Tas. 5778. 
ODON TOGLOSSUM KRAMERI. 
Kramer's Odontoglot. 
Nat. Ord. Orcuipe®.—GyNANpDRIA MonanpriA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 5691.) 
OpontoeLossum Krameri ; pseudobulbis suborbicularibus valde compressis 
ancipitibus 1-phyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, scapis ascendentibus v. 
pendulis foliis brevioribus flexuosis paucifloris, sepalis petalisque 
oblongis acutis, labelli ungue 2-calloso lamina subquadrata 2-loba pal- 
lide roseo-violacea plaga basi utrinque semilunari alba aureo et pur- 
pureo-maculata. 
OpontoaLossum Krameri, Rehb. fil. in Gard. Chron. 1868, p. 98, cum ic. xylog. 
Floral Magazine, t. 406 (sub O. Kremeri). 
In the matter of delicate colouring, this is perhaps the 
most lovely of all the species of Odontoglossum, recalling a 
Phalenopsis much more than any one of its congeners ; it is 
also a remarkably free flowerer, and holds its flowers for a con- 
siderable period. Dr. Reichenbach, who named and published 
it, states that it is a native of Costa Rica, where it was dis- 
covered by M. Kramer, collector for Messrs. Veitch and 
Sons, in whose noble Orchid collection it first flowered in 
1868. The figure here given was taken by Mr. Fitch, from a 
drawing made at Mr. Day’s, and which, representing the full 
size of the plant, occupies a large folio sheet of paper. Like 
its congeners, this plant flourishes under cool treatment, 
being no doubt a native of the cool regions of the Cordillera 
of Costa Rica. 
Descr. Pseudo-bulbs nearly orbicular in outline, one and 
half inches in diameter : much compressed, sharply two-edged, 
pale glaucous green. Leaves solitary, seven to nine inches 
long, one and half to two inches broad, keeled, smooth, not 
ribbed or folded. Scapes four to eight inches long, three to 
five-flowered, pendulous, horizontal or ascending, flexuous, 
JUNE Ist, 1869. 
