ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM sin 
VAR. MUNDYANUM  “Sanaer. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM, Lindl.: Pseudobulbis pyriformis compressis diphyllis ; foliis cuneato-oblongis acutis ; _pedunculo, plurifloro ; floribus 
pleiomorphis ; sepalis oblongis acutis ; petalis cuneato-oblongis acutis, margine variis, seepe crispis vel serratis ; labello ungue brevi supra basin columnz adnato, 
lamina basi cuneata seu cordato-oblonga obtusiuscula denticulata crispula, carinis a basi in discum ternis approximatis, carina mediana breviori, lateralibus in 
lamellas disci exeuntibus, saepe rhombeas ; columna trigona medium versus angulata, alis ae men lacero-serrulatis. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM, Lindl. in Ann. Nat. Hist., ser. i, xv. (1845), p. 256; id., Fol. Orch., Odont., p. 20; Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann, VI, p. 845 ; 
Williams’ Orch. Alb, L, t. 43 (var. flaveolum) ; Warner, Sel. Orch,, ser. 2, t. 23 (var. Warneri) ; Reichenbachia, I, t. 1. 
ODONTOGLOsSUM ALEXANDR&, Batem. in Gard, Chron., 1864, p. 1083 ; Bot. Mag,, t. 5691 (var. Trianz) ; t. 5697 (var. guttatum) ; Williams’ Orch. 
Alb. L, t. 47; id., IIL, t. 118 (var. Cooksonii), t. 127 (var. Stevensii). 
ODONTOGLOssUM BLUNTI, Rchb. f. in Mohl und Schlecht, Bot. Zeit., 1864, p. 415 ; Flore des Serneg, {is WO, 
VAR. MUNDYANUM: flores speciosissimi, sepalis petalisque maculatis rubro-purpureis. 
Our analytical representations show a front view of column and lip (in situ), a side view of same ; a pollinarium, back view and side view ; 
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On y few of the big blotched and spotted O. crispum out of the many thousands of Sane imported and established 
have appeared. The variety we here illustrate is one of these large spotted ones, and ranges among the kings of 
Odontoglots. One often asks the question—How did such wonderfully blotched lowers “Appear, and what is their 
origin? Certainly five thousand have to bloom before such a treasure is secured ; they alf come from one and the 
same district, and the blood of an allied species is not in them. Of this we are certain, The colour of this variety is 
particularly brilliant in the magenta-purple on the back of the flowers, and the interisity’of the spots more so than any of 
its rivals. This is, perhaps, accounted for by the greater thickness in the texture of the flower, the whole surface of 
which sparkles with a mass of crystals, these little prisms being the means by which colour is, to a great extent, 
produced in flowers. It is curious how this magenta colour pervades most orchids—in fact, it is rarely absent 
altogether unless in white varieties. Even in so-called blue orchids, like Vatida coerulea and Bolleas, the magenta is in 
the blue, and, by comparison with the Gentian, they are quite purple. In other flowers the magenta purple is only to be 
found in a modified sense, and this in very few indeed; and so one might state that the colour in orchids is quite 
different from other flowers. It may account for some people objecting to this colour, being so rarely seen before 
orchids came into general cultivation. It comes as something quite néw; and, having no associations, it does not 
directly appeal to us, but of its beauty there is no doubt. » 
The culture of Odontoglossum crispum is now so well known that we feel it to be unnecessary to repeat it here. 
Our plate was taken from a plant that flowered in our establishment. 
