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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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re seems to besome confusion in gardens between it and the following (seeGard. Chron., n.s., viii. 68-i).—India. Fig.—Floral Mag., t. 57; Floi-e des Serres, t. 1564 (poor); Gard. Chron.,N.S., xviii. 716, fig. 126 ; Garden, xxi. 444, t. 342, left-hand fig. C. insigne punctatnm violaoenm, OBrien.—This choice variety is a still finer plant than C. insigne Maulei, the flowers,which on the whole are rather smaller, being superior in sizeas regards the breadth of the dorsal sepal, the white portion ofwhich is equally broad and conspicuous, the purple spottingbeing considerably bolder and more marked; the lip, more-over, is smaller and narrower, and of a darker chestnut brown.It was first bloomed by Messrs. E. Gr. Henderson & Son, andis found in some collections under the name of C. Chantinii.—Nepal. Fig.—Revue Hort., 1878, 130, with tab. (Chantinii) ; Gard. Chron., s.s.,xviii. 716, fig. 127 ; Garden, xxi. 444, t. 342, right-hand fig.; Orchidophile,V. 36, with tab. (Chantinii).
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  • bookcentury:1800
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  • booksubject:Orchids
  • bookpublisher:London___Victoria_and_Paradise_Nurseries
  • bookcontributor:University_of_Pittsburgh_Library_System
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