

Plate XX. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM WARNEHIANU M- 



S. 1th an JE >,"■. enclosed by a scmidrcfc of roundish .pot, of the«mo ^^^"J^ji 

 ,„„! the lb. Las a l>road nmlato-trian^.lar, obtuse, cra.ul.te. ami mmntdj^niped lamina, and on the 0. 

 "I;! biil U.ti.>n « cuucatc^rZ yellow -"* abruptly thrcc-lobod in front .he column . .**. 



lSfir> 4 579, witli woodcut figure. 



This very rare and beautiful Odonloglot is referred to by Professor Reidtenbach, by who « 



„»„,«! and describe*, ns being a kneeling link between Ofc^ton. •**>-» >-l **£**■"■ 

 itowii. baring the broad petals of -be former, and the .lender narrow psendobulbs of the latter. Its affimt; 

 with QJontoafasmm .mxilion- bos also been pointed out by its describer. _ 



Tbe plant is supposed to be a native of Mexico, but nothing positive is known as to its hatory or into* 

 duction. It flowered Erst, we believe, in our own collection several years ago. when Professor llctchcnbaeb 

 did ns tbe honour to name it after us. More recently, when it bad become better established, .1 afforded the 

 materia! from which the present beautiful illustration was prepared. 



It is a species of dwarf compact habit, furnished with small flask-shaped pscudobolbs, which are about 

 two inches in height and an inch in diameter at the base, of a deep green colour, tinged at -be top «I1. 

 reddish-brom The leave grow singly from tbe top of the pseudobulbs, and are somewhat erect, deep 

 —■ above, paler beneath. The flowers are priced upon nodding spikes from the base of the pseudo- 

 Lbs ; the sepals and petals being white, spotted and barred near the base with .nmsverse hues of dark 

 chocolate clour ; the lip is large, par, white in front, stained with yellow at tbe very base where .be ercst 



is developed, while the column is tinged with lilac. 



The Tplant generally produces its lovely blossoms during tbe autumn or wtnlcr months, a season of 

 the year when flowers of any kind are valuable, such charming ones as .hose of the present spec.es 

 being doubly so. especially since they continue in full beaut, for a considerable .in,, if they are but kept 



frcc from contact with moisture. 



(kumtoglo*** Wammanum thrive, best in a moderoiely cool bouse, mth a moot atmosphere. Al- 

 U.o«gh grave error, have been committed by attempting to grow tbe denizens of cool regmns m too great 

 a beat, and many charming specie have thereby been lost to our gardens, ye. it is to be feared that equally 

 ma \ mistakes have been made by Orchid grower, in rushing to the opposite extreme, and oxposmg (tor 

 plant* to a degree of cold which b by no means justified by tbe information we have concermng U» 



clitnale of their native habitat*. . , , , 



Tbb plant, like many others of .be same genus, should be kept moderately moat dunng wmter. 

 ani | mu9 | not be dried or rested ai that season, ns many Orchids require to be, for we have round many 



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