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THK ORCHID WORLD. 



ODONTIODA LUNA. 



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crispuin luleopurpuivum crispiim 1 liiiinplians 



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WilcUeamini harvengtense nobilo cnspum 



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V^ivlstekei armaiiivillieroiise 



C. Noetzliana illustre 



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OdoiUioda Luna 



This hybrid might have been an Oda. 

 Cooksoniae except for the Hp, which is of the 

 usual bad form, as in most Bradshawiaes. The 

 whole flower is of soft red, heavily suffused 

 with lilac from its parent, which is a 

 solid lilac bloom. 



Having cnspum three times as a primary 

 ancestor, it is not surprising that the result 

 should tend towards it, but it is rather remark- 

 able that no evidence is left of either of the 

 yellow and brown ancestors. 



I hoped to get a lilac result, but of course 

 that may come yet as this is the first plant to 

 flower. — di' B. Craivsliay, Roscficld, Seven- 

 oaks. 



ODONTIODA AIDA. 



Kegeljani cristatum 



ciistatelluni Harryamim 



C. Noetzliana Amonasro 



Odontioda Aida 



The ways of men are said to be narrow, 

 but the ways of hybridity are broad, so broad 

 that no one knows where Nature leads or how 

 wide of the attempted goal you are likely to 

 land. 



The first plant to bloom of this is a real 

 disappointment. Excepting the colour, which 

 is most intense glistening blood-red, it has 

 collected the bad points of all its parents, 

 being small, narrow, and only a little larger 

 than Cochlioda Noetzliana. 



The backs of the segments are yellow 



having a shade of green in them. The habit 

 of the spike is that of C. Noetzliana, as is the 

 bulb, but much enlarged. I daresay I may 

 bloom a better one later on. — de B. Craiv- 

 shay, Rose field, Sevenoaks. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM 

 MEGAGLOSSUM. 



(Hallii X luteopurpureum.) 



This parentage to-day may seem to some 

 hybridists amusing, old-fashioned and going 

 backwards, but it was always my intention to 

 see the result of almost every specific coupling 

 that was not possible by Nature's agency. 



For this particular cross I acquired the 

 finest lipped Hallii I ever saw, and I am sorry 

 to say the plant did not survive the strain of 

 the pod. The luteopurpureum had also a fine 

 broad lip. The result in the first plant to 

 bloom is astonishing. 



The great lip being the feature of the 

 flower, it is not out of place to describe this 

 segment first. It is i j| in. long, i in. across the 

 shoulders, i j| across the front, has a cream- 

 white ground, strong apiculus, and one great 

 arrow-head-shaped chocolate blotch ; the crest 

 IS bright yellow, spotted as in Hallii ; the 

 column cream, with light brown wings. 



Sepals greenish at the back, cream ground 

 with brown overlay, barred as in Hallii. 

 Petals similar in ground colour, with one large 

 brown blotch and inferior spotting. The 

 general form tends towards Hallii. This plant 

 will prodiice a race of giant-lipped hybrids, 

 with suitable crossing. — de B. C raivshay, 

 Rosefi el d, Sei 'enoaks . 



