484 THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Oncidium—rontinued. i 
O. altissimum (tallest). 15 yellow; sepals and petals five, 
lanceolate, longer than the lip; scape panicled, August. West 
Indies, 1793. (B. M. 2990; B. R. 1851.) [C.] 
O. altissimum (tallest), of Lindley. A synonym of 0. Baueri. 
O. am (broad. lipped). H. clear yellow, much paler on 
the under side; panicle ample, much branched, on a scape about 
3ft. in * Spring and early summer. J. solitary, large, 
thick, and fieshy in texture, of a bright shining green on the 
upper side, paler below. Pseudo-bulbs large, compressed, appie- 
green, streaked and spotted with reddish-brown. West Indies 
and Central America, 1832. This is one of the finest large- 
wing species of Oncidium in cultivation; it should be grown 
a pot, and never be allowed to shrivel during the resting 
seasons. (B. R. 1699.) This is an excellent variety of this, 
majus. [T.] . 
O. andigenum (Andine). fl. yellow, densely covered with small 
purple dots ; column purple, crest of the lip deep golden-yellow ; 
spike erect, from five to seven-flowered. Ecuador, 1 A very 
choice species, with the habit of O. cucullatum. [C.] 
O. annulare (ringed).* jl. rich chestnut-brown; sepals with an 
exceedingly narrow yellow border; petals of the same shade of 
brown, but with a broad, shining apex and broader border of a 
very beautiful deep yellow, very wavy (they are coherent at their 
top, as if glued together, and thus form yo ; lip brown, witha 
spe „ the crest with light yellow teeth, two lateral brown 
disks, yellow centre, and three purplish-violet small teeth before 
the apex. Summer. 1875. A grand species, closely resembling’ 
43 ö in pseudo-bulb, leaf, inflorescence, and — 
it. ~ 
O. ascendens (ascending). f. yellow, with red in the region of 
the crest, and in the form of stains on the sepals and petals; 
characteristic on account of the incurved column-wings. Mexico 
and Central America, 1837. 
O. aurarium (golden). fl. of a fine yellow, spotted with brown; 
side lobes of lip rectangular; middle lobe triangular, light yellow, 
with a reddish-brown disk at base, over which are five light sul- 
phur keels, ending in bristles; panicle 4ft. to 5ft. high, with 
numerous zigzag twigs. l two, ligulate, acute. Pseudo-bulbs 
compressed, pear-shaped, ribbed, nearly 9in. high. Bolivia, 1884. 
O. Balderiame (Balderrama’s). A synonym of O. Balderrame. 
O. (Balderrama's). . light olive-yellowish-brown ; 
upper sepal rather round, with a very narrow, light yellow 
border; side sepals unicoloured; petals curved, nearly compli- 
cate, crisp, with a yellow border; lip blunt. Summer. Columbia, 
1872. ied to O. metallicum. SYN. O. Balderiame. 
(bearded).* fl. from 14in. to 2in. across, but very 
variable in size; sepals lanceolate, with wavy margins of a pale 
yellow colour, barred with warm chestnut-brown ; lateral sepals 
connate for half their length ; petals oblong, with wavy margins 
of a clear golden colour, streaked with crimson-brown at the base 
only; lip triangular, lateral lobes clear golden-yellow, margins 
of the discal portion fimbriate, and spotted with brown, apical 
lobe rhombiform and clear yellow; spike from 1ft. to 3ft. Jong. 
Summer. Pseudo-bulbs roundish, ovoid, with a well-defined ridge 
up the centre; one-leaved. Guatemala to tropical America, 
1818. (L. C. B. 27.) A very distinct and variable species, some 
of the varieties having their petals lanceolate, and barred with 
brown, like the sepals. [T.] ‘ 
O. b. ciliatum (fringed-lipped). f., sepals and petals yellow, 
blotched with red; > shoe. with fringed plates. Winter. 
Brazil, 1818. A pretty, compact plant, seldom growin 
than bin. high. (B. R. 1660, under name of O. ciliatum. 
O. Barkeri (Barker's). A synonym of O. tigrinum. 
O. Batemannianum (Bateman’s). AH. bright yellow. Mexico, 
1838. A very distinct and 2 species, about 14ft. high, and 
with pale green foliage; does not, however, blossom freely. 
There are several desirable varieties. [C.] 
O. B. ramosum (branched). fi. brilliant yellow, disposed in a 
very large panicle; sepals and petals banded with rich choco- 
late. Brazil. [C.] 
O. B. spilopterum (spotted-winged). fl. racemose ; sepals and 
petals green outside, red inside; middle front tooth of the crest 
much larger than the others. Brazil, 1844. (B. R. 1845, 40, under 
name of O. spilopterum.) [C.] 
O. Baueri (Bauer's). A species often mistaken for O. altissimum, 
from which it differs in its scape being panicled from the very 
base, in its longer pseudo-bulbs, and in its sharply truncated 
column-wings. West Indies, &c. (B. R. 1651, under name of 
O. altissimum.) f 
O. bicallosum (two-warted).* fl., sepals and petals dark brown; 
lip bright yellow; spike erect, many flowered. Winter. 1. soli- 
tary, dark green, thick, fleshy. Guatemala, 1842. A showy, dwarf- 
growing species, (B. M. 4148.) [T.] 
O. bifolium (two-leaved).* H., sepals and petals greenish-brown, 
tinged with yellow ; lip large, measuring sometimes as much as 
l}in. across, bilobed in front, and wholly rich golden-yellow in 
colour; racemes loose, about ift. long. Winter. l. oblong, often 
og with bronze. Pseudo-bulbs brownish, fluted, lin. to 2in. 
high. Monte Video, 1811, (B. M. 1491.) A handsome, free- 
more 
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red; spike long, many-flowered. 
O. Carderi (Carder’s).* fi. light coffee colour, with 
Oncidium continued. 
flowering, dwarf- growing, species. The variety majus is, how- 
ever, now most . — in cultivation; it differs from the type 
only in its larger size and handsome flowers. [T.] 
O. bifrons (two-faced). A synonym of O. Warscewiczit. 
„ brachyandrum (short-anthered). AH. cinnamon colour, with 
a yellow Hip ; peduncles slender, one or two-flowered. l. 
grass 
ligulate. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, flattened. South Mexico, 1871. 
A delicate little species. 
O. Brunl um (Br ). A., sepals and petals greenish- 
yellow, brownish towards their lips, the petals y 
brown, the lateral sepals connate and bidentate; lip broad, trifid; 
side lobes erect, yelloy mt lobe purple-brown ; callus of two 
straight, parallel keels, —— tubercles between them, and 
two before them, yellow on e, “ia red bars. 1883. A pretty 
species. i 
O. bryolophytum (moss-plumed). A. gaden, standing singly 
among a moss-like mass of green St 
(whence the specific name); panicles elongated. Pseudo-bulbs 
pyriform, flattened. Central America, 1871. 
O. calanthum (beautiful-fiowered).* fl., sepals and petals light 
yellow, somewhat oblong, nearly as long as the lip; lip broad, 
deep yellow, the crest of the li mn being stained with 
s striped with 
and colu j 
Ecuador, 1870. A pretty and 
distinct, free-flowering species. (F. M. 384.) e a 
white, the superior part of the lip yellow, and the anterio 4 
disposed in large panicles, i those of O. emulum. 
J. linear-lanceolate, acute. 
pressed. Columbia, 1875. A showy plant. [C.] 
O. carthaginense (Carthagenian). fl., ex 
five, obovate-unguiculate, a little shorter i an thi 
panicled. Summer. A. Aft. West Indies, 1791. IT. 
O. c. sanguineum (bloody-blotched). fl. smaller than usual, pale 
yellow, with irregular bright crimson spots. (B. M. 3806, under 
name of O. Huntianum.) 
O. c. Swartzii (Swartz’s). f. whitish, variegated with ferruginous 
and purple; petals paler. (B. M. 777, under name of Epidendrum 
undulatum.) 
O. Cavendishianum (Cavendish’s).* jl. yellow, produced in great 
abundance from 3 branching panicles. Winter. l. large, 
broad, fleshy, rich and lively green. Guatemala. (B, M. 3807, 
under name of O. pachyphylium.) IT.] 
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O. C. longifolium (long-leaved). This variety has large flowers, 
in a dense panicle; lateral lobes of lip dolabriform ; sepals an 
tals very blunt. J. long, spreading on the ground” (Lindley). 
ge fxn. O. longifolium. (B. R. 1842, 4.) 
O. Cebolleta (Cebolleta).* fl. yellowish-red, spotted; sepals and 
petals obovate-acute; middle segment of lip reniform, wavy ; 
crest wavy, truncate; wings of column pea: ig scape 
panicled, stiff. Summer. /. terete, subulate. k. lft. Cartha- 
gena, 1824. (B. M. 3568; B. R. 1994.) [T.] 
O. cheirophorum (hand-bearing). fi. bright yellow, very sweet- 
scented, about żin. in diameter; scape slender, drooping, bearing 
an elongated, densely crowded cluster of blossoms. l. linear-lan- 
ceolate, Jin. to bin. long. Pseudo-bulbs compressed, with sharp 
margins, about lin. long. Panama, 1860, (B. M. 6278.) [C.] 
O. chrysornis (golden-bird). fl. yellow, with four or five cinna- 
mon spots, very numerous, borne in a wide, zi, icle. J. one 
or two to a bulb, cuneate-lanceolate, acute. ca 215 small, 
narrow, ligulate, shouldered. Ecuador, 1881. [C.] 
O. chrysothyrsus (golden-thyrsed).* fl., se and petals green, 
streaked with red; lip large, bright pg Taille brah nhi i 
about 3ft. ime mai owered. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, 5 
two-leaved. uth Brazil, 1867. A very showy species, with a 
free, compact growth, and remaining in blossom for a long time. 
(W. S. O. ser. ii. 5.) ` 
O. ciliatum (fringed-lipped). A synonym of O. barbatum ciliatum. 
O. citrinnm (citron-coloured). This is the correct name of plant 
described in this work as Cyrtochilum citrinum. . 
O. concolor (one- coloured). A. rich golden-yellow, IZin. to 2in. in 
diameter; lip large and flat; racemes long, drooping, many- 
flowered. Early summer. Organ Mountains, 1839. A very 
distinct and singular species. (B. M. 3752.) [C.] 
O. cornigerum (horn-bearing).* H. yellow, spotted with red, very 
showy, disposed on a prettily-marked spike, which is formed 
after the growth is mature. Summer. Pseudo-bulbs din. long, 
bearing deep green leaves of a peculiarly thick and fleshy 
texture. Brazil, 1829. Very distinct. (B. M. 3486.) [C.] 
O. crispum (curled-petaled).* jl. from lin. to 2in. across; sepals 
and petals of a bright rich copper-colour; lip broad, similar in 
hue, the centre being blotched with golden-yellow; raceme erect, 
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ronze. udo-bulbs brownish, fluted, lin. to in. high. 
Mountains, Brazil. See Fig. 728. (B. M. 3499; B. R. 43590 
There are several varieties of this very distinct species, all more 
or less beautiful. The following are most desirable: grandi 
having the flowers unusually large (F. M. 485); marginatum, in 
which the sepals and petals are broadly margin rich 
golden-yellow ; and olivacewm, with olive-green flowers, having 
l. twin, oblong, often tinged with — 
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