472 
Odontoglossum continued. 
quadrate appendiculate lip suffused with yellow towards the base, 
where it is margined with brown spots, terminating in one larger 
central one, and forming a ring around the dis New Grenada, 
1867. SYN. O. Alexandre Bowmani (B. M. 5697, under name of 
O. Alexandre guttatum; W. O. A. ii. 94.) 
um (Jennings’).* fl. crenm- white, with many 
c. J 
light cinnamon blotches, which are very numerous in the 
petals; base of lip yellow, with a few cinnamon lines. 1878. 
A pretty plant, the flowers of which are said to be exceedingly 
like those of O. c. Ruckerianum, but distinct by their very crisp, 
W. nature, and by the basilar callus of the lip. (G. C. n. s., 
ii, 566.) * 
O. c. Lehmanni (Lehmann’s). fl. usually purple, with a brown 
tint, numerous; inflorescence branched. Z. rather narrow. South 
America, 1880. A curious plant. 
O. c. limbatum (bordered). . milk-white ; sepals richly marked 
with lilac; lip with numerous violet spots at the tip, and with 
yellow lamelle and a few streaks at the base; panicle many- 
flowered. Columbia, 1870. An interesting orchid. (R. X. O. 
? 
O. c. Mariæ (Miss Marie André’s). A beautiful variety, with 
pure white flowers, except two red spots at base of lower sepals, 
a few red streaks on the column, and the callus tinted with 
yellow. Columbia, 1879. (I. H. n. s. 325 
O. c. Ruckerianum (Rucker’s).* fl., ground colour creamy- 
white; sepals and petals bordered with deep violet, with a 
few chestnut-brown blotches on their inner surfaces; narrow 
ip, Jalon at the base, with blotches of chestnut-brown. (G. C. 
, 105.) 
o. c. Stevensii (Stevens). fl. white, heavily barred with light 
brown, large ; lip with a clear yellow disk, A grand form. 
(W. O. A. iii. 127.) i 
O. c. Trianæ iana’s).* fl. white, flushed, especially on the 
upper half of the dorsal sepals, with rose, the rosy portion 
cae hero with carmine, the dorsal sepal bearing a single 
e rosy 
the lip is large, rounded, and two-lobed at 
the apex, * — freely spotted with coppery 
red. Colum! 1868. A very beautiful variety. 
(B. M. 5691.) 
. . V (Veitch’s).* fl., sepals and 
eitchianum 
tals white, with a zone of mauve and some 
rown blotches, broad. 1884. A fine form. 
c. Wi 
stained 
brown ; petals v 
se with rich yellow. Columbia, 1809. A splen- 
did form. Ss 
). A variety 
n (yellow- i 
es and a large 
O. c. xanthoglossum 
with a yellow lip, having a few 
lobed blotch of brown. 1883. 
Other varieties of arope are: aureum, Bal- 
lantinei, Cooksoni (W. O. A. iii. 118), elegantis- 
simum, Regine, roseum (F. M. n. s. 269), Roths- 
childianum, Sanderianum, sulphureum, and vir- 
ginale. 
O. cristatum (crested).* fl. creamy- yellow, 
varying in intensity in the different forms, banded 
or spotted with very dark brown or purple, and 
about 2in. in diameter ; lip whitish, spotted with 
dingy brownish-purple, with a radiating white 
crest. Pseudo-bulbs somewhat oval, of a light 
shining green, bearing very narrow leaves of 
the same hue. Peru. A very desirable’ species, 
although not so showy as many others. (I. H. 
1870, 21.) The following are varieties: 
O. . Argus (Argus). f. bright yellow, with pur- 
plish speckles and freckles; lip and column 
white, with purplish markings. (I. H. ser. ii. 21.) 
O. c. canaria (canary-coloured). fl., sepals and 
1 clear yellow, each with a single 
purplish blotch. 
_0. c. cristatellum (slightly-crested). . light 
yellow, with a few sepia-brown spots; lip short, 
narrow, nearly oblong-pandurate, apiculate, un- 
dulate, anterior part sepia-brown ; the front side 
of column has three violet s 
ts on its base, and 
some brown lines. Winter. 1878. (W. O. A. 66.) 
O. c. Dayanum (Day’s). A variety with a rhomboid, api- 
culate, serrate lip, the crests on its base crossing one 
another. 4 
faron Moa fl. pale yellow, spotted 
A 
 many-flowered. August an 
f sea ye i 
ber. 
Columbia, 1870. (R. X. O. 
. Scapes stout, erect, from fo 
spot; 2sin. across, crowded in a dense spike; 
Fig. 716. FLOWER OF ODONTOGLOSSUM HALLIL. 
O. Hallii (Hall’s).* f. about 4in. across; sepals and petals pale 
g in 
THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, A 
Odontoglossum—continued. 
o. Dormanianum (Dorman’s).* ji whitish, with numerous dark 
spots, and resembling those of O. crocidipterum ; base of the lip 
yellow, sometimes with a few 
red stripes; tip of the lip witha 
large blotch. 1. narrow, and rt. Pseudo-bulbs elliptical, 
blu wo-edge: ooved and | 1 1884. 
och’s). tf. ve-coloured, with a 
le cial oured callus ; inflorescence 
I. 6771.) 
oip 
O. elegans (elegant).* 80 
with narr ean blote 1 5 
ha vi two g, sé 
ctrorse, adventitious 
p faint yellowish, 
Ow! with the apical 
í and two small, 
17 5 ki 2 arked with reddish 
do ural ch resemblin 
(An. xxiv. aW 0. A. Iii. 5. P: 8 
O. G. um (Galeotti’s). ee petals” transversely 
barred with brown ab the base; lip with ew streaks of yellow 
near the base; raceme few-flowered. Mexico, 1870, Allied to 
O. nebulosum, and very rare in cultivation. ** s EA 
O. gloriosum (glorious), synonym of 0. aM 
O. grande (magnificent).“ f. from Ain. to Tin. in diameter; 
sepals and petals rich glossy orange- yellow, the basal half 
being transversely banded and blotched with bright chestnut- 
less freckled with brown; 
brown ; lip creamy-white, 
€ Ba ee Antun and 
in. to din. long, green. 
thick, slightly an la. two-leaved. 
Guatemala, 1839. This is one of themost beautiful, the largest 
the best known, and the easiest grown of orchids, (B. M. ; 
B. O. 8; R. G. 1859, 270; W. O. A. ii. 79.) à m 
oO. if: Splendens (splendid). A rare and beautiful variety, 
differing from the type in having brown markings and a 
nearly white lip, with pure purplish bars. 1872. 
„ g. Williamsian (Williams). This resembles the type, 
but has shorter, broader, and more obtuse petals; column 
with uncinate wings. 1881. (W. O. A. 163.) 
winter. Z. lanceolate, broa 
Pseudo-bulbs glaucous, 
a 
ellow, with large chocolate-brown patches, and terminatin, 
ong points; lip pure white, with a beautifully-fringed margin, 
spotted and blotched with brown and purple, and stained 
towards the base with deep yellow; —. many: flowered. 
l light green, lft, or more long, ro Pseudo-bulbs 
about Sin. high. Ecuador, 1865. See Fig. 715. (B. M. 6237; 
. . 1868, H. ser. iii, 58.) The variety 
zanthoglossum is distinguished principally by having a yellow 
lip. Columbia, 188. e 
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