THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[June, 1915. 



obtaining this is from the compost in the pot. 

 Of course, when in their natural habitat there 

 is very hkely to be a supply of nutriment on 

 a level with and even above the plants, much 

 depending on the exact position on which 

 they grow on the tree or rock, and when this 

 is the case those roots apparently turned out 

 of their proper direction by the lower leaves 

 rarely fail to meet with nutritive matter. 



Odonloglossiim Harwoodii. 



Exhibited at the Chelsea Show hi) F. Menteilh Ogilvie, Esq. 



Odontoglossum Harwoodii. — This 

 remarkable Odontoglossum was exhibited 

 at the Chelsea Show by Mr. F. Menteith 

 Ogilvie, of The Shrubbery, Oxford, when 

 it carried a spike of six large flowers. 1 he 

 clear buttercup-yellow of the blooms and 

 the reddish-purple spotting make a striking 

 contrast, while the peculiar oblong blotch 

 of colour on the labellum creates a 

 very distinctive feature. The parents are 

 maculatum auriferum and Wiganianum 

 (Rolfeae x harvengtense), Rolfeae being 

 Harryanum x Pescatorei, while harvengtense 

 is triumphans x crispum. Although the 

 segments are not quite so broad as might 

 be desired, this deficiency is more than made 



up by the intensity of the yellow colour and 

 the thick substance of the flowers, this latter 

 quality being derived from both maculatum 

 and Harryanum. 



MiLTONiA Hyeana " F. M. Ogilvie." — 

 One of the prettiest Miltonia hybrids it has 

 been our pleasure to see was the variety of 

 Hyeana exhibited at the recent Chelsea Show 

 by Mr. F. Menteith Ogilvie, of the Shrubbery, 

 Oxford, in whose collection it was raised. 

 The seed bearer was M. Bleuana var. 

 Stevensii, this being a hybrid between vexil- 

 laria Leopoldii and Rcezlii alba, while the 

 pollen plant was vexillaria G. D. Owen. The 

 cross was effected on March 3rd, igii, 

 the seed sown December i ith, igii, while 

 the seedling flowered May 14th, 191 5. The 

 china-white flower had the petals flushed at 

 their base with light rose, and the basal part 

 of the labellum covered with a crimson- 

 ^ ruby blotch. The plant received a well 

 deserved Award of Merit. 

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Flowers from Walton Grange.— 

 Mr. Wm. Thompson kindly sends a selection 

 of choice Odontoglossums that have been 

 raised in his collection, and give evidence of 

 the good parents used in their production. 

 Although no exact scheme of blotching 

 can ever be said to belong to every 

 Odontoglossum, there is always a marked 

 tendency for the large blotches to be in the 

 central area of each segment, while the small 

 ones are usually to be seen round the 

 marginal portion. But this is not of much 

 consequence, for it is the general effect 

 produced by the whole spike of flowers that 

 counts the most. Good shape and brilliancy 

 of colour are the characters Mr. Thompson 

 desires to obtain, and the specimens received 

 from him show that these desirable points 

 are being produced in a satisfactory manner. 



OlHTUARY. — We regret to announce the 

 death, which took place Friday, May 21st, of 

 Mr. G. Hunter, Orchid grower to His Grace 

 the Duke of Marlborough, Woodstock, Oxon, 

 and a member of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society's Orchid Committee. 



