And what are you to make of Odont. crisp. Sanderæ, which, whomsoever "Sanderæ" may be, I don't want to "crisp" him;
"A sport of nature unequalled" they call him, and no doubt his name is, for I can neither clearly articulate, stutter or lisp him.
I've not a doubt that, whoever he is, he is probably liked and considered by some a gem.
Gyp. Chamberlainianum has a political sound, and has a strong savour of a floral Brummagem.
And then comes "Odont. vex. Bleui splendidissimum," which sounds like an appeal for "Two Lovely Blue Eyes."
But if it means something entirely different, I shall hear it without the smallest surprise.
In fact, looking further, I find, it's "an artificial hybrid from Odont. vexillarium × Odont. Roezlii." That's a staggerer.
But Dend. phalænopsis Schroderæ Dellense is a still bigger horticultural swaggerer.
O. Coradenei! likewise O. Crispum! I only wish that your Godmother, Flora,
Would insist upon shorter and more intelligible names for her modern offspring. By bright Aurora,