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more crosses with Cochlioda as the pollen 
parent. Some say it is because we effect so 
many more ; but is there not some other far 
more cogent reason to account for it ? Hereon 
it would be very interesting to hear the 
opinions of those who have been so much 
more successful of late. 
There are good results being achieved with 
the primary " Reds " as pollen parents upon 
the large species of Odontoglossiini, far 
better than in the case of Cochlioda, as might 
be expected ; but even yet the best results 
are upon the Cochlioda Noesliana hybrids 
as seed-bearers ; their pods are frequently 
stuffed full of seed like a pure Odonto- 
glossiim. 
Considering the large number of " Red " 
hybrids raised, it is rather surprising that 
more of them have not yielded to the influ- 
ence of the markings of the Odontoglossa 
with which they have been crossed. Practi- 
cally speaking, the red of Cochlioda Xocs- 
liana is as yet very little broken up into 
patterns such as are found in blotched cris- 
pums where the blotching and groundwork 
are so varied. Even inOdontioda V iiylstekece 
the markings are sometimes entirely absent, 
and a " red self " is the result, as in Odoniioda 
YnylstekecB Crawshayana (which came from 
the Walton Grange collection when a tiny 
seedling); but in some of the other plants from 
the same capsule the red is broken up into a 
Odoniioda gatloniensis. (R.H.S- Painting.) 
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Odoniioda Thwailesii. {R.H S. Painling ) 
pattern, as m the original. Here, of course, 
it is not so likely, as the red and white of 
the parents would not be very likely to always 
break up ; it is more reasonable to expect a 
lighter red result from red and white parents. 
When Odoniioda Charlesworthii first 
appeared, grand introduction as it was (and 
is still certainly the finest Odontioda of all), 
it was a little disappointing to find that the 
wealth of colour of Odontoglossiini Harry- 
anu7ii had only been able to mix with and 
be assumed by the red of Cochlioda Noez- 
liana ; but it made amends by producing 
the finest ruby-crimson colour I think ever 
seen in a flower. Even in the lahcllinn the 
violet was crushed out by the red, and, pecu- 
liarly enough, produced a lighter ruby than 
in the sepals and petals, evidently from the 
pure white of Harryamnn s lip. 
It was then hoped that crossing Cochlioda 
Noezliana with ?,econddLry Harry anumhyhrid?, 
would break up the red, but as yet this has 
not taken place, Odontioda Lambeauiana 
(Cochlioda Noezliana x Odontoglossiini Lam- 
beauianiiin) being a self of brighter ruby than 
before, but the colour is as yet unbroken into 
a pattern as in Odontioda Charlesworthii, 
and this in spite of the parentage containing 
Harryanum, nobile, and a blotched crispiim, 
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