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PL. DXXI. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM uot. var. CITRATUM 1. ump. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM, LEMON-COLOURED VARIETY. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 11. 
Odontoglossum crispum. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 101. 
Var. citratum. Floribus majusculis; sepalis petalisque latis, pallide favo-citrinis praecipue ad marginem; sepalis 
crispalis, immaculatis vel interdum ad medium maculis 1-2 satis parvis subrotundatis purpureo-fuscis ornatis; petalis 
laciniato-crispis, immaculatis; labello ad medium flavo-citrino, margine albo, aban fusco-purpureo_ plurimaculato, 
fauce purpureo-striato ; columna alba, dorso superne purpureo-striata. 
Var. citratum L. LinD., supra. 
n this charming variety, the sepals and petals are broad, of a pale 
lemon-yellow, deeper towards the edges; the sepals are rather crisped, 
sometimes immaculate, sometimes having towards the central part one 
or two small round, purple-brown blotches; the petals have crisped-laciniate 
edges and are perfectly spotless. The lip is of a bright lemon-yellow colour in 
the centre, the margins are pure white; it is ornamented in the upper part with 
several small purple blotches, and towards the throat there are numerous short 
bright purple lines. The column is pure white, bearing on the back, towards 
the upper part, numberless small longitudinal purple lines, more or less 
confluent. 
Several varieties of the yellow O. crisbum have already been described, such 
as var. aureum, flaveolum, sulphureum, etc.; but in all these varieties the yellow 
colour soon fades and after a few days completely disappears; in the Odon- 
toglossum figured here, on the contrary, the beautiful yellow colour is absolutely 
invariable. It is one of the prettiest forms amongst the superb Odontoglossum 
which flowered in the Establishment of Messrs. Lucien LinpEn & C°, at Moorte- 
beek, and which caused lately so much sensation. 
The new and magnificent orchid nurseries at Moortebeek, near Brussels, 
has some extraordinary grand varieties in reserve, that will cause some sensation 
and which will appear at the right time. 
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