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ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM uot. var. AMI CHARLES t. uno. 
Mr. CHARLES VAN WAMBEKE’S VARIETY OF 0. CRISPUM. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 11. 
Odontoglossum crispum. Vide Lindenia, I, p- I0t. 
Var. Ami Charles L. Linp., infra. 
@ his delicate and exquisitely charming variety of Odontoglossum crispum 
4, recently flowered at Moortebeek. The segments of the flowers are very 
as broad and the general appearance is that of the finest Pacho type. The 
sepals, which are tinged with rose down the centre, have a few irregular chocolate- 
coloured blotches. The petals are decorated with numerous chocolate-brown 
dots, grouped on each side of the median line, and with two or three larger 
spots near the apex. The lip is heavily dotted with brown, and has a large brown 
blotch in front of the disc. 
This variety is one of the most graceful which has appeared for a long 
time. It is named in compliment to Mr. Cuartes Van WamekkE, the Brussels 
amateur, some of whose choice Orchids we have had occasion to refer to as well 
as to figure. 
Odontoglossum crispum var. Ami Charles was exhibited at a meeting of the 
Royal Horticultural Society, London, on March g* last, and received an Award 
of Merit. It also obtained a First Class Certificate at the exhibition of the 
Royal Botanic Society, Manchester, on March 16, and a First Class Diploma of 
Honour was unanimously awarded at a meeting of the OrcHIDEENNE, Brussels, 
on March 14. 
Orchidists will see described, one by one, in the column headed “ The 
Golden Book of Odontoglossums , which has just been opened by the Semaine 
Horticole, the grand varieties which have hitherto appeared in this “ sublime 
genus. , This happy idea will enable new and beautiful varieties to be made 
known immediately they appear in collections, and before they can be reproduced 
by chromo-lithography. 
This year more than ever will be an Odontoglossum year! 
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