Plate 378. 

 ODONTOGLOSSUM [LU/LII. 



We are again indebted to the extensive collection of Messrs 

 Witch and Sons, of Chelsea, for the opportunitj of figuring 

 the very fine Odontoglossum which forms the subject of our 

 Plate, a fitting companion to man} with which we have alreadj 

 enriched our pages. 



There is no tribe of On bids, varied and extensive though 

 thc\ be. which contains more varied and beautiful forms than 

 thai one to which our figure belongs. The splendid mono 

 graph of Mr. Bateman, in course of publication, testifies to 

 this; nor is there one perhaps which is more extensively cul- 

 tivated, owing to the fact that so many of them an' capable of 

 bearing what is called the cool treatment of Orchids; thus, in 

 the catalogue of Cool Orchids, published by Messrs. Backhouse 

 and Son, of York, we find upwards of thirty varieties of Odon- 

 toglossum suitable for this purpose, and containing some of the 



most beautiful of the tribe, as Alexandras, Cervantesii, I'esca- 

 torei, which we have figured in former years; and. in our esti- 

 mation, the fine species which has been so accurately rendered 

 by Mr. Andrews merits a place alongside of any of those already 

 named,— an opinion confirmed by no less an authority than Mr. 

 Barrj J. Veiteh, who says, -The Odontoglossum you figure i> 

 tine Ealtii, one of the finest of Odontoglots. It was sold at 

 Stevens's, by auction, some five or six years since, 1 think, where 

 we bought our plants. Mr. Rucker now- has a plant showing 

 bloom with eleven ilower-bnds. so thai we cannot at present 

 say what it may come to by cultivation. It is very distinct and 

 tine; it requires just the same treatment as the 0. Alexandras, 

 Pescatorei, etc. In style of growth it more resembles <>. 

 '/in." 



