PL. CDXCEX: 
CATASETUM FIMBRIATUM unoz. var. COGNIAUXI 1. LIND. 
THE FIMBRIATE CATASETUM, Mr. A. COGNIAUX’S VARIETY. 
CATASETUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 59. 
Catasetum fimbriatum. Racemo cernuo multifloro, sepalis petalisque linearibus acuminatis, lateralibus longioribus, 
labello plano cordato membranaceo dentato vel basi saccato conico, dente prominente in discum. 
Catasetum fimbriatum Linp., in Paxr. Fl. Gard., I, 124, pl. 84. — Reus. F., in Wave. Ann., VI, p- 569. 
Myanthus fimbriatus Morr., Ann. Gand, IV, p. 453, pl. 231. 
Var. Cogniauxi L. Linp., Fourn. des Orch., V1, p. 282. 
Catasetum Cogniauxi L. Linp., Fourn. des Orch., VI, p. 223. 
j atasetum fimbriatum made its first appearance on the continent in 
| September 1848, when a flowering plant was exhibited by the Chevalier 
Heynpericx, and was awarded a gold medal, unforeseen in the schedule 
of competitions. It was then described by Cuartes Morren in the Annales de 
Gand, as Myanthus fimbriatus, and in the accompanying plate we may tolerably 
well recognize the subject of the present figure. The species already proved to 
be rather variable, as another plant flowered in the collection of M. LEGRELLE, 
a short time after the show, having white and green flowers, according to 
M. Morren, whilst those of the plant exhibited by M. Heynpericx were yellow 
and rose-coloured. 
It is certainly one of the most attracting forms of the group to which it 
belongs, and which includes also C. saccatum, C. tenebrosum, C. christyanum and 
many others. It has a much more pleasing colour than its allies, and its raceme, 
bearing twenty six flowers as densely arranged as in Grammangis Ellisi, pro- 
duced a beautiful display. 
Cette belle espéce, qui vient de faire sa réapparition assez inattendue parmi 
les importations de L’HorticuLture INTERNATIONALE, rappelle de brillants souve- 
nirs d’une époque ot les Orchidées commengaient a faire beaucoup parler d’elles 
en Belgique, et ot se fondaient véritablement, aprés les glorieuses découvertes 
des quinze années précédentes, la culture et le gotit de ces magnifiques plantes. 
La premiére apparition du Catasetum fimbriatum sur le continent date du 
mois de septembre 1848, époque ou une plante en fleurs fut exposée par le 
chevalier Heynpericx et obtint une recompense exceptionnelle, une médaille d’or 
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