1651 





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ONCIDIUM* altissimum. 



Lofty Oncidium. 





GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. Orchideje Juss. (Int 

 Botany, p. 262.) 



ONCIDIUM.— Supra, vol. 13. /oZ 



»/ 



O. altissimum ; pseudobulbis oblongis compressis, %«f^^ *£ 

 carinatis carnosis scapo (6-pedali) erecto ramoso mu to '^.^ 

 netalisnue labelli longitudine linean-lanceolatis undulatis, labello coraaio 

 E^ q e L— ar g cuato apice dilatato «Mta «™^ C ^ 

 enneadactyla, column* alls abbreviate. Lzndl. gen. et sp. Orch. p. ZW. 



u. alis columnse rotundatis. 



Epidendrum altissimum. Jacq. amer. 229. '• JL 41 - ..« ff k 



n .lri^m. Su,mtz. A.ind. occ. 1481. Willd. sp.pl. 4. li*. tfoo*« 



O. altissimum. 



in bot. mag. 2990. 

 /8. alis columnse truncatis. 



O. Baueri. 



>/ 



Epidendrum gigas. Richard in kerb. Vahl. 



One of the most gigantic of Epiphyt 



The 



from which our drawing was made received a ^medal from 

 the Horticultural Society, and had a *JW*""j£ 



feot Viip-h • it was nown ill the nursery 01 me 

 fG ft is described by Richard as frequently 



Mr. Col 



cimen 



is the height of nine feet, with leaves as long 

 'woods iniluiana; and we have ^^JJ% 

 _„ from Mr. Harrison of Liverpool, the flower stem 01 



which exceeded ten feet in length. 



The blossoms are beautifully -^*^22^SS 



and scarlet, but are not of large s.ze : the appearance they 



« See fol. 1542. 



