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oblong-lanceolate coriaceous obscurely nerved leaves, and a 

 tall scape which bears either a raceme or panicle of large 

 showy spreading flowers, from two to three inches across, often 

 from fifty to sixty in a spreading panicle. The sepals are 

 oblong-obtuse, narrowed below, wavy or crisped, of a greenish 

 brown, spotted ; the petals are broadly obovate-obtuse, also 

 crisped, of a rich brown, the claw yellow striped with brownish 

 red ; and the lip is crisped, large, roundish cordate, of the 

 same colour as the petals, its base contracted, yellow spotted 

 or barred with red, and bearing two small yellow horn-shaped 

 side lobes, with a deltoid three-lobed crest, which is yellow 

 spotted with red, between them ; the column is also yellow. 

 This species blooms at different times in the year, and lasts 

 three or four weeks in beauty. It requires to be grown on a 

 block of wood in the Cattleya house, and should never be 

 allowed to get dry, as it enjoys plenty of moisture. — Brazil: 

 Organ Mountains. 



"Fig.— Loddiges, Bot. Cab., t. 1854 ; Bot. Mag., t. 3499 ; Bot. Reg., t. 1920 ; 

 Flore des Serves, t. 2148 ; Knoioles and Westc. Ft. Cab., t. 64 ; Maund, 

 Botanist, i. t. 26 ; Warner, Sel. Orch. PL, ii. t. 26. 



0. crispuni grandiflornin, Hort. — A very fine variety of the 

 preceding. Its blossoms are very large, being twice the size of 

 those of 0. crispuni, and of a deep rich brown colour ; the sepals 

 rather narrow and very wavy, the broad flat petals and lip 

 with a narrow edging of golden yellow, and the yellow colour 

 of the claw extended to the base of the lip, where it forms 

 a large radiating blotch. It succeeds best on a block, and 

 requires a good supply of water at the roots. — Brazil. 



'EiG.— Floral Mag., t. 485. 



0. crispum marginatum.— See 0. Foebesh. 



0. Croesus, Bchh. f. — A pretty dwarf-growing species of 

 compact tufted habit, whose flowers are somewhat suggestive 

 of those of a pansy. The pseudobulbs are small oblong- 

 ovoid, tapering upwards, compressed, and supporting a pair 

 of light green ligulate bluntish leaves, some four to six inches 

 long, the erect scapes not taller than the leaves, bearing some 

 three or four flowers, an inch across in the spread of the 

 petals, and with a lip three-quarters of an inch broad ; the 

 sepals and petals are deep purplish brown, and the lip 

 has two smaller yellow roundish lateral lobes and a broad 

 golden yellow reniform front lobe, the crest prominent, deep 

 velvety black. It blooms very freely during summer, and 



