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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[June-July, 1916. 



Odontoglossum General Towns- 

 HEND. — Produced by using King Emperor 

 and Wilckeanum, this fine hybrid is blotched 

 with red. Raised by Messrs. Armstrong and 

 Brown. 



Brasso-L.^lio-Cattleya Queen of 

 THE Belgians.— This fine hybrid was 

 exhibited by Dr. Miguel Lacroze at the 

 R.H.S., May 2nd, 1916, when it obtained an 

 Award of Merit. The parentage is B.-L. 

 Digbyano-purpurata x C. Mendelii Prmce of 

 Wales. 



Sophro-L^lio-Cattleya xanthina. — 

 This pleasing flower of yellow colour has been 

 produced by crossing S.-L. Psyche and L.-C. 

 Ophir, Messrs. Flory and Black being the 

 raisers. 



Odontoglossum Farmerl— This hand- 

 some hybrid, the result of crossing King 

 Emperor and amabile, has been raised by 

 Messrs. Armstrong and Brown. The example 

 which received a Preliminary Commendation, 

 R.H.S., May i6th, igi6, had broad segments 

 of large size, heavily blotched with reddish- 

 brown, the margin white. 



L^lio-Cattleya Sir Mervyn Buller. 

 — This noble hybrid between L.-C. Temple 

 and C. Mossiae has been raised by Messrs. 

 Armstrong and Brown. An Award of Merit 

 was granted to it at the Chelsea Show, 1916. 



Odontioda Florence.— Messrs. Charles- 

 worth are the raisers of this pretty hybrid 

 between Oda. Cooksonia? and Odm. Dora, 

 and which received an Award of Merit at the 

 Chelsea Show, 19 16. 



Cattleya Soramis.— This is the result of 

 crossing C. Mendelii and C. Empress Fred- 

 crick, Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher being the 

 raisers. 



Odontioda Orion.— The parents of this 

 pleasing result are Odm. Jasper and Oda. 

 Charlesworthii, Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher 

 being the raisers. 



Manchester Orchid Society.— Dr. 

 Craven Moore and Dr. F. T. Paul have been 

 elected members of the Committee. The 

 Secretary is pleased to report that almost all 

 the prizes have again been offered for the 

 coming session. The complete list will appear 

 on the members' cards in due course. 



PHAIUS HUMBLOTII. 



ABOUT the year 1880 M. Leon 

 Humblot, a young Frenchman, made 

 a perilous journey to the interior of 

 Madagascar in search of plants, in company 

 with his brother, and some half-a-dozen others 

 >X'ho were travelling under the auspices of the 

 French Government for the purpose of sur- 

 veying and for collecting natural history 

 specimens. Among the discoveries made by 

 Humblot were two species of Phaius, hitherto 

 unknown in gardens. Small consignments of 

 each were sent to Messrs. Sander and Sons, 

 and on flowering in this country one proved 

 to be P. tuberculosus, named years previously 

 by Blume, while the other was named P. 

 Humblotii in honour of its discoverer. 



The flowers, which are about two inches in 

 diameter, have the sepals and petals light 

 rose-purple suffused with white ; the basal 

 lobes of the hp reddish-brown passing into 

 crimson at the margin ; the front lobe rose- 

 purple with a whitish centre, on which are 

 two large bright yellow teeth pointing 

 inwards. The column is slender, bent like a 

 swan's neck, and greenish above. 



Repotting is best accomplished directly the 

 plants have passed out of flower, using a 

 compost consisting of fibrous loam, peat or 

 osmunda fibre, sphagnum moss, with a few 

 half-decayed leaves and some coarse sand. 

 The best results appear to be achieved when 

 the compost is pressed firmly in the pot. A 

 fairly high temperature, such that is usually 

 to be found in the Phalasnopsis house, is 

 needed when the plants are in vigorous 

 growth. Water must be carefully applied 

 when the new growth is in its early stage, but 

 during the summer season a greater amount 

 may be used, while the atmosphere must also 

 be maintained in a moist condition. Propa- 

 gation is effected by dividing the rhizome 

 between the bulbs, just as is usual with 

 Calanthes. 



As may be expected, P. Humblotii can be 

 hybridised with the various Calanthes, proof 

 of which we have in Phaio-Calanthe Berryana 

 (C. masuca X P. Humblotii), while there are 

 several hybrids between P. Humblotii and 

 other members of the same genus. 



