Plate XVI. 



ODONTOGLOSSl .M HKICTTKNHBIMH 



x fin **» ,„mhvtc with dowt«te oblong pwndobnlb.. bearing at their apex n pair of oblong not. l-«v.-s and 



, , 1 ,„ ,|« U*e. ob.nsoly lobutatc, dilated and apicnlato at the apes, P-le P«rpl« ... tl» ; 1— -it 

 Imle upward, and bearing « the disk ..,,, .he ta» a pair of slight ridge* and on each *«o a *** 

 tumid callwity; ihc wing of tin- column i- almmt W m.Hn«. - .„ /wrfe „. 



taftjft, Ittfrrt -'"""''■ ""'"'■'- *»•'-""'■• li 842 - ""' Mangrafl of Odontcjlm^, l 15. 



ZfflUlftv, lUtotratim lleriicole, t. 213 (plat.-). 



This fine plan,, which was diKOYCred ki Mexico by H, Ghicshrcght, growingon ft. *-■'«» 



ft. 1, „, If ft. CordiUera o. Heches, any rcpeda reeenftle, «»-2^ * 



„,7,™;., MM ot I.1...1KV. from which Prof. Reiohenbach man; year, ago Uq^ /; »• 

 B " relnblance between .he two fa indeed very c.«e. and - 0***-* ***- "*" 



1 arL Hiderabiy in fte colouring of i, * it is po*ih.e 8 A*, of stmCnro. fcr*«,g 



,,,,;,,. link, between fte two, „,„y M »« day he a,, with. The variation, we refer to are evaden 



SC! or 1 HI «el ve been made public. In that of Mr. Men .he hp., ■«, »1 a £ 



I;,,,,,, in K I he'., a- in that annexed, which repress Ik. ph.nl . .. hta* - oar own 



Xll, only U,o lower halt of .ho lip U of this colon,, Up being white, and ,n tha pubhftcd 1, Mr. 



Brt— i to iip » * »* -* • »or»ho»h»pea l.aa,l of this pal. purple on * dtsfc 



He • Mon^jW. are jo,, now a very popular family of Orchid, and very mod, „, re,««t al whu h 



„,. „„,. mo-trato is. a, will he m beautiful **. am. very rare i. cllcc, U , , * ta been 



fc L y«r. in cultivation. It is a„ abundant 1 - 1 .*- coo. ,,a,,,,c„, Ve bve .„,, 



ft. pjobulta grown to more than M inehe, i. height, aod nude. .uch crc Unee. .he ,p,k<H 



wlnoli were iittwluced were vim" fine, 



: g Ie.y a,,,,! ,0 a«- on .1,0 one , ,1. a„„ ,o ft ta. on fte the .pectc. 



now IgZ i. very -Knot tron y other Ota**— 1 na, he ***** by ,1, number oft* 



glw.t, and hy I strong Bower-spike, D U decidedly worthy of a place .„ e.ery c.^ how r 



Lll One of to peal recommcn,lati„n 8 b, that the Bower, continue ,„ ,«f«„o,,.for -,■ er ,1 wecU 



.£LLZ- ie. a, we have indued. . -™W «»*« P^ » ^ «* "^ "j 

 „,„, Jark green foliage, an,l the long flowc,™,*. are produced fro,,, .he -de ol fte p«„dobulta, a grow 



: ,„e heigh, of Z. f«* lining more or k, h, I,ed. Tl. ^ an pehd. are a, a yeUowBh- 



gxeen W,l witl rpli.h-hrown. -hDc the lip i, white a. the upper par, f n l,an„fal ro^our a- 



Te b*«, aad not folded hack on the column a, in 0. tore. It makes an excellent exl„b,.,o„ ptant 



Thi, plan, thrive, M in a ,», with Bbrou, pea. .oil, and must have good drarnage, to, „ , , o , ,o 



be well supplied with water a, the roots daring the g g --„ Alto .he growft , , ptM ta 



, VJ ,„ „,„ Ice, though the plant m,,t never be alloweo 10 be, ,C -hrivelled i„ * .,-<»,< -ea„„, bul ., 





