THE ORCHID WORLD. 
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From a pJiotograpJi by Lio)iel Craw shay. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM TITANIA. 
triumphans Harryaniim 
Queen Alexandra crispum 
Carmen Leonard Perfect 
TITANIA. 
The reproduced photograiDh of this should 
be of natural size to adequately portray this 
large bloom, which was five inches high. 
In colour the sepals are grounded yellow 
of triumphans hue, covered with brown 
blotching ; the petals are similarly grounded 
and tipped, but the overlaying shade is bright 
reddish-brown, evidently derived from the 
reddish brick-brown of the great crispum 
parent ; the lip is white, its blotch being 
a reddish-brown-lilac, the latter shade de- 
scending from " Carmen," whose blotch on the 
lip contains much lilac. 
This is the first plant of this cross that I 
have bloomed, but Mr. Cookson has flowererJ 
two. The first one reverted to an almost 
spotless creamy-white form, the sepals and 
petals containing just a few evidences of spots 
where they are usually placed in crispum 
Bonnyanum, but here in this reversion the lip 
bore the reduced blotch of " Carmen, ' and 
the form of the whole bloom was that of the 
seed-bearer. 
-Since writing this Mr. Cookson has Vjloomed 
five more plants; they show every gradation 
between the two parents, one having reverted 
so much as to appear like a very round fine 
harvengtense, though, of course, Harryanum is 
at once seen to be connected with it. 
Mr. Cookson's second plant I did not see, 
but it was " quite full of colour, and looked 
almost like a different cross." 
When these plants are full-grown there is 
no doubt they will bear enormous flowers and 
become founders of a very large race of 
hybrids, owing to the immense size of crispum 
Leonard Perfect. 
We can picture a five-inch bloom of Odon- 
tioda Charlesworthii colour. It zvill come. 
de B. Crnivshay, March 22nd, igi i. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM VULCRIS. 
crispum luteopurpureum triumphanscrispum 
II II 
I I 
Wilckeanum harvengtense 
I I 
i 
crispum Vuylstekei 
\ ' 
crispum Vulcan 
1 ' 
Vulcris 
One more application of crispum and there 
will be most likely no evidence of the yellow 
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