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it I believe it to be Govenia tingens, Poepp. et Endl., a species described as 
long ago as 1838 (Nov. Gen. et Sp., ii. p. 5, t. 107, fig. 1-7), which does 
not appear to have been previously introduced to cultivation. Poeppig 
collected the plants in the dense forests of Eastern Peru, at Cuchero and 
Pampayaco, and describes the flowers as yellowish with transverse purple 
lines, which agrees well with the plant exhibited. The genus is now rare 
in cultivation.—R.A.R. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM VAR. PERFECT GEM. 
THE beautiful variety of Odontoglossum which we now figure is one that 
flowered in the collection of A. Warburton, Esq., Vine House, Haslingden 
Dalgleish), and received a First-class Certificate from the 
(gr. Mr. 
Fig. 22. ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM VAR. PERFECT GEM. 
: ns : 
Manchester and North of England Orchid Society on March toth, 1908, 
under the appropriate name of Odontoglossum crispum Perfect Gem. It 
is certainly excellent in shape, and the broad overlapping segments, and 
the arrangement of the blotches in a zone about mid-way between the 
base and apex, render the flower very handsome. The ground colour is 
white, and the blotches deep red-purple. There are very few forms of O. 
crispum that are equally good in both respects. We do not know from 
what locality it came, and its origin, like that of other blotched crispums, 
is problematical, though experiments may yet throw further light on the 
matter. We need scarcely add that it has been greatly admired. 
