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PLATE XIV. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDRA. 
PRINCESS OF WALES’ ODONTOGLOSSUM (BLUNT'S VARIETY). 
(Isanruium, Lindl.) pseudobulbis ovatis compressis l- vel 2-phyllis, racemo simplici 
multifloro folis subæquali, bracteis minoribus cochleatis acutis, floribus membranaceis 
pedicellis æquantibus, sepalis petalisque sepius subæqualibus (interdum petalis multo 
latioribus), sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis petalis ovato-lanceolatis acutis undulato-laceris, 
labello breviore unguieulato formá diversissimá. nune sepalis conformi nune subpanduri- 
formi, apice emarginato (sæpius mucrone adjecto) margine undulato integro vel sepius 
dentato acuto apice recurvo, disco maculato, eristå simplici bilamellatá. Columna arcuata 
clavata, alata, alis laceris. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDRE, Bateman in Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1864; et in Proceedings R. Hort. Soc. p. 186 (1864). 
ODONTOGLOSSUM Bruntu, Reichenbach fil. 
Habitat in Nov. GRANADA, prope Pacho, 7-8000 p., Weir, Blunt. 
DESCRIPTION. 
An Epiphyte. Vsevoosures smooth, slightly compressed, sometimes broadly ovate, but occasionally tapering, 2 to 3 inches 
feet, 
long, and bearing 1 or 2 linear lanceolate-pointed Luavus, which are from a few inches to a foot long, and frequently 
of rather lax character; a reddish tint is also sometimes met with both in the leaves and pseudobulbs. ۱ 5۵ 
always simple, about the length of—sometimes longer than—the leaves, and carrying from two or three to a dozen 
or more large membranous and beautiful Yuownns, which vary exceedingly both in size, form, and colouring. Usually 
they are from 2 to 3 inches in diameter, and about equal to the pedicels. Bracıs about half an inch long, pointed, 
fitting close to the stem. Swrars lanceolate acuminate, white or rosy-white, with sometimes one or more brown or 
purple spots on each. Prerars usually—though not invariably—wider than the sepals, and resembling them in form 
and colour, but destitute of spots; both in the sepals and petals the edges are usually more or less curled or waved. 
Lap recurved at the apex, exceedingly variable in its outline ; in some examples almost exactly resembling the sepals 
in others taking more or less a panduriform shape (in which case the apex, instead of pointed, is round, emarginate, 
with a point or mucro); the edges too, which are sometimes entire, are much more frequently jagged or toothed; the 
short unguis, or claw, is longitudinally callose ; and where it expands into the disk, ends in two straight pointed and 
diverging teeth, which, like the claw, are yellow, the rest of the lip being white, with or without spots of the same 
character as those found in the sepals; there are a few red or brown lines which radiate or spread out like a fan on 
either side of the teeth composing the crest, but they do not, as in O. Puscatornt, form a detached flap. COLUMN 
short, arched, club-shaped, with broad truncate wings that are more or less jagged or fringed. 
This most charming Odontoglosswm was discovered in 1863 by Mr. Weir, at an elevation of from 7000 to 8000 
in the gloomy forests that clothe the slopes of the lofty mountain-ranges at the rear of the City of Santa Fé de 
Bogota. As the wild specimens of the flowers that he sent home to the Horticultural Society indicated not only a 
new 
species, but one of surpassing beauty, I did not hesitate at once to dedicate it to the illustrious Princess whose 
name it will henceforth bear. Since the first description of the plant appeared in the ‘ Gardeners’ Chronicle’ many 
living plants have been received both by the Royal Horticultural Society and by Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., of Clapton, 
several of which have bloomed and, even in their first feeble attempts to flower, have more than justified the very high 
expectations formed of the plant which, as it gathers strength, cannot fail to become an established favourite with all 
Orchid-lovers. 
