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I3 inch broad, and very effect ive. It ))rodiices its blossoms during the autumn 

 months. — Mexico. 



Via. —Orchid Album, ii. t. 82; Fhint/ J/ffr/., 2nd ser., t . 24(1; L'l/l. Jlcrt., 1883, 

 XXX. t. 4!I7. 



O. LUNATUM.— Sec Asias 



lA LUXATA. 



O. LUTEO-PURPUREUM, z;;,d7.— The numerous varieties of this magnifi- 

 cent ]ilant have given rise to many names, but most growers of Orchids are now 

 satisfied that these represent only varieties ; still, as such, they are well worthy 

 of a place in every collection. The typical form has thick oval compressed 

 jiseudobulbs 2 to 3 inches long, ensifoi'm leaves 2 feet long, and flowers '4 inches 

 or moi-e across, in racemes which issue from the side of the bulbs, and grow 

 1 )-ard high; the sejxils and petals ai-e broadly lanceolate, the latter fringed, all 

 almost wholly covered by an oblong blotch of bright chestnut-ljrown, the margins 

 and tips being yellow ; the lip is j'cllowish-white with reddish-brown spots, 

 obovate, foiir-lobed, and fimbi-iate, emarginate, the multifidly pectinate crest 

 being dee]! j^ellow. — yctv (Jnjnadii, altitude 7,000 to 8,000 feet. 



Fig. — JJnfi'iii. Miin. Uduiif., 

 t. 17 ; Gard. Chron., ISO."), p. 746, 

 with fig. {riidiatum) ; Jd., N.S., 

 xxi. p. 585, e. ll-t, 115 ; Id., 188B, 

 XXV. p. 7B, f. 13 Qcadiatum}, 

 p. HO, f. 27 ; Lindeiiia, ii. t. 58 ; 

 Id., iv. t. 102 (^radiatum') ; Hclch- 

 cnhaclfifi. i. t. 33; Vritcli.-i Man. 

 Orch. J'/., i.pp. 46,48. 



Svx. — O . h ijatriv, O.i'aduitum . 



O. LUTEO-PURPUREUM, 



Cohh's ruricly. — This beautiful 

 form was described by Mr. J. 

 O'Brien in the Gardeners' 

 Chronicle, June 13th, 1891, as 

 follows : — " Its very dark sepals 

 and petals resemble in their 

 rich shining colour some of the 

 bright transparent hues seen 

 in tortoise-shell ; the sepals are 

 reddish chocolate-brown except 

 the tips, and two fine lines at 

 the base of each which ai-e 

 bright yellow ; the fringed 

 petals are yello■^^■, richly barred 

 and spotted with reddish- 

 brown, and the broad and 

 Iieautifullj-fringed lip is yellow, 

 with a large chestnut-brown patch \n front of the crest; the edge of the labcllum 

 is exquisitely crimped, folded, and toothed, and the margin is further decorated 

 with crimson s])ots. It flowered with Walter Cobb, Esq., Silverdale, 

 Sydenham." — Sen: Greiiuda. 



OIIO.STOGLOSSDM lAITEO-PL'IiPUIthU.M. 



(From the Gurdciurs Chrunii'Ic.'} 



