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ORCHIDS 



Oclontoglossum. 



crested or toothed segments, pure white, marked with bold, rich 

 chocolate-brown blotches. 



Var. Ashwoi-thianum. — Flowers of good shape and substance ; 

 sepals and petals are almost wholly of a bright rose-purple, 

 clearing to a lighter shade, and finally becoming silver-white as it 

 approaches the margins, where they are beautifully toothed and 

 crisped ; there are indications of white marks amongst the rose- 

 purple, and a white area 

 at the base ; lip white, 

 yellow on the crest, in 



m I ■ 1^1 II ■ ■! front of which are some 



f-^Sif*f reddish-purple blotches. 



iTiJwi ■i^v. ^ One of the most distinct 



and beautiful varieties. 



Var. auremn. — A dis- 

 tinct variety in which 

 the flowers are wholly 

 flushed with lemon - 

 yellow. 



Var. Baroness ScJira:- 

 de7-. — One of the rarest 

 and most beautiful Odon- 

 toglossums. The flowers 

 are of fine shape; sepals 

 and petals covered with 

 rich claret-purple, except 

 for a few paler markings, 

 and an area of white at 

 the base and margin of 

 the segments ; lip white 

 on the outer margins, 

 the central area covered 

 with reddish - brown 

 blotchings, yellow on the 

 disk. 



Var. Confetti. — One 

 of the most distinctly 

 marked varieties. Sepals 

 and petals white, flushed rose from colouring on exterior, the 

 segments being thickly covered with miniature brownish-purple 

 spottings ; lip white, yellow on the crest, spotted with brown in 

 the central area. (Fig. 109.) 



Var. Cooksoiiianiim. — A grand variety, with pure white 

 segments ; sepals and petals heavily blotched and spotted with 



Fig. 



no. Flowers of Odontoglossum 

 CRispuM Franz M.-vzreel 



(much reduced). 



