THE ORCHID WORLD. 



July, 1912.] 



This plant forms one of the gems of Mr. 

 C. J. Philhps' collection at " The Glebe," 

 Sevenoaks, where a short time hence will be 

 found many more gems. Mr. Phillips is col- 

 lecting in a very systematic manner, acquir- 

 ing fine varieties from which to raise finer 

 ones, the commencement of which latter 

 fascinating pursuit has taken place and, with 

 all other factors and time added, the result is 

 pretty certain to reward him. 



It now remains to explain the dedicatory 

 name. Mr. Philhps has made a collection, 

 probably second to none, of county history, 

 and Kent forms the centrepiece in his library. 

 He intends to couple his two hobbies in "pair 

 horse harness " and drive them together. 

 Therefore, he adopts the Kent authors' names 

 as his plants' dedications. This system will 



identify his plants to Orchidologists (if they 

 be up m Kentish lore), and enable him to 

 connect his plants grown and raised in Kent 

 with time honoured names of " Men of Kent." 



Lambarde was the great " Perambulator " 

 of the country in 1576, and his history is 

 known to bibliophiles the world over. 



It IS a far cry from Lambarde in 1576 to 

 Od. Lambardeanum 111 igi2, but Mr. Phillips 

 has made a happy connecting link in thus 

 making the great county historian known to 

 another large section of the workers of present 

 and future times. 



It is a pleasure to me, after 3 1 years Orchid 

 growing here, to find I have at last a keen 

 "companion in arms," and to publish his first 

 new Orchid. 



de B. C rawshay, June jth, igi2. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM HARWOODII, 



(See Coloured Plate). 



nobile Harryanum crispum Iriumphans 



Rolfeae 



I 



harvengtense 



I 



maculatiim 



Wigaiiianum 



I 



HARWOODII 



This might be shortly described as a very 

 glorified maculatum with a most remarkably 

 altered and peculiarly marked lip. 



Having looked down the parentage of the 

 plant it is very easy to see how the markings 

 have become what they are in the sepals and 

 petals, but any explanation of the peculiar 

 central line of brown in the lip can only be 

 found by the fact that maculatum has a 

 copiously spotted lip in a circular arrange- 

 ment and the lips of the other brown and 

 yellow parents have usually solid brown 

 blotches. The result is that the blotch has 

 been broken up by the spotted lip of macu- 

 latum, but the colour has been thickened all 

 along the midrib. 



Analogous to this central line of colour in 

 the lip is that of Od. Eleanor (cirrhosum x 



Uro-Skinneri), and the same result has been 

 produced by the spotted lip of Uro-Skinneri, 

 which is a near relative of maculatum. 



It may be a property of spotted lipped 

 Central American Odontoglossums which is 

 exercised upon their Colombian relatives, and 

 it is worth noting, and doubtless will be 

 further proved later on. 



There are only two garden hybrids that 

 have bloomed from maculatum, and both are 

 remarkable. The other is maculatissimum 

 (ardentissimum x maculatum) shown at Ghent, 

 April, igo8, by Mons. Vuylsteke. 



Mr. Charlesworth raised Harwoodii with a 

 fine variety of maculatum, and from that day 

 to this maculatum has been in demand instead 

 of being a despised thing at is. 6d. a plant. 



Hybrids from all Central American Odonto- 

 glossums seem far harder to raise than those 

 of Colombia, and, therefore, more attention 

 should be paid to them so that we can get a 

 series of " new breaks," for at present the 

 average hybrid Odontoglossums are " very 

 much of a muchness," and a great many could 

 be almost produced by one pair of parents. 



Odontoglossum Harwoodii is now in the 



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