1787 



ONCIDlUiVl pulchellum. 

 Pretty Oncidium. 



GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 



Nat. ord. ORCHiDEiE, Juss. § Vande^, Lindl. (^Introduction to the 

 Natural System of Botany, p. 262.) 



ONCIDIUM.—Suprd,vol \3.fol. 1050. 



§. 2. Folia triquetra v. teretia. 



O. pulchellum ; follis acute triquetris carinatis subfalcatis integris, scapo confer- 

 tissime multifloro subcernuo, sepalis cymbiformibus acuminatis lateralibus 

 connatis, petalis ovatis undulatis acutls, labelli lobis lateralibus rotundatis 

 intermedio subrotundo sessili retuso v. emarginato subaequalibus, crista tri- 

 loba antice 1-callosa, alis columnae acinaciformibus denticulatis. 



O. pulchellum. Hooker in Bot. Mag. t. 2112. Lindl Gen. ^ Sp. Orch, 

 p. 206. Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1984. 



A beautiful species found in several parts of the West 

 Indies, and probably mistaken for O. variegatum till Dr. 

 Hooker distinguished it. When in flower its panicle is so 

 loaded with white blossoms tinged with yellow and pink as 

 to be weighed down with their profusion. 



It requires the treatment usually given to its tribe. 



See folio 1542. 



