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
We have had an almost endless variety of finely spotted forms of
_Odontoglossum Alexandræ (crispum)_, but this, of which we now publish a
figure, is one of the most densely spotted forms that have come under
our notice. It is also very distinct, not only in the tone of its
colouring but also in the character of its markings, as will be seen by
the accompanying plate. For the opportunity of figuring it we are
indebted to His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, in whose grand collection
of odontoglossums and other Orchids, at Trentham Hall, Staffordshire, it
has been bloomed by His Grace’s most efficient gardener, Mr. Stevens, in
whose honour it is named, and who cultivates these plants in great
perfection, many wonderful examples having been exhibited by him at the
London Shows. He has, moreover, always been particularly fortunate in
obtaining good varieties of this invaluable decorative species, the
flowers of which are turned to good account in the dinner-table and
other floral decorations at the Hall.
_Odontoglossum Alexandræ Stevensii_ is one of the bold-habited
strong-growing forms of this plant, and as regards its pseudobulbs and
foliage resembles any other of the more vigorous forms; like them, too,
its flower spikes may eventually branch out into panicles. The
individual flowers are of large size, and finely crisped and toothed;
the sepals and petals are white, heavily spotted and blotched with pale
sienna-brown, and the lip is white, having a large blotch of the some
colour on the anterior part, and numerous smaller spots towards the
base, where the yellow disk is prominent, and adds life to the
colouring. This plant produced its blossoms in March, and continued for
six weeks in beauty. Like all the forms of _O. Alexandræ_ it begins to
show its flower spikes as soon as the growth is completed.
This variety requires the same course of treatment as that given to this
class of plants generally, and which is commonly designated and
understood as “cool-house” treatment.
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