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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[June, 1914. 



the writer's experience it requires but meagre 

 attention. Let it be as dry as chaff and it 

 responds with bloom in due season ; m fact, 

 it seems to glory in dryness, provided the 

 atmosphere m the house is thoroughly moist 

 at night. This night moisture is most 

 essential. Oncidiums are simply superb. O. 

 splendidum seems to revel m a parched 

 condition ; the writer's early difficult)' was to 

 keep it sufficiently dry. O. tigrinum is 

 another lovely species which does well with 

 mixed neighbours. Ccelogyne cristata is a 

 good white subject, but to succeed with this 

 leeding appears necessary, for it seems to 

 have a very healthy appetite. 



The item of cost is, of course, a big 

 consideration to the " one-house amateur," 

 but all the plants I have mentioned are not 

 dear, and no misapprehension need be held 

 on that score ; moreover, opportunities occur 

 when plants ma)- be acquired on " easy 

 terms." 



Odontoglossums demand a separate house 

 to themselves, and experience proves that this 

 large and beautiful genus does not do well in 

 a mixed house, even indeed if they live at all. 

 So, good luck to the proposing Orchid 

 beginner w ith only one house. He can have 

 a mixed collection which will afford pleasure 

 all the year round. Let such a one not be 

 deterred ; failures there may be, but there 

 need not be many if attention, enthusiasm 

 and common-sense be shown. Let his motto 

 be " plenty of ventilation at all times," 

 compatible with the proper temperature and 

 atmosphere. 



Alf. J. Paine, Wanslcad. 



NEW HYBRIDS. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM JUCUNDUM.— This IS 

 the result of crossing crispum with McNab- 

 lanum. Raised by Messrs. Sander and Sons. 



Cattleya Arestor. — Messrs. Charles- 

 worth and Co. have raised this hybrid 

 between Nestor (Harrisoniana x Iris) and 

 labiata. 



SOPHROCATTL.ELIAS. — Messrs. Charles- 

 worth and Co. have flowered the following 



new hybrids : — Delia (L.-C. Gottoiana x S.-C. 

 Cleopatra), Electra (S.-L. heatonensis x C. 

 labiata), Hebe (S.-L. Gratrixiae x L.-C. 

 Haroldiana), and Lotis (S.-L. heatonensis x 

 C. Harrisoniana). 



Odontioda Rubens. — A pleasing flower 

 of rosy-red colour, the parents being Ota. 

 Charlesworthii and Odm. eximium. Exhibited 

 by Mr. J. Gurney Fowler at the Chelsea 

 Show. 



Odontioda Fowleriana. — One of the 

 prettiest and most promising hybrids m the 

 Chelsea Show was that exhibi*-ed under the 

 above name by Mr. J. Gurney Fowler. It is 

 the result of crossing Oda. Bradshawise with 

 Odm. percultum. The spike carried 1 1 neat 

 flowers of yellowish ground colour, evenly 

 blotched with crimson-red, the petals having 

 horizontal bars of the same colour on the 

 basal area. Like other hybrids of percultum 

 the labellum is rose coloured and blotched 

 with red, the prominent yellow crest showing 

 to advantage. It is rarely that one sees so 

 many colours in the same flower. 



Odontioda Rosalie. — This hybrid is the 

 result of crossing Od. Thwaitesii (ardentis- 

 simurn x Harryanum) with C. Noezliana, and 

 consequently is of more than ordinary 

 interest, for it contains the four species from 

 which the majority of our best hybrids have 

 been produced. They are nobile, crispum, 

 Harryanum and Noezliana. The raiser of 

 Rosalie is Mr. Richd. G. Thwaites, who sends 

 the flower spike to prove what an elegant 

 result has been obtained. All the segments 

 are broad, the labellum particularly so, and 

 of a rich solid red colour. 



L/ELIO-Cattleyas. — Messrs. Flory and 

 Black have recently named the following 

 hybrids : — Decius (L.-C. Hippolyta x L. 

 pumila), Flavius (L.-C. G. S. Ball x L. flava), 

 (icta (L.-C. Picanus x C. Schroderae), and 

 Ossian (L.-C. highburiensis x L.-C. Pallas). 



Brasso-Cattleya pervenusta. — The 

 parents of this attractive hybrid are B. 

 Digbyana and C. Fabia. Raised by Messrs. 

 Sander and Sons. 



Brassocattl.elia pervenust a. — 

 Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. have recently 



