Prate XXIV. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM KRAMERI. 
KRAMER’S ODONTOGLOSSUM. 
O. pseudobulbis suborbicularibus valde compressis ancipitibus 1-phyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, 
scapis ascendentibus vel sub-pendulis foliis brevioribus pauci-(2—5) floris, sepalis petalisque 
oblongis acutis subæqualibus, labelli ungue 2.calloso lamina subquadrata 2-lobà pallide- 
roseo-violaceà plagá basi utrinque semilunari alba aureo et purpureo maculata. 
Ovontocnossum Kramer, Reichenbach fil. in Gard. Chron. 1868, p. 98. Floral Mag. t. 406 (sub O. Krameri). Hooker in ۷۰ 
Mag. t. 5778. 
Habitat in 009۱۵۰ 
DESCRIPTION. 
Pseunoguzes nearly round, flattened, 2-edged, 1-leaved ; LEAVES oblong-lanceolate, less than a foot long, by 
about an inch wide, longer than the Scares which bear from 2 to 5 flowers. TEDUNCLES with the ovary 
one to one and a half inches long.. ELOWERS one to one and a half inches in diameter. SEPALS and 
Perazs subequal oblong-acute, pale violet-red in the centre with broad white margins. Lip one-third of 
an inch wide, neck short, broad, deeply hollowed in front with two erect calli; limb subquadrate, two- 
lobed at the apex, angles rounded, the basal lateral lobes small, reflexed, pale violet-red with two confluent 
semilunar white patches at the base, on each of which is a concentric red-brown band, and a few spots of 
the same colour on a golden yellow ground. Cotumn short, thick, without wings or appendages. 
(Hooker, 1. c.) 
This though not a striking is a very distinct plant. It is a native of Costa-Rica, where it seems to 
be plentiful enough though it long eluded detection. It was first exhibited in 1868 by Mr. Veitch at one of 
the shows at S. Kensington, but appeared almost simultaneously in the collection of Mr. Day, by whose 
direction a careful drawing was prepared. Like other Costa-Rica plants, though not requiring à high 
temperature, it is scarcely content with the small amount of heat that is now allotted to the great majority 
of cool Orchids. Its proper place would be in the Mexican House. It is a free bloomer. 
