November, 1913.] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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is O. Edwardij x M. Bleuana, and the habit 

 intermediate, although when the plant 

 becomes stronger there will be an increase 

 in the height of the spike. The colour is 

 violet-purple, the hp having a dusky yellow 

 crest around which is a zone of dark purple 

 markings. 



L.elio-Cattleya Cantiana. — Messrs. 

 Armstrong and Brown have raised this 

 pretty hybrid between C. Harrisoniae and 

 L.-C. George Woodhams. The flower is of 

 good substance and shape, the lip openly 

 displayed and effectively marked with bright 

 purple spots round the outside edge. 



Cattleya William Smith. — C. Thayer- 

 iana (intermedia x Schroderae) and C. 

 Gaskelliana are the parents of this new hybrid 

 recently raised by Messrs. Sander and Sons. 

 The combination of these three species 

 should make a useful summer flowering plant. 



L.^lio-Cattleya sandhurstiana. — The 

 large flower of this hybrid has light buff 

 sepals and petals, the broad and open labellum 

 with a wide purple band round the margin, 

 the centre and throat gold. Raised by 

 Messrs. Armstrong and Brown. 



Odontioda Minerva. — This pretty 

 hybrid between Odontoglossum Edwardii 

 and Odontioda Bohnhofiae (C. vulcanica x 

 O. cirrhosum) has been raised by Messrs. 

 J. and A. McBean. The branching spike 

 carried numerous flowers of bright crimson 

 colour, the crest on the lip being bright 

 gold. 



Odontioda Brunette. — A very remark- 

 able result obtained by crossing Odontioda 

 Bohnhofiae with Odontoglossum Harryanum. 

 The flower may best be described as blackish- 

 crimson in colour, and is probably the darkest 

 hybrid yet produced. Raised by Messrs. 

 Charlesworth and Co. 



BrassO-Cattleya Iris. — A very distinct 

 hybrid between C. Iris and B.-C. Thorntonii. 

 The large flower bright rose in colour, with 

 the lip purplish-rose, the disc pale yellow. 

 Raised by Messrs. J. and A. McBean. 



Brassocattl/elia Eric. — A very large 

 flower of light mauve colour, the parents 

 being B.-C. Mdme. Chas. Maron and L.-C. 

 C. G. Roebling. Shown by Messrs. Flory 



and Black at the Royal Horticultural Society, 

 October 7th, 191 3. 



Odontioda Seymour.e. — This new hybrid 

 was raised by Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, 

 Tunbridge Wells. The parents are Odontioda 

 Charlesworthii and Odontioda Bradshawiae, 

 the plant thus having a large amount of the 

 red influence, and being very suitable for 

 future hybridisation. 



Odontoglossum Dioscorides. — By 

 crossing crispo-Harryanum with Ruckerianum 

 this pretty hybrid has been flowered in the 

 Rosslyn collection, where it was raised by 

 Mr. Thurgood. It may be considered a 

 greatly improved Ruckerianum, the whole 

 batch of seedlings being very regular m the 

 coloration and markings of the flower. 



RARE ORCHIDS AT THE GLEBE, 

 SEVENOAKS. 



ONE of the most promising collections, 

 and indeed one of the healthiest, is 

 that owned by Mr. Chas. J. Phillips, 

 of The Glebe, Sevenoaks. Only the finest 

 varieties are cultivated, many of which are 

 now carrying seed pods, some for the second 

 and third time. The production of superior 

 hybrids is the main object, and the large 

 number of seedlings already raised shows 

 that much of the initial work has been 

 accomplished in a successful manner. 



An interesting plant is Cattleya labiata 

 coerulea, originally in Sir Fred. Wigan's 

 collection. This variety has a bluish blotch 

 of colour on the lip, and the other segments 

 are distinctly tinted with the same colour. 

 The flower has been self pollinated, the 

 intention being to accentuate this colour in the 

 next generation. C. labiata " King George V." 

 IS a very large and dark variety, and 

 C. labiata alba is entirely white in the 

 labellum. There is also a good plant of 

 C. labiata Mrs. G. B. Wilson. 



C. aurea The Glebe variety and C. Trianae 

 The Premier are two beautiful species which 

 seem certain to carry forward their good 

 qualities into the next generation. C. 

 Harrisoniana alba and L. pumila alba are 



