﻿June, 1904.] 



THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



O. CRISPUM De Barri (Fig. 28) is a handsome form of this popular 

 species, which was exhibited, together with the preceding, at the R.H.S. 

 meeting on March 8th. As the illustration shows, it is a fine form of good 

 shape, bearing a cluster of blotches on the centre of each segment. The 

 ground colour is suffused with light rose, much deeper on the back of the 

 flowers, and the blotches are reddish purple. The sepals and petals are 

 very broad, and prettily undulate, giving the flower that round appcarancv 

 which is so much appreciated by connoisseurs, and the blotches have a 

 curious tendency to be divided more or less completely by a longitudinal 



Fig. 28. O. crispum De Barri. 

 line. It is curious that among the multitude of blotched crispums which 

 have appeared, scarcely any two are exactly alike in the arrangement of the 

 markings, in consequence of which a very large number of individual forms 

 have received distinctive varietal names. It has long been a debated point 

 whether some of these forms may not have hybrid blood in them, and it is 

 to be hoped that some of the secondary hvbrids which are now being raised 

 will throw some light on this question. It would be a very interesting 

 matter to rjave this point cleared up. 



