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CATASETUM X SPLENDENS coon. var. RUBIGINOSUM «. uno. 
SPLENDID CATASETUM, RUBIGINOUS VARIETY, 
CATASETUM. Vide Lindenia, vol. I, p. 59- 
Catasetum XX splendens. Vide Lindenia, vol. X, p- 51. 
Var. rubiginosum L. Linp., infra. 
ll orchidists will remember the series of sensational discoveries which 
about two years ago enriched the genus Catasetum. Never perhaps 
“dies at any period (unless it be 50 years ago during the explorations of 
Mr. J. Linven) have direct importations produced so many first class novelties at 
one stroke, or so completely and suddenly overturned all the preconceived notions 
which existed in regard to the extent and horticultural value of the genus. On 
turning over the pages of our Tenth Volume it is astonishing to see all those 
flowers such as C. imperiale, C. Luciani, C. Lindeni, C. mirabile, C. Bungerothi 
and C. macrocarpum in new varieties, C. splendens and its magnificent varieties 
album, Aliciae, atropurpureum, etc., the appearance of which was so joyfully 
welcomed. 
Apparently, however, the supply was not exhausted as we now present 
another new form belonging to the same group and equally deserving of notice. 
Among the various types, which we have just mentioned, all of which resemble 
each other, and are more or less difficult to describe in detail, that to which the 
new comer seems to be most nearly related, especially so far as colour is con- 
cerned, is C. Lindeni, but striking differences between the two nevertheless exist. 
The plant figured herewith clearly belongs by its form to the splendens group. 
It has more erect and serrated petals, a less ample and more concave lip, and 
a more pronounced spur — all characters which assuredly point to the interven- 
tion of C. macrocarpum in the production of this natural hybrid. 
As to the colour it will be noticed that the petals and sepals are of a deeper 
shade of red tinged with brown and covered with large irregular purple spots 
distinctly arranged in longitudinal lines. The lip is of a deeper yellow, and the 
red stains which cover the lower portion of this organ are more or less confluent 
and tinged with brown, while somewhat similar blotches ornament the orifice of 
the spur. The small purple spots which in C. Lindeni are found at the front edge, 
are replaced in this variety by a transverse band of brownish rose, the outer 
surface having at the same time lines of brownish rose spots. 
It will probably not be long before the new plant occupies a place in most 
