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THH ORCHID WORLD. 



[June, 1914. 



Chelsea Show Judges. — Amateurs' 

 Groups : W. Bolton, J. Cypher, F. Sander, J. 

 Charlesworth. Trade Groups : J. Gurney 

 Fowler, J. E. Shill, Sir F. W. Moore, de Barri 

 Crawshay. Plants for Certificate : Sir Harry 

 J Veitch, Jas. O'Brien, Count J. de Hemp- 

 tinne, Sir Jeremiah Colman, Gurney Wilson, 

 R. G. Thwaites, W. Cobb, R. A. Rolfe, R. 

 Brooman-White, E. Ashworth, A. Dye, H. G. 

 Alexander, F. J. Hanbury, F. Menteitn 

 Ogilvie, G. F. Moore, C. Cookson, Stuart 

 Low, T. Armstrong, C. J. Lucas, W. H. 

 Hatcher, E. H. Davidson, W. P. Bound, H. J. 

 Chapman, and S. W. Flory. 



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Odontonia Guillaume Olyff. — This is 

 the result of crossing" O. Edwardii and M. 

 vexillaria. It is certainly an interesting 

 hybrid, because, as can be seen in the 

 faithful painting by M. Goossens, it presents 

 both form and colour, and is intermediate 

 between both parents. The general appear- 

 ance of the plant reminds one of both the 

 species from which it has been produced. It 

 iS of vigorous habit, and when grown 

 sufficiently strong will, without doubt, give 

 decorative spikes of bloom. Hybrids between 

 the genera Miltonia and Odontoglossum are 

 still rare, and difficult to raise from seed ; one 

 is able to predict that this one will be very 

 popular, so much so that to-day this new 

 cross is m great request. The plant was 

 shown at the Brussels Meeting, May, 191 3, 

 by the writer of this description. It received 

 a unanimous Certificate of Merit. The same 

 cross flowered about the same time with 

 Messrs. Sander and Sons, and was described 

 in the Orchid Review, June. 1913, under the 

 name Odontonia brugensis. During the same 

 period an identical hybrid flowered with 

 Messrs. Duchesne and Lanthoine, Watermael. 



This shows in incontestable manner that the 

 priority is restored to Belgium, and there is 

 every evidence that the name Odontonia 



Guillaume Olyff will be attached to the plant, 

 unless, in accordance with the decisions of 

 the last Horticultural Congress, the name 

 Odontonia Olyffiana is oreferred. This plant 



is dedicated to M. G. Olyff, Director-General 

 of the Colonial Administration. — L., in La 



Tribune Horticole, May, 1Q14. 



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An Albino Result. — A very unexpected 

 result has occurred in the collection of Mr. F. 

 Menteith Ogilvie, The Shrubbery, Oxford. 

 Laelio-Cattleya Charlesworthii (cinnabarina x 

 aurea) was crossed with C. Trianse, the former 

 parent having rich red flowers, the latter poor 

 papery flowers by no means pure white. One 

 of the resulting seedlings has just flowered, 

 and shows that all the colour — all the 

 cinnabarina blood — is clean wiped out, 

 leaving a flower with pure white segments, of 

 good substance, and fair size and shape. Of 

 this hybrid, which has previously been 

 recorded under the name L.-C. Prospero, Mr. 

 Ogilvie remarks : — " It is one of the nicest 

 white Cattleya hybrids I have in my collec- 

 tion. I hardly think the average person who 

 was hybridising for whites would use L.-C. 

 Charlesworthii as a mother. The lot of the 

 hybridiser is not altogether a happy one. I 

 wish we knew more about it." 



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Orchid Sale.— Duplicate plants from 

 Mr. Wm. Thompson's collection were sold 

 by auction by Messrs. Protheroe and 

 Morris, April 29th, at Walton Grange, 

 Stone, Staffs. The following are some 

 of the best prices: — Miltonia vexillaria 

 Leopoldii, specimen plant, 9 gns. ; Cypri- 

 pedium Alport Caesar, figured in the ORCHID 

 World, Vol. I., p. 157, one flowered 

 growth and strong break, 20 gns. ; Cyp. 

 Thunderer, two strong growths, 20 gns. ; 

 Cyp. Actasus Bianca, 21 gns.; Odontoglossum 

 ardentissimum Violette, 1 1 gns. ; O. crispum 

 Queen Empress, small plant, 14 gns.; O. 

 eximium Excelsior, 19 gns.; O. Atheltum, 

 20 gns. ; O. Papilium, 19 gns. ; O. crispum 

 solum, two bulbs 70 gns. ; O. amabile Ursus, 

 20 gns. ; O. Mrs. W. Thompson, 60 gns. ; O. 

 Hercules, 35 gns. ; O. Helius, 40 gns. ; 

 O. Mirandus, 40 gns. ; and Odontioda 

 Thompsoniae, 10 gns 



