Orchids for everyone . st equal sepals and petals, these being rather narrow, palegreenish yellow, freely spotted and lightly barred with purple,except at the tips. The base of the lip, and also the sharply con-tracted central portion, are purple, but the broad apex is white, andthis is by far the most prominent part. Messrs Cypher Esf Sons,of Cheltenham, frequently use this fine old species to greatadvantage in their splendid groups of plants at the leadingFlower Shows. O. LUTEo-puRPUREUM is One of the most variable of all theOdontoglossums, and in the earlier days of Orchid culture manyof it
Orchids for everyone . st equal sepals and petals, these being rather narrow, palegreenish yellow, freely spotted and lightly barred with purple,except at the tips. The base of the lip, and also the sharply con-tracted central portion, are purple, but the broad apex is white, andthis is by far the most prominent part. Messrs Cypher Esf Sons,of Cheltenham, frequently use this fine old species to greatadvantage in their splendid groups of plants at the leadingFlower Shows. O. LUTEo-puRPUREUM is One of the most variable of all theOdontoglossums, and in the earlier days of Orchid culture manyof its varietal forms were accorded specific rank, and this led toa good deal of confusion. There is a wide difference betweenone of the ordinary, dark-marked varieties and the charmingO. luteo-purpureum Vuylstekeanum with its two shades ofyellow instead of dark brown and yellow. And there is alsoa great difference in the price, for Vuylstekes variety is rare,so that a specimen of it would cost ;!^2i, while a plant of equal. fr^ J ?f, O ^ THE MOST USEFUL ORCHIDS 139 size, but of a common type, would be worth 5s. The flowersmeasure from three to four inches across, and the colouringis usually bright yellow and red-brown, the latter predominatingin the sepals and the yellow in the petals. The lip may be whiteor pale yellow, and usually has one or more red spots towards thebase. The species is badly named, as the colouring is never yellowand purple, as the title suggests. O. NOBiLE is still popularly known as O. Pescatorei^ and wasthus named after a wealthy Parisian banker who was a great loverof Orchids, but O. nobile is the correct title. It is a delightfulspecies, and one which a few specialists admire even more than thebeautiful O. crispum. Somewhat like the latter, it is, however,even more refined than that popular kind. The ground colourIS white, and on this are markings of bright the purple is only seen as a small mark on the lip, oras a pale shading on
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