THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[July, 191 5. 



Odontoglossum Canary. Jl beautiful flower of bright canary-yellow colour. 



correctness of the treatment they receive. 

 Undoubtedly the finest of the yellow forms is 

 to be seen in Odontoglossum Canary, a large 

 flower of excellent shape and of bright canary- 

 yellow colour. One of the largest and best 

 shaped crispums is to be seen in Alagnum 

 Bonum, while other meritorious varieties are 

 The Nyzam, Lindenii, A. J. Balfour and 

 Raymond Crawshay. There are several 

 distinct varieties of crispum xanthotes, some 

 pleasing rosy forms, and a remarkable variety, 

 known as Black Knight, in which the blotches 

 are of dark chocolate colour. 



Odontoglossum ashteadense produces 

 flowers of a reddish colour, O. Bronze Dragon, 

 as its name suggests, is of bronze-purple 

 colour, while the variety of ardentissimum 

 known as Doris is handsomely blotched with 

 violet-purple on a white ground. O. Pesca- 

 torei Virginia has bright purple spotting, while 

 O. Elissa (Edwardii x illustrissimum) obtained 

 an Award of Merit, R.H.S., April 15th, 1914, 

 on account of its bright purple coloration. 



Other attractive Odontoglossums are 

 Ameth\'st (Lambeauianum x eximium), of 

 excellent shape, Elaine (cirrhosum x 

 Harryanum), with a graceful spike, and Eva 

 (cirrhosum x Kegeljani). There is a vigorous 

 plant of O. Crawshayanum, which has received 

 an Award of Merit, also O. Humeanum, a 

 natural hybrid between Rossi and cordatum, 

 and many others, all meritorious varieties, the 

 result of careful selection when in flower. A 

 curious Odontoglossum is crispum Oakfield 

 Sunrise, in which the markings on the petals 

 resemble those on the labellum ; it is an 

 interesting example of irregular peloria. 



Seedling Odontoglossums must not be 

 forgotten, for there are some promising 

 crosses between crispum Mossiae and crispum 

 Lucianii, also percultum and crispum Oakfield 

 Sunrise, as well as Miltonia Warscewiczii and 

 Odontioda Charlesworthii. With such fine 

 examples of yellow varieties to work with it is 

 not surprising to find a keen desire to produce 

 h\ brids of similar style. A start has already 



