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CATASETUM LINDENI coen. 
M. JOHN LINDEN’S CATASETUM. 
CATASETUM. Vide Lindenia, vol. I, p. 59. 
Catasetum Lindeni. Pseudobulbis robustis , elongato-conicis ; foliis lanceolatis ; racemis multifloris ; floribus 
amplis; sepalis membranaceis, obovato-oblongis, breviter acuminatis, dorsali erecto, lateralibus sub angulo recto 
divergentibus antice satis arcuatis; petalis sepalis conformibus, satis divergentibus, sepalo dorsali approximatis; labello 
infero, crasse carnoso rigidoque, late suborbiculari-reniformi, margine leviter undulato, apice subemarginato, cucullato- 
saccato, sacco lato satis profunde fundo obtusissimo; columna elongata, apice longe rostrata, antennis elongatis 
divergentibus laevibusque. 
Catasetum Lindeni Coan. supra. 
his is certainly one of the most splendid Orchids ever introduced into 
cultivation, and when considering its superior beauty, we cannot 
i hesitate in giving it the name of M. Linpen, a name well known and 
honoured, since more than sixty years, among horticulturists and orchidists 
specially. In order to plainly comprehend the magnitude of the benefit rendered by 
Messrs Linpen, it may suffice to imagine that all species and varieties introduced 
by them should suddenly disappear; it would then be seen how poor our collec- 
tions, including those renowned as the most comprehensive, would in that 
case become ! 
If we come to examine the special characters of this beautiful flower, we are 
not a little surprised to find that they offer a blending of C. Bungerothi and 
C. macrocarpum; in fact, its sepals and petals are of about the same shape and 
direction as in the former, while its lip is very near that of the latter, so far as 
shape and texture are concerned. Bearing in mind, moreover, that it grows 
mixed with these two species and is only known till now as a unique plant, we 
are much inclined to consider it a natural hybrid between them. 
C. Lindeni was beyond doubt the very gem among the rich group of about 
twenty new forms of Catasetums introduced by L’Horrticutture INTERNATIONALE, 
which was awarded a Silver Banksian Medal at the meeting held at London on 
November 11"; and the present form received separately an award of merit. 
Voici certainement une des plus splendides Orchidées que l’on ait jamais 
introduites dans nos serres; par sa beauté hors ligne, elle est bien digne de 
porter le nom de LinpEn, ce nom si connu et si honoré de pére en fils, depuis 
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