PL. CDXXXII. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM PESCATOREI uno. var. CHABERIAE uno. 
PESCATORE'’S ODONTOGLOSSUM, M™ CHABER’S VARIETY. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, 1, p. 11. 
Odontoglossum Pescatorei. Vide Lindenia, IV, p. 71. 
Var. Chaberiae. Varietas labello pulcherrime purpureo. 
his is a superb variety of one of the oldest and most celebrated species. 
Odontoglosswm Pescatorei is one of the kings of the cool house, and 
the rival of O. crisbum, which it equals as regards its floriferousness. 
But it does not produce so many varieties, and its colour is more regular. 
The Lindenia has already published two very remarkable forms of this species, 
one entirely suffused with rose, and of exceptional size, the other richly spotted 
with reddish purple on all the segments. 
The variety figured in the annexed plate is only spotted on the lip, the sepals 
and petals being entirely pure white. But the lip presents a colour of incomparable 
richness, both on the lateral lobes and on the front one; the purple lines and 
spots are so numerous and so large that the white ground almost completely 
disappears. The contrast between this organ and the rest of the flower is one of 
great beauty. 
This superb variety flowered in the collection of an ardent and discrimina- 
ting amateur, M. A. Cuaser, to whose mother we are pleased to dedicate it. The 
collection of this amateur has been selected with extreme care, only the most 
remarkable and most celebrated species being represented, and often by choice 
varieties of great rarity. The Lindenia might assuredly have the opportunity of 
publishing a series of marvels, difficult to meet with elsewhere in cultivation, 
from examples in the collection of M. Cuaser, if the modesty of this distinguished 
amateur were not opposed to such publicity. 
We do not here refer to the history of O. Pescatorei, which has already been 
written; it is pretty well known that this famous species was introduced in 1847 
by M. J. Linpgn, and flowered for the first time in 1851. 
We are glad to be able to conclude the seventh volume of this work by such 
a beautiful variety of an eminently popular Orchid. + 
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