THE ORCHID WORLD. 
Odontioda Thwailesii 
(C. oulcanica x O. Harryanum). 
to its present eminence under his care and 
cultural skill, and we are sure that under his 
guidance it will not fall behind. Mr. Black 
has an interesting pen, and many of his 
methods of culture and ideas on hybridisa- 
tion have been clearly stated in the different 
articles written by him and published in this 
iournal. 
G. W. 
NEW PLANTS. 
L^lio-Cattleya Margaret Hyland 
(L.-C. Ophir X C. Mossi.E Wagneri). — The 
flower is of medium size, the broad sepals and 
petals being purple-mauve ; the lip is similar 
in colour, with a bright igolden throat. Raised 
by Messrs. Sander and Sons, and named in 
honour of Miss Margaret Hyland, Woodlands, 
London Road, St. Albans. This hybrid is of 
interest, for Laelio-Cattleya Ophir is a hybrid 
derived from L. xanthina x C. aurea, both 
of which have golden-yellow sepals and petals. 
The albino form of C. Mossias has had little 
influence, for, as might be expected, reversion 
to the normal coloured form has taken place, 
the hybrid having purple tinted sepals and 
petals. Several other seedlings from this 
pod have also flowered ; they show some varia- 
tion in the degree of coloration, but, so far, 
not one has flowered having either pure-white 
or yellow petals. 
Cattleya Alcimeda (Gaskelliana 
ALBA X LABIATA Gilmouri.*:). — A fairly 
large flower with pure-white sepals and petals, 
the lip having the purple blotch of the labiata 
parent. Raised by Messrs. Charlesworth, 
and considering the number of hybrid Catt- 
leyas which have been produced, it is strange 
that these two species, so frequently seen in 
almost every collection, have not been crossed* 
before. 
L^lio-Cattleya Cymbeline (C. Men- 
DELII X L.-C. HiGHBURYENSIS). — Flowers 
somewhat drooping in habit, of a fleshy- 
yellow colour, the sepals and petals marbled 
with rose-purple, the lip purple-blotched with 
a yellow throat slightly veined. Exhibited 
by Messrs. Sander and Sons, at the Royal 
Horticultural Society, June 20th, 191 1. 
Sophro-L.-elio-Cattleya Elissa (S.-L. 
GratrixI/E X C. Hardyana). — The former 
parent of this hybrid is the result of crossing 
Sophronitis grandiflora with Laslia tenebrosa, 
and the latter is Cattleya aurea x gigas. The 
showy flowers are coppery-red and somewhat 
similar to Sophro-Laslia Nestor, a hybrid 
obtained by crossing Cattleya Dowiana with 
Sophro-Laelia Gratrixiae. It was exhibited 
by H. S. Goodson, Esq., at the meeting of 
the Royal Horticultural Society on August ist, 
igil. 1 
Odontioda Eva May (Cochlioda vul- 
CANICA X OdONTOGLOSSUM PERCULTUM). 
— This pretty little bigeneric hybrid is com- 
posed of one-half C. vulcanica, one-quarter 
O. Pescatorei, and one-eight each of O. 
Harryanum and O. crispum. It is almost 
identical in colour to a typical Charles- 
worthii, being a rich yellow-red, and the 
colour is entirely solid throughout except for 
the clear yellow crest and glimpses of the 
same colour on the tips of the lateral sepals. 
The shoulders of the perfectly pandurate 
labellum are tilted upwards at the extremities, 
and the margins of the sepals and petals are 
evenly undulated. It is remarkable as being 
the first vulcanica hybrid to throw this colour. 
