. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. 586 ORCHID-GROWERS MANUAL. chestnut-brown markings at the base; lip broad somewhat cordate, pale rose spotted with crimson-purple.—Native country not stated. Fig.—JbM?', 1892,,f. 56; Gard. Chron.,3vdseT., 1892,, f. 8t. O. POLLETTIANUM, Hart—A very handsome and distinct Odontoglot, probably a natural hybrid between O. crispum and 0. gloriosum. The sepals and petals are white tinged with purple on the underside and heavily blotche
. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. 586 ORCHID-GROWERS MANUAL. chestnut-brown markings at the base; lip broad somewhat cordate, pale rose spotted with crimson-purple.—Native country not stated. Fig.—JbM?', 1892,,f. 56; Gard. Chron.,3vdseT., 1892,, f. 8t. O. POLLETTIANUM, Hart—A very handsome and distinct Odontoglot, probably a natural hybrid between O. crispum and 0. gloriosum. The sepals and petals are white tinged with purple on the underside and heavily blotched and spotted with reddish-brown; the lip wedge-shaped. It' was exhibited by H. M. PoUett, Esq., Bickley, at South Kensington, at the E. H. S. meeting in February, 1884.—New Grenada. "Pm.—Orch. Album, vi. t. 280. O. POLYXANTHUM, Brhb. f.—A rare and handsome plant resembling 0. Hallii in the character of its pseudobulbs and foliage. Its flower scapes are 4 '•1. ODONTOGLOSSTJM POLYXANTHUM. some 2 feet or more in length, drooping, the individual flowers being about 4 inches in diameter. The sepals and petals are large ovate-lanceolate acute, deep tawny yellow, the sepals having a large roundish blotch of bright chestnut- red towards the end and various smaller markings near the base, the petals being marked only near the base; the lip is shorter, cordate, cuspidate, nearly covered by a broad dark chocolate-brown blotch, the edge being just marked. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Williams, Benjamin Samuel, 1822-1890; Williams, Henry. London, Victoria and Paradise nurseries
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