ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM zinw. HRUBYANUM Reh. f. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM, Lindl., Jobulbis pyriformi F is diphyllis, foliis cuneato oblongis acutis, pedunculo multifloro, floribus pleio- 
morphis, sepalis oblongis acutis, tepalis cuneato oblongis acutis, labello brevi ungue supra columna basin adnato, Jamina cuneato seu cordato oblonga obtusa 
acutave crispula, carinis a basi in discum ternis contiguis mediana breviori, lateralibus in lamellas rhombeas erectas exeuntibus, columna trigona versus 
medium angulata, alis rhombeis denticulatis. 
ODONTOGLOsSUM CRISPUM, Lindl. Tayl. Ann. Nat. Hist, xv., 1845, 256!; Lindl. Herb.!; Lindl. Bot. Reg., xxxi. 1845, Miscell., p. 50!; Lindl. 
Folia Orchid., Odontoglossum, Nr. 57 ! 
Planta innumeris texturae, figurae, coloris varietatibus ludens nuper per millia milliorum ex plagis Columbiae U. S. avide crepta et ab Orchidearum 
amatoribus culta, 
a ALEXANDR&;, Bat, pro specie Gard. Chron,, 1864, 1083!: tela floris magis membranacea, tepalis latissimis oblongo rhombeis acuminatis crispis, seu 
laceris seu dentato serratis. 
IRUBYANUM, Rchb.f. Cf. Rehb. f, Gar 
dentatis crispulis disco brunneis margine violace 
Chron., 1886, Aug. 7! Sepalis latiusculis disco brunneis margine violaceis, tepalis unguiculatis triangulis 
s, labello albido varie picto. 
Planta perelegans, sed adhuc unicam cognovimus, Tales varietates tamen nunc pluribus individuis apparent, quod ut fiat in hac desiderandum. 
G. Rehb. f, 
DurinG the last three years more extraordinary varieties of Odontoglossum crispum (Alexandra) have flowered in 
Europe than in all the previous years combined. This can probably be accounted for by the fact that collectors are 
continually seeking and working new localities, and that enormous quantities of plants are now imported annually into 
England. That a finer type of varieties is collected and sent home now than formerly must be obvious to every Orchid 
grower, but even when the largest importations arrive from the districts which are most noted for fine forms they 
contain but few plants that can be considered of exceptional merit, and perhaps only one in ten thousand would be 
equal in beauty to such magnificent varieties as that which is the subject of our present plate. This variety may be 
regarded as typical of the finest that have yet flowered in Europe, and these form a select group, probably not exceeding 
a dozen in number. O. crispum Hrubyanum worthily takes rank with such priceless varieties as Schroederianum, 
Stevensianum, Cooksonianum, Ballantineanum, Sanderianum, and a few others, all of which are different, although 
it would be a somewhat difficult task to describe their differences, and they all, like Hrubyanum, are remarkable 
for having large flowers, broad sepals, and petals heavily blotched with rich tints of reddish brown. None of them can 
ever become common as their propagation is a very slow process, and many years must elapse before such a splendid 
series is again imported. The variety here figured is named in honour of Baron Hruby, of Peckau, near Kolin, Austria. 
The history of O. crispum was told in our first number and its culture fully described, so that we need not recapitulate it. 
From a plant in the possession of Baron Hruby, Peckau, near Kolin, Austria 
ODONTOGLOSSUM + LYROGLOSSUM_ Reis. £ 
Sepalis oblongis acutis, lateralibus falcatis, tepalis cuneato oblongis acutis, labello bene unguiculato, pandurato ante basin utrinque angulato dein lato 
cuneato, antice abrupte reniformi, carinis geminis falcatis in disco interjecto callo multo minori, areis approximatis crassis sulcatis, columnae supra basin 
angulatae alis laceris, 
ODONTOGLOSSUM LYROGLOS 
glossi triumphantis.” Flos flavidus 
guttulis quibusdam, 
Videtur hybridum ex Odontoglosso Pescatorei ac luteopurpureo, 
Colitur in Anglia. Primum ab ignoto non nominato collectore habui, dein a Dr, Wallace, cl. Backhouse aliisque Salvam inflorescentiam mihi 
numquam dedere, 
Longissime abhorret planta ab incognito scriptore descripta ac figurata in Gard. Chron. sub nomine Odontoglossi lyroglossi, 1882 May 13, p. 632, and 
suppl. sheet. Hoc videtur Odontoglossum Wilckeanum. 
This is undoubtedly a fine plant and also very rare. It has the stamp of Odontoglossum Pescatorei and perhaps that of Odontoglossum luteopurpu- 
reum, if not of Odontoglossum cristatum. The flowers are yellow, with fine horse-chestnut coloured blotches, I had my first knowledge from a correspondent. 
who never became known to me, Then came Dr. Wallace and others, I think it may prove useful to give finally some figures of the genuine plant, 
H. G. Rehb. f, 
UM, Rchb, f, in Flora, 1882, Dec. 1, p. 534! Pseudobulbus compresso pyriformis anceps jugosus. “Folium Odonto- 
illi Odontoglossi Pescatorei aequalis, Sepala ac tepala maculis castaneis. Labellum macula una magna brunnea ac 
Icones analyticee. Flos, Labellum expansum -- Columna a latere + 
