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RODRIGUEZIA crispa. 



Crisped Sweet-scented Hodiiguezia. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 

 Nat. Ord. OacHiDACEiE § Vande^. 

 RODRIGUEZIA. Botanical Register, vol. U.fol. 930. 



R. crispa ; psendobulbis ovatis elongatis compressis cliphyllis, foliis oblongo- 

 lanceolatis patentibus undulatis, racemo elongate denso pyramidato nu- 

 tante, sepalis omnibus liberis petalisque uudulato-crispis, labello sigmoi- 

 deo lanceolato bicristato appendice nngue mnlto breviore. 



R. crispa. Hot. Reg. 1839, misc. no. 139. 



One of the sv^^eetest plants I know ; its fragrance resem- 

 bling that of Primroses. It is an Orchidaceous plant from 

 the Organ mountains of Brazil, and flowered with Messrs. 

 Loddiges in October, 1839. Its singularly crisped flowers, 

 of a dull sea-green, bordered with yellow, have an uncommon 

 appearance. 



It is evidently very near R. suaveolens, the Pleurothallis 

 foliosa of the Botanical Magazine, t. 27^6, a plant I have 

 never seen. But according to the figure and description the 

 two lateral sepals of that species are united at the base, and 

 the flowers are very little crisped. 



It is one of those plants which succeed either in a well 

 drained pot, or suspended in the air of the stove upon a block 

 of wood, as it suits the fancy or convenience of the cultivator. 

 It should never be kept so dry as Catasetums, or plants with 

 thick and fleshy pseudo-bulbs. It is easily propagated by 

 division, the front bulbs making the best plants. 



