THE GARDEN ALBUM AND REVIEW. 
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ODONTOGLOSSUM ARDENTISSIMUM 
THEODORA. 
The accompanying illustration shows a very 
remarkable Odontoglossum with deep rich 
mauve purple-brown flowers of great brightness 
and very much resembles a pure blotched 
O. crispum. It is noticeable for the great 
substance and regularity of its segments, as 
well as the clearly defined blotches—resembling 
the flowers of O. F. K. Sander and that class. 
There is no doubt, according to Mr. De Barri 
Crawshay, that this variety is the result of a 
cross between 0 . Pescatorei and 0 . crispum 
augustum , as the blotching is almost identical 
with that variety, whereas those derived from 
O. crispum “ Franz Masereel ” conform more 
to the markings of that variety, having its 
“ eye-brows ” frequently very marked on the 
petals. 
Brasso-cattleya X Pyrrha. —A distinct 
cross between C. labiata and Laelia glauca. 
It is fairly intermediate in every way between 
the two parents. The silvery-sheathed bulbs 
are about 2—3 in. long, each with a solitary 
leathery leaf on top. The plant shown had 
one flower about 6-in. across. The sepals are 
lance shaped, the petals oblong wavy, both 
being of a rich rosy-purple colour. The lip 
partakes mostly of the L. glauca character. It 
is rose-purple with a deep crimson blotch in 
front running in a narrow streak to the base, 
where another deep crimson blotch is situate 
beneath the white column. On each side of 
the narrow streak is a creamy yellow blotch, 
softly shading into the crimson. The plant 
was shown at the R.H.S., on January 9th last, 
by Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, and 
received an “ Award of Merit.” 
Catasetum splendens punctatissimum.— 
A fine specimen with five flowers was shown 
at the R.H.S., Westminster, on January 6th, 
1905, by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, 
Dorking (gr. Mr. White). This plant is a 
variety of C. Bungerothi (or C. pileatum as 
Reichenbach called it), or a hybrid between 
it and C. macrocavpum. The sepals and petals 
are whitish, heavily spotted with crimson, and 
washed with the same colour on the margins 
and tips. The lip is bright yellow with a 
pouch in the centre, and round the sides and 
front is covered with crimson dots. 
Laelia glauca. —A nicely-grown plant of this 
was shown at R.H.S., Westminster, on Jan. 
9th, 1905, by H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, 
West Hill, Putney (gr. Mr. G. E. Day), and 
received a Botanical Certificate. It is not a 
new plant by any means, having been intro¬ 
duced in 1837 from Mexico. 
Cypripedium x Bella, Westfield var.— A 
glance at the flowers of this hybrid shows the 
parentage of C. vexillavimn and C. philippinense 
very clearly. The leaves are mottled with 
pale and deep green. The slender scape, 
12-15 i n - high, is deep purple, hairy, with two 
flowers. Upper sepal roundish pointed, washed 
with bright crimson-purple all over except near 
the margains which are white. Petals 
drooping, pointed, crimson-purple, with dots 
and blotches on the margins, and on lower 
half near the lip. Lip narrow, dull purplish, 
deeply veined with purple. Staminode 
roundish, shining, with green veins in centre. 
Shown by Francis Wellesley, Esq., at the 
R.H.S., Jan. 9th, 1906. Award of Merit. 
Cypripedium X Bridgei. —This distinct 
hybrid—obtained by crossing C. X Godsejfianum 
and C. Argus Moensi — received an Award of 
Merit when shown at the R.H.S. on Jan. 23, 
by G. F. Moore, Esq., Chardwar, Bourton-on- 
the-Water (gr. Mr. Page). The downy upper 
sepal has the white surface almost obliterated 
with small blackish spots except at the margins, 
while the broad petals are rosy in colour, with 
black spots on a green ground near the base. 
Cypripedium x Earl of Tankerville. — An 
Award of Merit was given to this fine hybrid 
when shown at the R.H.S. on Jan. 9, by 
Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans. It is a 
cross between C. Exul and C. x mUns, Sander’s 
var. The flower was of fine form having a 
'•white upper sepal, washed with emerald green 
at the base, where there were large chocolate- 
purple blotches, these passing into crimson or 
rose-purple when placed on the whiter ground. 
The broad petals were olive-brown while the 
lip Avas of a soft brownish-yellow veined with 
purple-brown. 
Phaius maculatus. —A very fine form was 
exhibited by Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. 
Albans, at the R.H.S. on Jan. 23, and received 
an Award of Merit. The flowers were of a 
clear yellow colour with red markings on the 
lip, and very much resembled those of some 
Cymbidiums in appearance. 
