Plate XXVIII. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM CITROSMUM IIOSEUM. 



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n "" M '" 1 li cnwn " H R0OT «■ ofwrcolltHin: * superior form of the variety. 



MeniogloHum dtomnm itself is „ verj lovely plant, but a comparison with am- of the published 

 figure, of (hat lino specks will show thai Ihe variety we now figure b very n,ucb superior ... it The 

 vanct) indeed, which in garde* b commonly called mm* b undouwedh preferable to Ihe original form 

 of the specres, bu. that ■ * f i, which we now figure, as much eclipses the ordinarv re*™ u ,.,.„„„ 

 AMU surpasses »he ordinary rtmu*. The original form was imported &om Mexicoby'thc late G Barker 

 1%. ol Bmningham, and was first made public in 1812, al one of Ihe Chfawick B.es of the Horticultural 



Sonny, by T. Broddohurst, Esq., of Macclesfield. Since then i, bos been very finely fl l ■„ from the 



collectmn of S. Rucker, Esq., of Wandsworth. Alter ,„;„„, ^deration of the propriety of «marntiog 

 iln- and some all,cd »pceics from OAmtoghmm, botanists worn aow pretty well agreed to retain il in that 

 genus, u, wind, il was originally assigned by Dr. Lindlcy. Tim dowers bear a very agreeable and delicate 

 fragrance, compared io thai of lemons. 



The original Odottogbmm dtnmam is one of our handsomer Orchids, having flowers of pur,, white 

 and Ho rose, measuring two inches in diameter when properly flowered, and prodding twelve or more' 

 such flowers on each spike. There are fow plant* .ha. surpass i. in its own stylo of beauty. Fine specimens 

 used lo ho shown some years ago al the Chfawick and Regent's Park editions, bnl now it b seldom seen 

 at the large shorn, notwiAstanding thai it is one of the most distinct plants as to its flowers that can 

 be produced for competition purposes, and having fine dark-green foliage, fa u ornamental objec. at home 

 even when not in bloom. 



Thecharaing variety of ibis well-known plant, to which Iho presenl article fa specially devoted, fa a great 

 actuation amongst the forms of thb most interesting and ornamental genus, which contains some of Ihe 



"' 1,rtt "'> s P edra ™ cullirate - Th " ^™«» t™ "hid, ourdrawing was taken, fa growing in our own 



I >rchid bouse. We have never seen one in any other collection producing flowers so highlj coloured ; liiose 

 generally met with having less colour in the Up. Although therefore the old type of rattan fa to be con- 

 sidered as a very fine .1, . yet that „, figured b more showy, and deserving lo be more extensively 

 cultivated, the (lower-, when well bronghl out, being nearly equal to those of a I'hatmo,*,*. A vet; 

 line example of ihe old form of rownm was exhibited at the Manchester Botanic Garden, by Sir. Toll 

 gardener to J. A. Turner, Esq., r Manchester ; this, which bore a considerable number of its long drooping 

 Bower-spikes, had been grown in a house, along with CW%«, latiat, etc. The plant fa . red 



dimeull to bloom, bul that which we have jusl mentioned (lowers annually in great perfection ; and if the 

 proper treatment fa given, no difficult, should be experienced in other collection, in obtaining a similar 

 and equally satisfactory result 





