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ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM ump. var. FERRIERENSE uorr. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM, FERRIERES VARIETY. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. 1, p- 19. 
Odontoglossum crispum. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. II, p- 51. 
Var. Ferrierense. Varietas splendidissime roseo et brunneo-roseo maculata. 
dontoglossum crispum, the popular Orchid, par excellence, has been 
imported during the last ten years in enormous quantities, which may 
i) be computed at hundreds of thousands, if not millions. Among these 
importations, as might easily be foreseen, a large number of variations have 
presented themselves, both in the form of the flowers and in the number and 
disposition of the spots. Many of them have received distinctive names, and 
at the present time it is generally considered that only the varieties of excep- 
tional beauty deserve to be thus distinguished by varietal names, all the colours 
possible having made their appearance more or less frequently. 
The superb variety which we now figure assuredly constitutes one of these 
exceptions of which we have just spoken. It is of perfect form with broad 
overlapping segments, fimbriated on the Margins in exquisite fashion, and 
well representing the most elegant type of this celebrated species. As to colour, 
it is splendid. The segments are suffused with bright lilac-rose, especially along 
the middle, and further, it is covered with rich brown spots, giving the most 
beautiful effect. 
This remarkable variety flowered during the month of May in the celebrated 
collection at Ferriéres, whose name it bears. The Chateau de Ferriéres is known 
throughout the world under various titles. Its marvellous architecture and artistic 
galeries have often been described, and every Orchidist knows also the rich 
collection of Orchids which has been brought together there, by the skill of its 
possessor, Baron ALpuonsg DE Roruscuizp. It is in this collection, particularly, 
that the famous Vanda (Renanthera) Lowii is found, which has often been spoken 
about, and whose luxuriant flowering every year excites the admiration of 
visitors. Every one of the species which figures here is moreover selected with 
great care, and nearly every one deserves a special mention. 
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