THE ORCHID WORLD. 
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hybrid, as seen in tlie accornpamying 
plan : — 
nobile Harryanum crispum triumphans 
Rolle;t' 
har\ engtense 
C. Noezliana 
Wiganiaiiuiii 
OJontioUa Cecilia 
By a careful study of the data we have in 
this hybrid we may be able to attain certain 
objects sooner than 
by a haphazard 
crossing of any- 
thing that is good. 
Taking next as 
one section all the 
Odontiodas having 
the " yellow and 
b/own " Odonto- 
g i o s s u m s as 
parents, viz., C'ra- 
veniana, Luletia, 
ciifrea and Seiien- 
acca, it is astonish- 
ing to see how 
little difference in 
markings this wide 
range of parents 
has made. The red 
has stood the at- 
tack and come out 
triumphant. Hun- 
newel lianuni ap- 
pears to be the 
strongest yellow 
and brown species, as the hvbrid Seucnacca 
from it has a more broken-up red ground 
than any of the othe/s. 
Odonlioiia Bcvossiana stands alone as \'et 
in the primary hybrids, it being the only one 
with 0. Edzoardii for parent. There is no 
doubt this will create a fme race of hybrids, 
the colour being distinct from all others ; but 
it will take time to get size of flower, and it 
also may be diflicult to retain the fine deep 
colour in the secondaries. 
The group' with C ochliodn sanguincn, viz., 
hcaiojiensis and luic khainensis, are not 
Odonlioda heaionei s s. {H H.S. Painting. 
comparable to the C. Noez/iana group, and it 
is not to be expected they should be, but nia y 
produce elegant secondary crosses. 
The C ochliodn vulcanica group gives 
greater promise, viz., Bohnhofice, Thzuailesii, 
chclscacnsis, Seyuioiirj and W ilsonii, the 
lilac-purple contained by them, esi^ecially 
Tliivaitcsii, being very beautiful ; but they 
all lack form, naturally so from its absence in 
Cochlioda vulcanica. 
Great care will be necessary in selecting 
the colours wherewith to cross this group, as 
I doubt the con- 
stancy of the lilac- 
purple, and if it IS 
coupled with any 
heavy brown the 
result will be prob- 
a b 1 y a m u d d y 
ground colour, and 
great disappoint- 
ment to the raiser, 
as well as loss of 
valuable time. 
The result of 
Cochlioda vul- 
canica and 0 don- 
to glos sum nobile 
( Odoniioda W il- 
sonii) is poor as 
compared to the 
original analogous 
cross with Coch- 
lioda Noezl iana, 
even though allow- 
ance be made for 
a small plant 
blooming for the first time in each case. 
When Odonlioda V iiylslekew was shown 
there were some who thought Odonioglossiim 
ardcntissinium, and not Q. nobile, was its 
parent. I always contested this doubt, and 
gave my reasons in my paper on " Hybrid 
Odontoglossa " (Conference on Genetics, 
R.H.S. Report, 1907). Odonlioda Wilsomi 
gives a remarkable proof of what I then said. 
It has the same large area of colour, sur- 
rounded by a creamy-white band that widens 
at the tips of the segments, which in turn is 
again bounded outwardly by the edges of the 
