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ORCHIDS 



Odontoglossum. 



Var. Mundayamiin. — One of the rarest varieties. The flowers 

 are fine in shape and substance ; sepals and petals white, heavily 

 and evenly blotched with large purple-brown markings ; lip white, 

 spotted with reddish-brown in front of the vellow crest. 



Var. Phci'be. — A most lovely variety that flowered in May, 1902, 

 in Mr. Norman Cookson's collection, at Oakwood. The shape 

 and markings resemble those of O. c. Franz Mazreel, but the 



Fig. 114. Flowers of Odontoglossum crispum Pittlanum 

 (much reduceH). 



colour is white, suffused with rose, the spottings being of rosy- 

 purple. (Fig. 113.) 



Var. Piftiaiuiin. — Of comparatively recent introduction, this 

 plant first flowered in Mr. T. Rochford's nurseries from an 

 importation collected by Mr. J. Carder. It received a First-class 

 Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society when exhibited on 

 May 8th, 1900, by Mr. H. T. Pitt (Rosslyn, Stamford Hill). It is 

 one of the finest varieties of Odontoglossum crispu/n in cultivation. 



