The Orchid Album, Volume 3: Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous PlantsMoore, Thomas
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The Orchid Album, Volume 3: Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants
Moore, Thomas
Orchids; Orchids -- Pictorial works
Epiphytal. _Pseudobulbs_ ovate obtuse, nearly two inches long,
pea-green, compressed, diphyllous. _Leaves_ oblong-ligulate, acute,
channelled towards the base. _Scape_ radical, produced in the axil of
a leaf investing the base of the pseudobulb, and terminating in an
erect many-flowered raceme, furnished with small ovate bracts at the
base of the pedicels, and having a few more elongated bracts below.
_Flowers_ stellate, about three and a half inches across, handsomely
spotted; _sepals_ slightly wavy, lanceolate, attenuately acuminate,
narrowed to the base, clear bright yellow, deeper at the tips, dotted
all over with rather small brownish crimson spots, which are here and
there somewhat larger, those towards the apical part being less
crowded by the smaller spots, the dorsal sepal with three red lines at
the base; _petals_ similar in form and colour, the larger less crowded
spots being more evident, and the base marked by three lines of red;
_lip_ ovate-lanceolate, about two-thirds the length of the sepals,
attenuated at the apex, bright yellow, deeper at the base, where there
are a few red streaks, and with a large brownish crimson blotch
towards the front, and a few marginal spots, the disk appressed to the
column at the base, and bearing a thick linear keel, which extends
into two rhomboidal toothletted lamellæ. _Column_ sulphur-yellow, with
a few reddish-brown spots, and a pair of falcate subulate ears or
wings at the apex.
Odontoglossum Leeanum, _Reichenbach fil._, in _Gardeners’ Chronicle_,
N.S., xvii. 525; xix. 694.
This is one of the most distinct Odontoglots that has come under our
notice; and its prettily-spotted flowers are so attractive that every
grower will be anxious to procure it. We believe, however, that the
plant from which our drawing was made, is the only one known at the
present time. It is in the possession of W. Lee, Esq., Downside,
Leatherhead, in whose honour it has been named, and who is very
fortunate in being the possessor of such a gem. There is little doubt of
its being a natural hybrid. The plant was imported along with many
others, none of which, however, have produced flowers approaching it in
beauty.
_Odontoglossum Leeanum_ is of evergreen habit, with pseudobulbs about
two inches high, of a pea-green colour. The leaves also are of a lively
light green colour, and about ten inches in length. The sepals and
petals are of a pale yellow margined with orange, and spotted with rich
red-brown, the lip yellow, also spotted with the same colour. It blooms
during the winter months, and lasts for several weeks in beauty, forming
a most effective contrast to the white flowers of _O. Alexandræ_ and _O.
Pescatorei_. The plant requires the same treatment as the two species
just named, and blooms in the same way.
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