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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[October, 1913. 



the flowers suggests that the variety of Ada 

 aurantiaca known as maculata was used. 

 The plant forms a companion to Adioda St. 

 Fuscien, an interesting hybrid between Ada 

 aurantiaca and CochHoda Noezhana, first 

 flowered by Mons. Graire, of Amiens. 



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Flowers from Southport. — Choice 

 Cattleyas are well represented in Mr. John J. 

 Holden's collection at Southport, and several 

 fine flowers have been received as examples. 

 Of these, perhaps the best is Cattleya 

 Hardyana " Countess of Derby," a very 

 elegant form with creamy-white sepals and 

 petals, and a rich ruby-crimson lip. The two 

 golden-yellow blotches on the side lobes of 

 the throat are characteristic of C. Warsce- 

 wiczii, and prove the inclusion ot this species 

 in the parentage. Mr. Johnson, wirose long 

 experience with these plants allows him to 

 obtain excellent results, also sends a good 

 variety of Laelio-Cattleya Epicaste, which is 

 another hybrid of C. Warscewiczii, the other 

 parent being L. pumila, a species which, 

 considering the comparative smallness of 

 the plant, produces a large bloom, usually 

 without a sheath. Hybrids of L. pumila are 

 very useful plants, for as may be guessed 

 by the name, denoting dwarfness, they may 

 be cultivated in places where there is 

 insufficient room to accommodate the large 

 growing kinds. L. pumila, as well as 

 L. pra;stans and L. Dayana, are best grown 

 in a temperature slightly lower than that of 

 the Cattleya house, and during the summer 

 period of the year they thrive well in the 

 Odontoglossum house, especially if suspended 

 in shallow pans from the rooL It appears 

 probable that many hybrids from these 

 species may be grown in a lower temperature 

 than that usually employed, and no doubt 

 some growers have already discovered this 

 fact We might here mention how well the 

 closely allied L. Jongheana thrives in a cool 

 house during the summer months. From the 

 same collection comes Cattleya Iris " Golden 

 Queen," a beautiful variety with golden- 

 yellow sepals and petals, and lip amethyst- 

 purple. 'iM |S 



Obituary.— We much regret to record the 



death of Mr. John S. Moss, which took place 

 at his residence, Wintershill Hill, Bishop's 

 Waltham, on September nth, at the age of 

 54 years. Mr. Moss, who was a member of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society's Orchid 

 Committee, was keenly interested in Odonto- 

 glossums and allied hybrids. He was 

 successful in flowering O. crispum Mossiae 

 from an imported plant, a portion of which 

 was afterwards sold for £/00. His name will 

 also be commemorated in Odontioda Mossiae, 

 a seedling which he raised between C. 

 Noezliana and O. maculatum. 



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MiLTONIA SPECTABILIS. — Almost every 

 amateur is acquainted with the rich purple 

 colouring of this Brazilian species, and if the 

 variety known as Moreliana can be obtained 

 in its true state, then there is hardly an 

 Orchid to be found that can equal the 

 extreme richness of purple colour in the 

 broad, spreading labellum of this variety. 

 More than one hybridist has attempted to 

 carry this purple richness into the Colombian 

 Odontoglossums, but all experiments have so 

 far ended in failure, the apparent cause being 

 some dissimilarity of the parents, which 

 prevents the formation of good seed. There 

 is, however, some hope that the near future 

 will show that this difficulty may be overcome 

 by crossing the Miltonia with an intermediate 

 species, or, in other words, with a plant that 

 is somewhat related, and that this resulting 

 hybrid may subsequently be united to the 

 Colombian species. A species which is 

 apparently suitable and intermediate is O. 

 cirrhosum, a native of Ecuador. Several 

 years ago Messrs. Charlesworth produced 

 Odontonia Ellwoodii by crossing O. cirrhosum 

 with the Colombian M. Roezlii, thus proving 

 that an Odontoglossum would unite with 

 a Miltonia of another country. This 

 success led them to carry the work a 

 step further by crossing O. cirrhosum with 

 the Brazilian M. Candida, success being 

 obtained by flowering Odontonia Cybele, 

 figured in Vol. III., p. 151. O. cirrhosum has 

 also been crossed with M. spectabilis, and a 

 plant successfully raised by Messrs. Charles- 

 worth. Every hope that the interesting 



