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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[October, 191 3. 



Odontonia Farnesiana. — An addition 

 to the list of Odontomas, given on page 277 

 of our last issue, has already appeared. It is 

 a hybrid between Odontoglossum Edwardii 

 and Miltonia Warscewiczii, raised by Messrs. 

 Sander and .Sons, and named after Mr. S. 

 Fames, Orchid grower to Mr. Pantia Ralli, 

 of Ashtead Park. The plant carried a crowded 

 panicle of purple flowers, clearly showing the 

 Warscewiczii influence, especially by the well- 

 defined blotch of colour on the centre of the 

 labelluni. 



L^lio-Cattleva Rainbow. — A pretty 

 and neat flowering hybrid between C. Iris 

 and L.-C. Phryne. Of a yellow tint, with 

 golden-yellow on the inner part of the throat, 

 and with a bright purple blotch on the centre 

 of the front lobe just below the column. 

 Raised by Messrs. Armstrong" and Brown. 



OdONTIODA IsiS. — The result of crossing 

 C. vulcanica with O. Rolfeae, this new hybrid 

 has been flowered m the Chessington collec- 

 tion, Strcatham Hill, It is somewhat similar 

 to Oclontioda Thwaitesii, but differs by the 

 addition of Od. Pescatorei. 



L.ELIO-CaTTLEYA ArHRONYSA. — Messrs. 

 Armstrong and Brown have produced this 

 hybrid by crossing L.-C. Aphrodite with 

 L.-C. Nysa. The former parent is a hybrid 

 between C. Mendelii and L. purpurata, and 

 the latter between C. Warscewiczii and 

 L. crispa. 



LyELIO-CATTLEYA MrS. J. J. HOLDEN. — A 

 very beautiful flower has been sent by 

 Mr. Johnson, gr. to Mr. J. J. Holden, Albert 

 Road, .Southport. The parents are L.-C. 

 Dommiana and C. Fabia, and the h) brid has 

 the large size of the former and the rich 

 colour and shape of the latter. The inclusion 

 of aurea in both parents adds considerable 

 brightness to the flower. 



L.-ELIO-CATTLEYA ArMSTRONGLE. — An 

 elegant hybrid between the well-known C. 

 Iris and L.-C. Geo. Woodhams (L. purpurata 

 X C. Hardyana), raised by Messrs. Armstrong 

 and Brown, and closely resembling C. Adula, 

 but larger, owing to the inclusion of L. 

 purpurata in the parentage. 



Cattleya Prince John.— The result of 

 crossing C. Hardyana with C. Dowiana 

 Rosita. The large flower has a very beautiful 

 tessellated marking of rose-purple, the broad 

 labellum with a large area of gold colour. 

 Raised by Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, 

 Tunbridge Wells. 



L.elio-Cattleya Jacobus.— a pleasing 

 result has been obtained by Messrs. Arm- 

 strong and Brown, who raised this new 

 hybrid between C. aurea and L.-C. Sappho 

 (C. bicolor x L. purpurata). Several of the 

 seedlings resemble C. Iris, but with wider 

 flowers and a darker colour. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM VULCAN. 



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liaivengten.se Wile eanum 



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cii.spuni Vuylstekei 



Vulcan. 



TFIE above plan shows the parentage of 

 Odontoglossum Vulcan, an interesting 

 hybrid raised by Mr. de Barri Craw- 

 shay to elucidate the origin of blotched 

 crispums. 



The three parental species are all natives 

 of Colombia, and although each may be said 

 to have its own special district, yet they are 

 frequently found growing together, so that 

 hybrids are oftentimes produced. It is no 

 usual event to bloom Wilckeanums and 

 harvengtenses from importations of O. 

 crispum ; the chance, however, of finding a 

 hybrid between these and crispum is some- 

 what more remote, and, of course, in a smaller 

 proportion. Many apparently secondary 

 hybrids have been bloomed undoubtedly 

 from importations, and have been classed as 

 primary. Since hybrids have been artificially 

 raised in numbers analogous varieties to these 

 wild hybrids have appeared, and prove them 

 to have been mirum and hellemense, 

 respectively, and so on, ad lib., as time 

 has, of course, multiplied the concomitant 

 processes of hybridity and reversion. 



