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broad, the sepals and petals reddish brown edged with 

 yellow, the cuneate retuse lip bright yellow. It does best in 

 a pot or basket in peat, and will continue a long time in 

 perfection. This species is generally considered difficult to 

 bloom, but we think this is due to bad cultivation, since Sir 

 T. Lawrence, Bart., M.P., flowers it frequently, grown in a 

 house along with other Odontoglots. — New Grenada. 



"EiG.—Pescatorea, t. 47 ; ' Warner, Sel. Orch. FL, iii, t. 4 ; Baiem., Mon. 

 Odont., t. 27. 



Syn. — 0, candelabrum, 



0. crispum, Lindley. — One of the most beautiful and most 

 useful of Orchids, which from its identity with 0. crispum 

 not having been at first discovered, and from its having 

 when originally introduced in a living state received the 

 popular name of 0. Alexandres, is perhaps even yet better 

 known in gardens by this latter designation. It is a charm- 

 ing addition to our collections, and one which affords many 

 variations, ranging from a pure white to yellow and rose, and 

 including various highly spotted forms. The pseudobulbs 

 are oblong ovate compressed, 

 with a pair of ligulate oblong 

 acute leaves, and radical scapes 

 from the axils of accessory leaves, 

 bearing racemes or panicles of 

 the lovely flowers, which often 

 have the ovate lanceolate sepals 

 flushed with rose, the broadly 

 ovate pure white petals being 

 much undulated, and the oblong 

 ovate lip much crisped and acu- 

 minate, with a rich yellow stain 

 over the discal portion, and 

 having one or two small red- 

 brown spots about the centre 

 and a series of radiating lines 

 of the same colour at the base. 

 This is regarded as a fair example of the species, but, as 

 just noted, there are many varieties of the plant, some 

 much finer and larger than others, though very few prove 

 altogether inferior. It is a most graceful plant, producing 

 its lovely spikes of bloom freely when kept quite cool, and 

 lasting in beauty a long time if the flowers are kept free from 

 damp. This indeed is the case with all white or light- 



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