[Prark 90.] 
THE PESCATORE ODONTOGLOT. 
(ODONTOGLOSSUM PESCATOREI.) 
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A Stove Epiphyte, of great beauty, from New GRENADA, belonging to the Order of ORCHIDS. 
Specific Character. 
THE PESCATORE ODONTOGLOT. Pseudobulbs ovate, | ODONTOGLOSSUM PESCATOREI ; (Leucoglossum) 
slightly ribbed, two-leaved. Leaves strap-shaped, flat, pseudobulbis ovatis leviter eostatis diphyllis, foliis loratis 
narrowed at the base, shorter than the loose many- planis basi angustatis, paniculà erecta diffusà multiflora, 
flowered erect panicle. Bracts minute. Flowers bracteis minutis, floribus membranaceis, sepalis ovato- 
membranous. Sepals ovate-oblong, with a small point, oblongis apiculatis leviter undulatis, petalis conformibus 
slightly wavy. Petals of the same form, but twice as dupló latioribus, labello cordato oblongo cuspidato sub- 
broad. Lip heart-shaped, oblong, cuspidate, somewhat pandurato basi denticulato utrinque appendice carnoso 
contracted in the middle, rather toothed at the base, plano lac to lamellis 2 parallelis anticé denticulatis 
furnished on each side with a flat lacerated appendage, a interjectis, columne brevis alis brevibus laceris, 
pair of parallel plates being placed between. Wings of 
the column short, lacerated. 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei : Linden’s Catalogue. 
NOXE of the Odontoglots equal in beauty this most lovely species, to which the smallness of our 
plate forbids our doing justice. The panicle of large white flowers is from two to three feet 
high, and not much narrower, so far do the branches extend. The flowers themselves are of ample 
size, of a delicate semitransparent texture, with a faint blush line along the middle of the sepals, and 
a stain of yellow near the base of the lip, where also are found a pair of broad deep crimson 
lacerated appendages. The column itself is white, with the ragged wings also stained with crimson. 
A specimen in flower was sent us last April by Mr. Linden, and when exhibited, although long 
