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tHE ORCHID WORLD 
ODONTIODA ROSEFIELDIENSIS CRAWSHAYANA. 
(Cochlioda Noezliana x Odontoglossum triumphans.) 
From a photograph by Lionel Crawshay. 
DL'RING the last seven years consider- 
able interest has centred upon the 
numerous Odontiodas. Experience 
has now taught us from which species or 
varieties we may expect the best results ; 
some will make the best primar)-, others the 
finest secondary crosses. Some time must 
elapse before we can prove what Odontiodas 
to reject and what to keep for future work ; 
all will depend on the inheritance of certain 
qualities. Odontioda Rosefieldiensis is in 
every way a fine hybrid, of good size, and of 
a yellowish-red colour, and one from which we 
may confidently expect further good results in 
its progeny. As may be seen in the above 
photograph the lip is reflexed, a character- 
istic possessed by neither of its parents, 
and the more remarkable point is that this 
peculiarity has occurred in two other crosses 
of the same parentage, both of which were 
raised m different collections. The flowers 
of Odontoglossum triumphans very soon fade 
when cut off the plant ; the question of 
whether this peculiarity will be inherited in 
any way by the seedlings produced from it 
will remain a point of interest. An Award 
of Merit was given to the plant v/hen 
exhibited at the Royal Horticultural Society 
by Mr. de Barn Crawsha)', June 20th, 191 1. 
By a slight error in the omission of a line in 
our report of that meeting on page 239, the 
plant appeared to have received a First-class 
Certificate, a reward, in the opinion of some, 
it should have obtained. 
Odontioda maculatissima (Odontoglossum 
amoenum x Cochlioda Noezliana). — A hybrid 
raised by Messrs. Linden, Brussels, and 
reported in the Tribune Horiicle, 1910, p. 141. 
