ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM ain, ALEXANDRE Bain 
JM CRISPUM, Lindl, ¢ pyriformi \! is diphyllis, foliis cuneato oblongis acutis, pedunculo plurifloro, floribus_pleiomor- 
phis, sepalis oblongis acutis, tepalis cuneato oblongis acutis, margine variis, saepe crisp’ is, labello ungue brevi supra basin columna adnato, lamina basi 
cuneata seu cordato oblonga obtusiuscula denticulata crispula, carinis a basi in discum ternis approximatis, carina mediana breviori, lateralibus in lamellas disci 
excuntibus, saepe rhombeas, columna trigona medium versus angulata, alis semioblongis rhombeis lacero serrulatis. 
ODONTOGLOssUM cRISPUM, Lindl. Tayl, Ann. Nat. His + 1845, 256!; Lindl. Herb.!; Lindl. Bot. Reg., xxxi., 1845, 50!; Lindl, Folia Orchid. Ue, 
Odontoglossum, 20, Nr. 57!; Rchb.f, in Walpers Ann,, vi., 845, Nr. 70!; Hook. Bot. Mag,, 1868, xciv., 5691, 5697 ! (Odontoglossum Alexandra) ; Van Houtte 
Flore des Serres, xvi. 1652! (Odontoglossum Bluntii)!; J. Bateman Od 1 xiv., xix.! (Od 1 Alexandre imie)!; R. Warner, B, Williams, 
T. Moore, Orchid Album, Vol. I, 43, 47!; Vol. IIL, 118, 127 (Odontoglossum Alexandre)!; Warner, Select Orch, Plants, 2 Ser, t. 23; fide T. Moore, in Orchid 
Album, sub. 47!; etc, ete. 
Planta innumeris texture, figura, coloris varietatibus ludens nuper per millia milliorum ex plagis Columbiz U. S. avide ercpta et ab Orchidearum ama- 
toribus culta. Dividi potest in duos greges, 
a, ALEXANDRA, Bat. (pro spec) floris tela magis membranacea, tepalis latissimis oblongo rhombcis acuminatis serratis, dentatis, lacerisve crispis. 
LOSSUM AL NDR4:, Bat., Gard. Chron., 1864, 1083!; Proceed. Royal Hort, Soc. iv., 186! 
4. BLUNTH, Rchb. f. tela floris bene validiori, tepalis rhombco-ovatis acutis denticulatis integerrimisque planiusculis. 
ODONTOGLOsSUM BLUNTI, Rchb.f. in von Mohl und von Schlechtendal Botanische Zeitung, 1864, 415). 
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Our analytical representations show a front view of column and lip, a side view of same ; a pollinarium, back view and side view ; 
anther, side view and front view. 
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Ir is probable that this work will give many varieties, nay, individuals, of this vegetal proteus, It will thus be right to speak 
about them, as explanations by drawings are indispensable with this plant. We have, however, to look at the question of 
nomenclature. When Dr. Lindley, whose name must be kept in respectful memory as long as Botany exists, described 
his Odontoglossum crispum from Hartweg’s specimens, preserved with the original labels both in Dr. Lindley’s and in my 
herbarium, he added the following remarks ; “ Flowers large, yellow, with a purple centre.” This appears on the original 
diagnosis, as I noted long since, and as my excellent friend, Prof. Oliver, F.R.S., has ascertained afresh at my instance, 
the book not being in my reach at this moment. And again, Dr. Lindley called the plant a Trymenium, which it is not, 
since the antherbed is not bordered by a membrane. As to the last statement I have no key. With regard to the yellow 
colour of the flowers, with a purple centre, it was caused by a copy of table 215, copied by poor Matthews from a drawing 
yellow, with a purple centre, and numerous purple spots. 
of “Ruiz & Pavon,” by their artist Tafalla, preserved then at Lima 
What it is, no one can say; the serrate keels stand parallel, covering half of the midline on the single labellum at right 
hand. This unlucky representation has misled Lindley himself over the colours. The use of Dr. Lindley's invaluable 
typical collection must be made cam maximo grano salis, otherwise it is dangerous. Careless observers regard Tafalla’s 
representation as a sketch prepared by Theodor Hartweg. Since that time yellow Odontoglossum crispum have been dis- 
covered, and thus Dr. Lindley’s remark is partly justified, fost festum, though there is not the slightest doubt of Hart- 
weg’s plant having been white flowered. When Mr. Bateman published his Odontoglossum Alexandre he had 
Dr. Lindley’s herbarium in his own house, on loan from the great English botanist. I have no doubt the unlucky 
statement as to the yellow colour, perhaps also the old later-discarded indication of a Trymenium, misguided the excellent 
author of the Monograph of Odontoglossum, which work may be regarded as unsurpassed, and it is perhaps the finest 
book on Orchids that has ever been issued. As to myself, when I published Odontoglossum Bluntii I most distinctly 
compared it with Odontoglossum crispum, Lindl., which I knew perfectly well. In those days no one could foresee the 
protean nature of such things. As a fact, I never had any difficulty in recognising what is Mr. J. Bateman’s Odonto- 
glossum Alexandre, dedicated by permission to H.R.H. Princess Alexandra of Wales, and what is my Bluntii. Mr. 
Bateman has, to my own knowledge, fully identified his Odontoglossum with the old crispum, but I thought it loyally due 
