other Odontoglossums we know of, this requires a cool treat- 

 ment. Its flowers last for a long time, and are not surpassed 

 by those of any other Orchid for delicacy and beauty ; they 

 expanded at Kew in October. 



Descr. of var. Triance. Pseudohulhs an inch and a half to 

 two inches long, compressed. Leaves one to two, or six to eight 

 inches long, an inch and a half to two inches broad, acute. 

 Bacemes larger than the leaves, drooping, many-flowered, 

 slender. Bracts short, obtuse. Flowers two and a half 

 inches in diameter. Sepals oblong, acuminate, white suf- 

 fused with rose, the upper with one circular rose spot in the 

 centre, the lateral usually deeper rose-coloured along the upper 

 half, and. there spotted with the same. Petals snow-white, 

 broader than the sepals. Lip oblong panduriform, two-lobed 

 at the apex, base expanded into wing-like lobes barred with 

 rose, margin toothed, disk with a large, 2-lobed, rosy patch, 

 and two small spots more towards the base. Column with 

 toothed wings spotted with red.— J. I). II 



