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Identifier: orchidgrowersman00inwill (find matches)
Title: The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Williams, Benjamin Samuel, 1822-1890
Subjects: Orchids
Publisher: London : Victoria and Paradise Nurseries
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
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OKCIDIUM MARSHALLIANUM. are terete, ovoid-cylindrical, two to four inches long, with apair of coiiaceous oblong-lanceolate acute leaves six or seveninches long and two inches broad, of a bright green on the 493 upper surface, paler beneath. The flowers are very numerous,in ample much-branched panicles, and are individually large—two and a half inches across the spreading petals, andbrilliantly coloured. The sepals are small, the dorsal oneconcave obovate, yellow banded with purple, the lateralones oblong, connate at the base ; the petals are an inch long,clawed, broadly fiddle-shaped, the margin undulated, the apextwo-lobed, the colour deep golden yellow, with a series of large
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OXCIDIUM MOXACHIC0M (p. 494). unequal irregular chestnut brown blotches along the centre ;and the lip is very large, contracted behind into an auricledclaw spotted with orange red, and having a tubercled beakedcallus, the broad oblong front portion bright yellow and deeplybilobed. There have been some fine varieties of this speciesbloomed of late years, and we are glad to say there have beensome good importations of it. As an exhibition plant this is oneof the most telling that can be staged, the rich golden yellow of 494 orchid-geowers manual. its blossoms contrasting well with the varied hues of otherOrchids. It is best grown in the cool house, in a basket oron a block, as fully exposed to the light as possible. Itblooms in April and May.—Brazil. FlG.—Bot. Mag., t. 5725; Floral Mag., 2 ser., t. 285; Gartenflora, t, 979. 0. metallicum, Echh. /.—A very distinct species, theflowers of which are of a rich chestnut brown with a finemetaUic hue, the borders of the short broad ovate

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  • bookyear:1885
  • bookdecade:1880
  • bookcentury:1800
  • bookauthor:Williams__Benjamin_Samuel__1822_1890
  • booksubject:Orchids
  • bookpublisher:London___Victoria_and_Paradise_Nurseries
  • bookcontributor:University_of_Pittsburgh_Library_System
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