Tas. 6029. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM trripuprans. 
Native of Peru. 
Nat. Ord. Orcuipem.—Tribe VANDEA. 
Genus Opvonrocossum, H. B. and K. ; (Lindl. Fol. Orchid., Odontoglossum), 
ODONTOGLOSsUM tripudians ; pseudobulbis ovoideo-oblongis compressis, foliis 
by 7—10-pollicaribus lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis, racemo simplici pluri- 
floro, bracteis subulato-lanceolatis pedicello dimidio brevioribus, floribus 
2-poll. diametro, sepalis elliptico-oblongis acuminatis intus castaneis 
basi et apice aureis, petalis sepalis subsimilibus aureis plagis latis lobatis 
| castaneis transversis notatis, labello albo roseo maculato brevissime 
unguiculato ambitu oblongo-quadrato, medio constricto, lobo basilari 
| margine obscure crenato, terminali paullo latiore rotundato apicu- 
as alate alis laceris incurvis. 
lato marginibus erosis, disco basi carinis ad 10 flabellatim dispasitis, 
carinis 4 interioribus longius productis spinescentibus, columne superne 
OponToGLossum tripudians, Reichb. f. in Bonplandia, 11 Jahrgang (1854) p. 
100; Walp. Ann., vol. vi. p. 830. 
The genus Odontoglossum is now so largely increased in 
number of species and in the beauty of these, that it _may 
fairly be said to rival Dendrobium in the estimation of Horti- 
culturists and especially of Orchid growers. The present 
beautiful species was discovered by Warsewicz in about 
1849, and described by H. Reichenbach in the work quoted 
above, where it is compared with 0. rigidum, Lindl., a species 
differing in the long claw of the lip and in other respects. 
It was flowered by Messrs. Veitch in January of the present 
year, and for brillianey of colour and size of flower is cer- 
tainly a magnificent species. It had been placed in the 
section Xanthoglossum, from which, however, the white colour 
of the lip removes it. The contrast between the muddy 
yellow-green of the back of the flower, and the clear, bright 
APRIL Ist, 1873, 
