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ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM U„jl HRUBYANUM R,M,.J.
OOONTOGUOSSUM CRISPUM, Lindl., psoudobulbis pyriforrni comprcssis diplijOlis, Toliis ci
plii5, icixilis obloiigis acutis, tcpalis cuiK-ato ohlongis acutis, ¡nbcllo brcvi unj-ui: supra c.iluinn
medium angulaU. al» rhombcis dOTticulatis.
OnONTOGLOSSUM CRlsi'UM, Lindl, Tfiyl. Ann. Nat. H!«., xv., 1845, 256!; Lindl, f
Folia Orcliid., Ociontoglosaum, N'r, 57 I
I'lania innumcris Icxturac, figurac, colons varietalibifi ludcrvi nii|>cr per niillia miliiorui
tn oblongis acutis, pedunciilo multili
o obloni,« oblu»a
a ALKXANDIt^E, B
..I; Undl. Hot. Reg., xxxi., 1845. Mi.sccll., p. 50I; Lindi.
< pkgis Columbiac U. S. avide erqiRi et ab Oreliidearum
d, Chron,, 1864, 1083 ! : tela Horis raagis mombranaooa, top.ilis Ul issi mis oblongo rliombeis acuminatis crispi«, scu
Card. Chion., 1886, 71 Scpaiis laliiisculis disco bru:incis margine violaccis, tcpalis unguiculalis Iriangulis
ic pluribus iiidividuis appfircnl, quod ul
DURING the last three years more extraordinary varieties of Oclontoglossiiiii crLspiini (Alexandrie) have flowered in
liurope than in all the previous years combineil. This can probably be accounted for by the fact that collectors are
continually seeking and working new localities, and that enormous quantities of plants are now imported annually into
England. That a finer type of varieties is collectcd and sent home now than formerly must be obvious to every Orchid
grower, but even when the largest importations arrive from the (.listricts which are most noted for fine forms they
contain but few plants that can be considered of exceptional merit, and perhaps only one in ten thousand would be
equal in beauty to such magnificent varieties as that which is the subject of our present plate. This variety may be
regarded as typical of the finest that have yet (lowered in Europe, and these form a select group, probably not exceeding
a dozen in number. O. crispum Hrubyanum worthily takes rank with such priceless varieties as Sdirccderianum,
Stevensianum, Cooksonianum, Ballantineanum, Sanderianum, and a few others, all of which are difTerent, although
it would be a somewhat difficult task to describe their differences, and they all, like Hrubyanum, are remarkitble
for having large flowers, broad sepals, and petals heavily blotched with rich tints of reddish brown. None of them can
ever become common as their pro])agation is a very slow process, and many years must elapse before such a splendid
series is again imported. The variety here figured is named in honour of Daron Hruby, of Peckau, near Koiin, Austria.
- The histoiy of O. crispum was told in our first number and its culture fully described, so that we need not rccapitulatc it.
From a plant in the pos-sossion of liaron Ilraby, I'cckau. near Kolin, Austria
ODONTOGLOSSUM + LYROGLOSSUM rcU. f .
i acutis, labcllo bene iingiiiculato,Scpalis Pbinngis acutis, latcralibus falralis, tcpalis euneatn oblongis acuti pandurato anic b.i.ii
cime.ito, antico abniptc reniformi, carinis gcminis fakalis in disco intorjcclo c
angiilatao ali:> laccris.
.assuM LVRf>t;LOSSUM, Rchb. f., in Flora, .882, Dee. 1, p. 53.
Klos navidus illi Odontoglossi l'escatorci aequalis, Scpala
•iKlohulbua coropres,« pyrirormis ancepä jußosus.
a Dr. Wallace, ci. Backhousc aliisque Sah
Chmn. sub nomino Odontoglossi lyroglossi.
Odontoglossum Poscatorci
ourod blotches,
useful to give finally
knowledge from a CorrespondenI,
figures of lliL- genuine plant.
Icones analyiicae. Flos. Labellum e>