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CATASETUM MACROCARPUM arcu. var. LINDENI o'r. 
THE LARGE-FRUITED CATASETUM, LINDEN’S VARIETY. 
CATASETUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 59. 
Catasetum macrocarpum, Vide Lindenia, V, p. 13. 
Var. Lindeni. Varietas labello splendidissime rubro maculato. 
Var. Lindeni O’Br. in Gard. Chron., 1894, I, p. 306. — Fourn. des Orch., V, aug 
ataselum macrocarpum is found in the same locality as C. Bungerothi. 
It is a well known, but now rare species. It has greenish-yellow sepals 
with very numerous brown spots; the petals are long, and broader 
= the sepals, unspotted. The lip is deeply concave, three-lobed, golden yellow 
inside with small crimson dots, and yellow outside, with the apex green. 
A beautiful variety of this species was introduced in 1877 by L’Horticut- 
TURE INTERNATIONALE, Of Brussels, and was figured in the Lindenia as C. m. var. 
chrysanthum ; it is distinguished by its yellow flowers, bearing no trace of green. 
The new variety which we now figure appeared recently out of an impor- 
tation sent by the collectors of L’Horticutture INTERNATIONALE, mixed with 
plants of C. Bungerothi. It has a splendid, dark yellow colouring, with a purple 
spot covering nearly the whole interior surface of the lip. It is certainly one 
of the finest Orchids we know, and such is also the opinion of Mr. James 
O’Brien, who wrote in the Gardeners’ Chronicle the following : — 
“ This is a most remarkable variety, displaying both in colour and form 
sufficient variety from the type to induce one to carefully examine it in order 
to make sure that it is not a new species. The main differences from the 
ordinary forms of this variable species are the larger and more squarely-formed 
opening to the lip, its broad, tongue-like apex, and the richness of its colours... 
the lip, which is finely dentate at the edge, is rich orange with dark red 
sides and base to the interior. ” 
Il fut un temps ot le genre Catasetum n’était guére connu du public 
que comme une sorte de curiosité botanique; on racontait 4 son sujet les 
histoires les plus étranges, ot il était question de plantes produisant des 
fleurs de trois genres différents sur un méme pied, et qui inspiraient une sorte de 
respect mélé d’effroi, comme tout ce qui touche a la sorcellerie; d’autre part, 
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