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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
oOdon toglossum—conti inued. 7 
. nevium kled ure white, speckled and spotted with 
eee ee petals about 2in. long, lanceolate, 
utifully crisped or waved ; spike arching, lft. to 1}ft. long, 
and from ten to sixteen-flowered. May and June. J. oblong, 
narrow. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, flattened, deep green. New 
‘Gre y 1842. A beautiful species. (B. O. 9; L. & P. F. G. i. 18; 
R. G. 791.) 
nebulosum (clouded).t fi. white, more or less spotted with 
Titans 2in. to ain. across; hte re and petals Lyin. to 2in. long, lin. 
to llin. broad, oblong, slightly incurved ; lip cordate, with a 
lemon-yellow, bilobed crest, and a few brown spots ; spikes stout, 
five to seven-flowered. March to May. Pseudo-bulbs roundish, 
two-leaved. Mexico. Syn. O. maaillare, of gardens (I. H. 
1859, 200). The figures and descriptions of O. mawillare and 
O. leve are, in the work last named, curiously out of place; 
the description of O. mazillare is opposite the plate of O. lave, 
and that of O, læve is opposite figure of O. mawillare. (B. O. 1; 
G. C. 1867, 572.) 
O. n. candidissimum (very white). A variety with entirely 
Odontoglossum—continued. 
O. Pescatorei (Pescatore’s).* ., sepals and petals usuall 
snow-white; lip panduriform, white, blotched at the base wit 
urplish-crimson and yellow; spikes, or panicles, lft. to 2ft. 
— , erect or drooping, bearing from ten to 100 flowers. 
Spring. J. 6in, to 12in. long. Pseudo-bulbs thick, sp led 
with brown, two-leaved. New Grenada, 1851. A very lovely 
species, and one of the best of the genus. Syn. O. nobile. 
(B. O. 5; F. d. S. xvi. 24; Gn. xxvi. 452; R. G. 835; W. O. A. ii. 
168.) Other forms than those enumerated have been called 
aurantiacum, flaveolum, purpuratum, in reference to the colour 
of the flower or parts of it. 
O. P, excellens (excelling). fl., sepals yellow, blotched with 
purple, the odd one with a white central area; petals broader, 
white, with yellow margins; lip pandurate, white, with yellow 
crests and purple blotches. 1882, (Gn. xxi. 330.) 
O. P. Veitchianum (Veitch’s). A handsome variety, with broad 
mauve zonal bands and blotches, two on each sepal and petal. 
With this may be grouped eleg Lawren (Hort.). 
white flowers. 1884. 
O. n. candidum (white). A free-growing form, having the flowers 
ure white, with the exception of the yellow crest and a few 
rown spots on the lip. 1867. 
O. n. guttatum (spotted). A fine variety, having the basal half 
of the — and petals, and the greater part of the lip, spotted 
with reddish-brown. 1884. 
O. n. pardinum (panther like). A desirable form, having the 
oa more dently spotted or blotched with brown. Columbia, 
187 
O. n. Pattisonianum (Pattison’s). H. snow-white, large, with a 
yellow callosity on the lip. 
O. nevadense (Sierra Nevada). jl. chocolate-brown, margined 
and tipped with yellow, and streaked with the same colour, large ; 
lip white; middle lobe cordate, and slightly serrate at the edge, 
side lobes spotted with brown inside; disposed on long spikes. 
Pséudo-bulbs dark green, bearing leaves which are narrow at the 
base. Columbia, 1871. A very rare species, distinguished by the 
singular crescent shape of the base of the lip in front of the 
stalk. (J. H. ser. iii, 45; W. O. A. iii. 131.) 
O. nobile (noble). A synonym of O. Pescatorei. 
(sweet-scented).* A. yellow, spotted and blotched 
with chocolate-brown, very fragrant, l4in. to 2in. across; sepals 
and petals lanceolate-acuminate, with undulated edges; lip lanceo- 
late-trilobed, white, with a purple base; scape erect, branched, 
‘many-flowered, Winter and spring. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, two- 
leaved. Sierra Nevada. A rare species, SYN. O. gloriosum 
(B. O. 12). (B. M. 6502.) 
O. o. baphicantum (dyer's). f. yellow, with purple blotches 
finely suffused over the whole of the sepals, petals, and lip; lip 
pandurate, cuspidate, serrate; column with an apiculate, ser- 
rate, cuspidate wing. Columbia, 1876. 
O. o. deltoglossum (deltoid-lipped). f. sulphur- coloured, with 
brown blotches and smears; sepals and petals spreading, 
lanceolate, acuminate, undulate; lip deltoid, with very short 
margin, lobed, wavy, toothleted, sulphur, with an orange base, 
little brown stripes on each side of the base, and a much larger 
brown obcordate blotch on the disk ; column slender, with single 
tendril-like wings, whitish-yellow, with brown in front; raceme 
slender. 
O. o. hebraicum (Hebrew-marked). fi. pale yellow, with brown 
8 and i wlar stripes, twice as large as those of typical 
. odoratum; lip darker yellow at base, with a cordiform, 
maroon-brown central blotch, and some spots and stripes of 
the same colour; callus bifid, with an erect apiculus in sinus, 
and four teeth on each side. 1879. (W. O. A. ii. 85.) The 
sub-variety lineoligerum has the letter-like markings broken 
up into spots and lines. (W. O. A. v. 84.) 
O. o. latimaculatum (broad-spotted). A distinct variety, 
having deep golden flowers, which are very heavily blotched with 
bright crimson-brown, Columbia, 1871. (I. H. 1870, 39.) 
O. o. Leeanum (Lee’s).* ., sepals and petals bright yellow, with 
numerous _brown spots, lanceolate, acuminate; lip long and 
1 bright yellow, with a paier disk and a few brown spots. 
. Oerstedii (Oérsted’s).* fl. white, solitary, or in twos, the 
callus of the lip and the disk before the column yellow, with 
a few red spots; the column has very small, triangular, blunt 
auricles at each side of the base of the stigmatic cavity. 
Pseudo-bulbs roundish, two-edged, clothed with brown spathes, 
growing in dense masses, and havi each a single, oblong, 
stalked leaf. Costa Rica, 1877. (B. M. 6820; Gn. xxvi. 454.) 
O. oncidioides (Oncidium-like). A synonym of 0. Londes- 
hianum, 
O. pardinum (panther-spotted).+ pure golden-yellow, with 
numerous brown blotches, disposed fa wae Hokie tag December. 
s A. 584 Pseudo-bulbs ovate- compressed. Peru, 1867. 
O. pendulum (pendulous). A synonym of O. citrosmum, 
wee , Schreederianum, and Thomsonianum, all 
differing more or Jess from it in the form and extent of the 
blotches on the floral segments, 
O. Phalznopsis (Phalenopsis). A synonym of Miltonia 
Phaleenopsis. 
O. platyodon (broad-toothed), A synonym of O. Lindenti. 
O. polyxanthum (very yellow flowered), fl.. Sin. to Ain. in 
diameter ; sepals and petals yellow, blotched with chocolate ; lip 
roundish, cuspidate, yellow at base, brownish-purple in front, 
and whitish-edged; spike 2ft, long. Ecuador (at 8000ft. alti- 
tude), 1881. (F. M. n. s. 453; G. C. xvi. 461, xix. 761.) 
Fic. 717. ODONTOGLOSSUM Rossi, showing Habit and detached 
Single Flower. 
O. preenitens (shining forth). fl. bright golden-yellow, blotched 
with brownish-purple, lax, 2in. in diameter; sepals and petals 
nearly equal, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, rather waved; scape 
six to eight-flowered. J. 6in. to Sin. long, recurved, narrow, 
linear-oblanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs 2in. long, narrowly oblong, 
slender, much flattened. Columbia, 1874. (B. M. 6229.) Most 
of the plants in cultivation under the name of O. prenitens are 
referable to O. facetum, of Reichenbach. 
0. prosimy (distinguished). fl. yellowish, panicled ; upper half 
of the linear-lanceolate sepals and petals maroon-brown; li 
trifid, the basal lobes ciliated, and the four crests of the dis 
toothed, the inner ones aristate. J. linear-lanceolate, acute. 
New Grenada, 1875. Allied to O. odoratum. 
„ pulchellum (pretty).*+ fl. of a crystalline whiteness, very 
fragrant, about lin. across; lip white, curiously bent or 
twisted, having a crest shaped like a W, of a clear lemon- 
yellow, with a ‘few purple dots; spikes erect, about 1ft. high, 
and from ten to twelve-flowered. Spring. I. in pairs, dark 
pren; very narrow. Pseudo-bulbs dark green, ovoid. Mexico, 
841. (B. M. 4104; B. R. 1841, 48. 
O. p. majus (greater).* A very robust form, having the 
pseudo-bulbs much larger, and the flowers fully double the 
size of the typical species. A most desirable plant. 
O. purum (pure). A synonym of O. Wallisii. 
O. radiatum (rayed). A synonym of O. luteo-purpureum. 
O. ramosissimum (much-branched). jl. white, all pane being 
spotted, in different varieties, with deep violet, purple, or lilac; 
ae ge large, much branched. (. long, linear-ligulate. Pseudo- 
lbs oval, compressed. Venezuela, 1875. A showy orchid. 
