PLATE V. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM PESCATOREL, و‎ Lindley. 
M. PESCATORE'S ODONTOGLOSSUM. 
O. (ISANTHIUM, Lindl.) pseudobulbis ovatis lævigatis nebulosis diphyllis, foliis loratis planis basi 
angustatis panicula amplä erecta multiflora 3-plo brevioribus, bracteis minutis, floribus 
membranaeeis, sepalis ovato-oblongis apieulatis leviter undulatis, petalis conformibus 
latioribus, labello cuspidato subpandurato basi  dentieulato, eristæ lamellis lateralibus 
distantibus cartilagineis laceris lineis. duabus divergentibus apice denticulatis interjectis, 
columnæ brevis alis brevibus euneatis laceris. (Lindl. Fol. Orch., quibusdam mutatis.) 
ODONTOGLOSSUM PESCATOREI, Lindley, in Pawton's Flower Garden, iii. t. 90; Pescatorea, t. 1; Warner's Select Orchidaceous Plants, t. 25. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM NOBILE, Reichenbach fil. in Linnwa, 22, 850. 
Habitat in New GRANADA, Province of Pamplona, at the height of from 5000 to 6000 feet, Funck and Schlim. 
DESCRIPTION. 
PssuponvLBs from 2 to 8 inches long, of an ovate form, glossy, and mottled with dark brown, usually bearing 2 lorate 
Leaves, which are from 6 inches to a foot long, narrowed at the base and sharp at the end, much shorter than the 
tall upright branched Pantone, which sometimes rises to the height of 3 feet, and bears from 6 to 60 membranous 
Frowers of a peculiarly delicate texture. Bracrs very small.  Surans ovate-oblong, apiculate, slightly waved at the 
edges, an inch long, white with streaks of rose-colour. 了 ETALS similar in form and texture to the sepals, but broader 
and more curled at the edges, of the purest white. Lie inclining to fiddle-shape, pointed, but with the point invisible 
when looked at in front ; towards the base are two short upright tubercles that pass forward into plates diverging from 
each other, and toothed in front. On either side are two pseudo-wings, irregularly indented, and, like the plates, of 
a beautiful gold colour, streaked with red. The rest of the lip is white, with the exception of a few irregular blotches 
of crimson, the number and size and disposition of which vary considerably in different individuals. COLUMN short, 
with short wedge-shaped Wines, a little indented at the edges. 
This lovely plant was discovered in the year 1847 by MM. Funck and Schlim when on a botanical mission to New 
Granada, in the service of M. Linden. According to its discoverers, it is not unfrequently met with in the provinces of 
Pamplona and Ocana, at an elevation above the sea-level of about 5000 feet, inhabiting the oak forests which—where 
the climate is mild—clothe the eastern slopes of the glorious Cordillera. 
O. Pescatorei flowered with M. Linden for the first time in 1851, and attracted, as well it might, universal 
admiration. Nothing indeed, even in the beautiful family to which it belongs, can surpass the delicacy of its blossoms, 
with their charming mixture of rose and white, relieved by a few deep-crimson stains scattered irregularly over the lip. Its 
habit too is good, and its stately panicle of flowers well-proportioned to the size of the bulbs and leaves. It blooms 
abundantly in the spring months, and its blossoms continue at least six weeks in perfection. We need not wonder that a 
plant with such a rare combination of good qualities should have been selected by M. Linden to do honour to his 
patron the late M. Pescatore, after whom he named it, and in whose sumptuous work (* Pescatorea’) it forms the 
first plate. ۱ 
Although the species, owing to the difficulty of importing it alive, is still exceedingly rare in this country, it has 
already flowered in many of the principal collections, especially in those of Mr. Rucker, Mı. Basset, Mr. Day, and 
