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ONCIDIUM CRISPUM. 



This is an elegant and interesting species of Oncidium ; for an opportunity of 

 figuring which we are indebted to John Willmore, Esq., of Oldford, in whose 

 stove it has recently flowered. It affords an instance, at the same time, of the 

 changes which these plants are disposed to undergo, not only in the colour of 

 their flowers, but in the structure of their different parts. The flowers of the 

 specimen originally figured by Messrs. Loddiges in their Botanical Cabinet are 

 represented as being of an orange colour marked with yellow ; and the leaves, 

 according to Professor Lindley's character, acute ; while in our present specimen 

 they are of the remarkable colour above described, the leaves being obtuse and 

 apiculate at the apex. 



It is a native of Brazil, and is said to have been first found in the Organ 

 Mountains, growing upon dead trees. 



It is considered to be rather more difficult to grow well than some other 

 species of this genus. It requires the moist stove when growing, but should be 

 kept more cool and dry when in the dormant state. It should be potted in coarse 

 porous peat mixed with plenty of small drainers, and placed higher than the rim 

 of the pot, so as to ensure no water lodging about the roots of the pseudo bulbs 

 while they are dormant. 



