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The granulosa species has imparted a fleshy 
nature to the flower. Raised by Messrs. 
Sander and Sons. 
OdontOGLOSSUM HermioNE. — Another 
of the Edwardii hybrids, this being with the 
pollen of ardentissimum. The flower has 
a close resemblance to those of Thompson i- 
anum and Clytie. Raised by Messrs. Sander 
and Sons. 
OlJONTOGLOSSUM MiNERVA. — The result 
of crossing crispo-Harryanum with calo- 
glossuni (crispum x Vuylstekeae) is a flower 
very similar to an amabile. The crispum and 
the Harryanum species on both sides of the 
parentage have united to this effect, and thus 
show how reversion will bring us much the 
same result as in our primary hybrids. 
Raised by Mr. de Barri Crawsha)', Rosefield, 
Sevenoaks. 
OdontiODA Hebe. — The parents of this 
new primary hybrid are Odontoglossum 
cristatellum (Kegeljani x cristatum) and Coch- 
lioda Noezliana. The result is not unlike 
Odontioda gattonensis, but differs from the 
variety figured in the Drchid Worli^, Vol. I, 
p. 77, by having the colour on the petals 
slightly more broken up. The ground colour 
is dull yellow, the blotching light reddish 
brown. Raised by Mr. de Barn Crawshay, 
Sevenoaks 
1^ H 
ODONTIODA BREWII. 
WHEN Odontioda Charlesworthii first 
made its appearance. May, 1908, 
considerable surprise was expressed 
regarding the remarkable power that Coch- 
lioda Noezliana had over such a distinct 
species as Odontoglossum Harryanum, the 
more so because in the majority, one might 
almost say in every one, of the hybrids of 
this latter species the Harryanum has had a 
powerful influence over its mate. No matter 
how complex the parentage of a Harryanum 
hybrid may be, an amateur has only to ask 
his friend to guess the parents and he receives 
the usual reply : " I can see there is Harry- 
anum m it ; there is no mistaking that." 
Now hybridists certainly thought that when 
O. Harryanum was crossed with C. N(£zliana, 
the seedlings would surely show a strong 
likeness to this former species, more especially 
did they think that the prominent longitudinal 
striping of colour on the basal halves of the 
petals would m some way break up the 
solid red colour of the Cochlioda species. 
Some even suggested that we should obtain 
a scarlet-red Harryanum. But all these 
prophecies were doomed to failure. 
Odontioda Charlesworthii has been raised in 
several widely separated gardens, and in 
every case, without a single recorded 
exception, the results have been practically 
similar ; a solid scarlet-red flower, the only 
perceptible difference being in regard to size 
or density of colour, such as is due to the 
variance of the parental characters. 
The ambition of the hybridists was in no 
way discouraged by these unexpected 
results. There seemed to be but one way 
out of the difficulty, and this was to cross 
Odontioda Charlesworthii with O. Harry- 
anum, and so produce a hybrid having a 
double influence of this latter species. In 
this way it was expected that the Cochlioda 
colour would be broken up into a pattern 
not unlike that of Harryanum. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. at once made 
a cross of this description, and during the last 
few weeks three of the seedlings have 
reached the flowering stage and received the 
name Odontioda Brewii. The results are 
astonishing. In one the flower has assumed 
an intense crimson, so much so that the flower 
appears almost black, while the petals are 
inclined forward as typical of Harryanum. 
In another flower the colour is somewhat 
lighter, with the large lip bright ruby-crimson. 
The third flower possesses a lip of a peculiar 
bronze colour never before seen in any 
Odontioda. 
Beautiful as all these variations are, the 
solid coloration still remains. Even when 
the flowers are held up so that bright day-light 
shines through the segments there is no sign 
of blotching or breaking up of this remarkable 
red pigment. What are we to do next and 
to expect are now our foremost thoughts. 
