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ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM tox. var. MELEAGRIS 1. up 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM, SPECKLED VARIETY. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 11. 
Odontoglossum crispum. Vide Lindenia, 1, p. 101. 
Var. Meleagris. Floribus magnis; sepalis petalisque latis, margine paulo undulatis, pallide roseo-lilacinis, basi 
albis, maculis numerosis irregularibus intense rubris punctisque ornatis; labello lato, ad medium late flavo-aurantiaco 
caeteris albo, irregulariter rubro plurimaculato; columna inferne rosea, superne atro-sanguinea. 
Var. Meleagris L. Linp.; Fourn. des Orchid., VII, pp. 60 et 68 (1896). — Ill. Hort., ser. 6, III, p. 127 (1896). — 
Lindenia, XI, p. 75 (1896). 
his superb variety, which was exhibited with a series of Odonto- 
glossum by the Horticuttrure INTERNATIONALE, at a Meeting of the 
ORDHIDEENNE, on the 19" of last April, was considered by connoisseurs 
to be the success of the Exhibition. One glance at the plate suffices we think, 
to allow anyone to appreciate its extreme beauty, without any further praise 
being necessary. 
O. crispum Meleagris has large round flowers, 4 inches in diameter. The 
sepals and petals are broad, the edges are slightly wavy, of a soft lilac-pink, 
gradually changing to white in the lower median part and base, entirely spotted 
with numerous irregular dark-red blotches and dots. The lip is broad,. white, 
with a broad median zone of orange-yellow, surrounded by several very irregular 
ted blotches. The column is rose in the lower part, dark purple in the 
upper part. 
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