PLATE XXVIII. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM BLANDUM. 
PLEASANT ODONTOGLOSSUM. 
O. (EuoDONTOGLOSSUM) pseudobulbis ovatis 1-2-phyllis, foliis lineari-lanceolatis acutis racemis 
multifloris subæqualibus, sepalis petalisque euneato-lanceis acuminatis ; labeli ungue 
bilamellato, lamellis oblongis antice obtusangulis, laminà ab ungue cuneato velutino 
ampliato ovatà acuminata crispulà, cornubus brevibus geminis ante lamellas, antepositis 
falcibus geminis, tumore parvo interjecto ; eirrhis columne basi angulate bifidis setaceis. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM BLANDUM, Zehb. fil. in Gardeners’ Chronicle, p. 1342 (1872). 
Habitat in Ocaña, Blunt, 1. 
DESCRIPTION. 
PLanT about a span across, in a compact mass. 
PSEUDOBULBS ovate, somewhat compressed, about an inch long, bearing Y (rarely 2) narrow lanceolate LEAVES 
of about the same length as the slender nodding many-flowered RACEMES. The FLOWERS, of which there are 
from six to twelve (or more) crowded together on the racemes, are all expanded at the same time, and emit a 
pleasant honey-like smell. Supats and Puraıs nearly equal, less than an inch long, lanceolate, acuminate, 
of a creamy white sprinkled over with numerous crimson dots. Lre about the same length as the sepals, 
and of the same hue, but destitute of spots except at the apex, the central portion bearing a large crimson 
mark nearly in the form of the letter W ; the lip’s base is formed of two parallel blunt lamelle out of 
which springs the main limb which is broadly ovate, curled and jagged at the edges and recurved and 
acuminate at its extremity ; at the point of junction with the unguis or claw occur two horned falcate 
processes, between which a small tumour ds interposed, at foot of which are two short and blunt horns. 
CoLumN short, bifid, angular with three or four straggling cirrhi or filaments on either side. 
This pretty little Odontoglossum comes from Ocana, where it was first discovered by Mr. Low’s collector 
many years ago. At that time none of the plants reached England alive, but some dried specimens that found 
their way to Professor Reichenbach, enabled the great German Orchidist to name and describe the species ; 
which turns out to be nearly allied to O. nevium. It has been met with by M. Roezl and other collectors, but 
is still a rare plant, as its constitution is apt to succumb under a long journey by sea and land. The specimens 
from which Mr. Fitch prepared his drawing, flowered in the spring of 1871, in the collection of the Royal 
Horticultural Society ;—the plants having been purchased at one of Stevens’ sales, among a “miscellaneous 
lot” of doubtful things. The species is a free-flowerer, and sends out an agreeable honey-like odour, but in 
point of beauty is scarcely a rival for O. nævium. It seems to require rather more heat than the latter species, 
which is one of the coolest of cool Orchids. 
