ttiE ORCHID WORLD. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM HIS MAJESTY 
KING GEORGE V. 
This very fins variety of 
O. crispum was exhibited at 
the recent Temple Show by 
Mr. Ch. Vuylsteke, Loo- 
christi, Ghent, Belgium. The 
flowers are of perfect form, of 
a rich rose ground colour 
almost covered with solid, 
dark claret-purple blotches. 
All the segments of the flower 
have a narrow white margin, 
which gives a very distinct 
appearance to this variety. 
It is of interest to note that 
the plant was flowered in 
Belgium, exhibited for three 
days in the hot tents of the 
Temple Show, returned to 
Belgium w^here it remained 
for a week, and afterwards 
the cut spike was again sent 
to this country by post in 
order that a photograph, 
which is reproduced on this 
page, might be taken for this 
journal. By placing the stem 
and occasionally dipping the 
whole spike in water, the 
flowers remained fresh for a 
further period of six days. 
The marvellous advance 
made during recent years 
in the production of blotched 
Odontoglossums makes one 
wonder what will be the next 
step. Commencing with a 
flower having a few stray 
spots, then blotches, and 
afterwards almost entirely 
covering it with a solid mass 
of colour, it is difficult to 
predict what the hybridist 
will attempt to do next. 
Odontoglossum crispum His Majesty King Qeo 
From a Photograph hree-quariers i atural size. 
