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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[May, lyi.S- 



column. The spike carries lo flowers. When 

 this variety was exhibited by [Messrs. A. J. 

 KeeHng and Sons at the Manchester Orchid 

 Society, December i/th, 1914, it obtained an 

 Award of Merit. 



Odontioda Madeline var. sola. — A 

 \ ery remarkable flower of this hybrid comes 

 from ^Ir. Wm. Thompson's collection at 

 Walton Grange, tlie labellum being consider- 

 ably richer m coloration than the other 

 segments. The parentage of this plant is 

 Odontioda Charlesworthii x Odontogiossum 

 crispum solum, and the striking manner in 

 which the heavily blotched labellum of the 

 latter parent is perpetuated m the seedling" is 

 the reason for Mr. Thompson adopting the 

 same varietal name, although, of course, when 

 used in conjunction with a feminine subject 

 (Odontioda) its form is changed to sola. 



Oncidium Gardnerl — Mr. Wm. Bolton, 

 of Warrington, sends some interesting 

 Oncidiums, of which that bearing the name 

 Gardneri is the most attractive, by reason of 

 its brightly coloured segments. This is no 

 doubt a natural hybrid, possibly between 

 Forbesii and dasytyle, although no one has 

 as }-et raised it artificially. The bright 

 golden-\ellow labellum is marked near the 

 margin with crimson-brown spots. 



CypripediU}.! MEROPE.--An excellent 

 variety of this primary hybrid between 

 Chamberlainianum and hirsutissimum is 

 kindly sent by Mr. R. Windsor Rickards, of 

 Usk Priory, IMonmouthshire. Both parents 

 are well represented and blend 111 pleasing 

 iashion. The apical ends of the lateral petals 

 and the labellum are similarl\- covered with 

 niimile purple spots on a rose ground, thus 

 giving additional proof of the close relation- 

 ship existing between these three segments ; 

 it has long been admitted that the labellum is 

 in reality a modified petal. The dorsal sepal 

 is greenish, vertically veined and spotted with 

 dark purple-brown. Hirsutissimum is repre- 

 sented by the hairy nature of the petals as 

 well as their undulating upper margin, while 

 the other parent is responsible for the 

 additional flower buds on the spike. 



Oncidioda Cooksonl^:. — Among the 

 most remarkable hybrids may be included 



this cross between Cochlioda Noezliana and 

 Oncidium macranthum, of which excellent 

 flowers are sent by Sir Benjamin Scott, of 

 Linden House, Stanwix, Carlisle. Notwith- 

 standing tlie fact that the intense scarlet-red 

 colour of the little Cochlioda parent has 

 per\ aded the whole flower, there is undeniable 

 evidence of the Oncidium species. O. 

 Cooksonia- should be represented m every 

 collection. 



ODONTOGLOSSU.M ARDENTISSLMU-^L — A 

 \"ery fine \ariety of this h)brid comes from 

 Mr. Goodson's collection, at Fairlawn, Putney. 

 It bears the name of his gardener, Mr. Geo. 

 E. Day, who has brought it to an excellent 

 condition of thick substance and bright 

 coloration. From the same source we receive 

 various varieties of Odontogiossum Calypso 

 (triumphans x Lambeauianum), in one of 

 which all evidence of the Harryanum species 

 has disappeared, leaving a flower precisely 

 similar to excellens (triumphans x Pescatorei). 



OdonTOGLOSSUM HYBRID. — A pleasing 

 hybrid Odontogiossum of bright yellow colour 

 is sent by Mr. A. G. Grant, of Rugby House, 

 Cleethorpes. The formation of the labellum, 

 with its large central blotch, shows that 

 triumphans is responsible for the yellow 

 colour, and this species when used in conjunc- 

 tion w ith crispum gives us the hybrid known 

 as harvengtense. There is also slight 

 evidence of Harryanum, the whole flower 

 reminding one of Wiganianum (harvengtense 

 X Rolfeje). From the same collection comes 

 Cattleya Trianas " Emilias," an attractive 

 flower in which the bright purple on the 

 labellum covers the whole of the apical 

 portion, the broad petals being an additional 

 point of merit. Doubtless it will improve still 

 further as the plant gains m strength. 



OdontoglossuMS. — From the collection 

 of Mr. H. T. Pitt, Stamford Hill, is sent by 

 Mr. Thurgood a good variety of O. Vuyl- 

 stekei, the richly coloured O. Gundreda 

 (Edwardii x Hunnewellianum), O. Wigan- 

 ianum, of bright yellow, with a few spots, and 

 Laelio-Cattleya Avoca (L. Latona x C. 

 Trianae), m which the cmnabarina species, 

 derived through the former parent, imparts a 

 pleasing tint. 



