﻿July, 1904.] 



THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



ODONTOGLOSSUMS FROM THE TEMPLE SHOW. 



The annexed illustration shows four handsome Odontoglossums which 

 were exhibited at the recent Temple Show, two of them gaining Awards of 

 Merit. The other two are striking novelties which on ordinary occasions 

 could scarcely have been passed over by the Orchid Committee. Three of 

 the plants were exhibited by M. Ch. Vuylsteke, of Loochristi, and the other 

 (the lower left-hand one) by M. Jules Hye de Crom, of Ghent. The 

 flowers were given to us by the exhibitors, and were photographed by Mr. 



Fig. 32. O. X JAPONAIS. Fig. 33. O. X CONCINNUM LJETUM. 

 E. C. Hart, who has secured an excellent likeness in each case. The 

 flowers are represented about two-thirds natural size. 



O. X NITIDUM (fig. 30), the upper left-hand flower, was obtained from 

 O. X Harryano-crispum crossed with O. X Wilckeanum, and thus is 

 composed of half O. crispum and one-fourth each of O. Harryanum and 

 O. luteopurpureum. It is exceedingly handsome, the shape being good, 

 and the markings copious, regularly arranged, and rich in colour, and it is 



