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 Oncidium flexuosum. Zig-Zag Oncidium. 



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Class and Order. 



Gynandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Labellum explanatum, lobatum, basi tuberculatum. Petala 

 paten tia (2 antica nunc connata). Columna alata. Massa 

 pollinis 2, postice bilobaB ; medio affixae processu communi 

 stigmatis. Br. in Hort. Kew. 



Specific Character and Synonym. 



Oncidium flexuosum; labello bilobo guttato lacinias multoties 

 superante, bulbis ovatis compressis basi apiceque foliatis, 

 scapo paniculato: pedicellis divaricatis, radice repente. 



Oncidium flexuosum. Lodd. Cab. n. 424. 



This beautiful Oncidium is in many respects similar to the 

 one published at No. 1491, under the name of Oncidium 

 bifolium, but differs in having a panicled scape, flattened 

 bulbs which are furnished with leaves at their base as well as 

 at their point. The labellum is larger in proportion to the 

 other laciniae of the corolla, more exquisitely two-lobed and 

 covered with minute red dots. 



Native of Brazil. Flowers in June and July, and the 

 blossoms continue for six weeks or longer before they drop. 

 Requires the constant heat of the stove. Introduced by 

 Messrs. Loddidges and Sons, and published, under the name 

 which we have adopted, in their Botanical Cabinet. 



