid is now generally admitted— as also the so-called yellow 

 varieties of O. crispum — but the exact origin can scarcely be considered as 

 beyond dispute. In shape and the details of the crest it most approaches 

 O. crispum, but hybrids which most resemble one parent in certain 

 characters are common. We ma}- soon have hybrids between the two 

 plants in question with which it can be compared. 



