Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum

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 Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum subsp. var.  
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum, Lindl. Lvs. ensiform, narrowed at base: fls. showy, 2-3 in. across, in a robust horizontal raceme; sepals ovate-oblong, undulate, brownish purple, with a yellow margin; petals similar, toothed and spotted with purple-brown; labellum quadrifid, cordate or oblong, fimbriate, yellow, spotted with purple and rose; crest on the claw pectinate. Winter and spring. Colombia. G.C. II. 21:585. G.W. 2, p. 611. —Owing to its wide geographical scope, this species is extremely variable. A very mixed progeny has resulted from the crossing of this with other species, and the intermixture of the descendants. Var. radiatum, Hort. (O. radiatum, Reichb. f.). Sepals and petals narrow, yellow, heavily spotted with dark brown; labellum expanded in front, white, shading into a brownish blotch at base. G.C. II. 25:76, 140. Var. crispatum, Reichb. f. Front half of the labellum convolute into deep folds, fimbriate. G.C. III. 5:233. Not advertised. Var. sceptrum, Reichb. f. Sepals creamy yellow, barred and washed with brown; petals broader-toothed, densely spotted with brown; labellum whitish. I.H. 18:73; 37:99. Not advertised. Var. hystrix. Hort. (O. hystrix, Hort.). Labellum much fringed, and crests very spiny.


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