February, 1915-] 



Till-. ORC-IIII) WORLD. 



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Odontioda Latona, FowU 



Odontioda Latona, Prowler's var.— 

 This beautiful hybrid, the result of crossing 

 Odontioda Bradshawiae with Odontoglossum 

 crispo-Harryanum, has recently flowered m 

 fine form in the noted collection of Mr. J. 

 Gurney Fowler, Brackenhurst, Pembury. The 

 ground colour is white, the sepals and petals 

 having a broad margin of bright rose, the 

 middle area blotched with dark red, while the 

 neatly marked labellum carries a prominent 

 yellow crest, thus producing an extremely 

 handsome flower. When the seedlings of this 

 cross commenced to flower much disappoint- 

 ment was caused by their unsatisfactory 

 nature, almost all the blooms being of starry 

 shape and poorly coloured, but, as it often 

 liappens, amongst the last of the batch to 



•'s oar. {R.H.S. Journal.) 



flower appeared this beautiful result, which 

 fully compensated the raiser for all his work 

 and trouble. 



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Odontoglossum crispum Shuttle- 

 WORTHII. — Many natural hybrids were at one 

 time regarded as varieties of O. crispum, these 

 including Andersonianum, Ruckerianum, 

 excellens and Wilckeanum. A water-colour 

 painting of O. crispum Shuttleworthii, which 

 has just been brought to light, proves that 

 this plant was in reality a heavily blotched 

 Wilckeanum, and not a variety of O. crispum, 

 as it was thought to be when it received a 

 First-class Certificate, Royal Horticultural 

 Society, April 8th, 1884. 



