PI COX! 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM so. var. LUTEO-RADIATUM non 
THE CRISPED ODONTOGLOSSUM, YELLOW-RADIATE VARIETY. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, 1, p. 11. 
Odontoglossum crispum. Vide Lindenia, I, p. gg. 
Var. luteo-radiatum. Sepalis petalisque secundum lineam mediam luteo radiatis. 
Var. luteo-radiatum LIND., supra. : 
he new variety here figured stand conspicuous among the many varieties 
which are received notice, for its very rare and even exceptional 
colouring. 
It is not unfrequent to observe a more or less yellow shade in the various 
forms of Odontoglossum crispum, but always mixed with brownish red or rosy 
lilac; there are other varieties with a yellow blotch at the base of the lip 
only, whilst the sepals and petals are pure white. In one variety, O. crispum 
xanthotes, figured in the present work a few years ago, may be noticed a white 
and yellow colour, but there are only some few yellow spots. The variety 
luteo-radiatum has very conspicuous yellow bands along the median line of the 
petals and sepals, which constitute a very distinct and beautiful character. 
Our plate was prepared after a plant which bloomed during last spring 
at L’Horticutture InTerNaTionate, Brussels, and which was then quite recently 
imported and rather weak. It may be expected therefore that it will improve 
under cultivation, and give in the future larger blooms of a better substance. 
La nouvelle variété que nous figurons aujourd’hui se distingue par un coloris 
trés rare et méme exceptionnel dans l’espéce ‘si variable dont nous avons déja 
_ publié tant de formes. 
Il est assez fréquent de trouver un coloris plus ou moins mélangé de jaune 
| dans les Odontoglossum crispbum; mais cette nuance est ordinairement combinée 
avec du rouge-brun ‘ou du rose lilacé. La plupart des variétés connues sont 
| maculées des diverses teintes du rouge et du rose. Celles qui n’ont pas de macules 
| de ce genre sont entiérement blanches, a part le labelle, qui est communément 
_taché de jaune 4 la base. Dans une seule forme, 1’O. crispum xanthotes, qui a été. 
figuré dans cet ouvrage, le jaune apparait en dehors de la base du labelle, mais 
c’est sous forme de gros points peu nombreux. 
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