ODONTOGLOSSUM. 335 
treatment recommended for Odontoglossums generally. A 
plant of it has produced a spike of fifty flowers. A native 
of New Granada. 
Fig. 78; Williams’ Orchid Album, 1., t. 35. 
Var. angustatum.—Petals and sepals narrower, and with 
larger blotches, than in the type. 
Var. lobatum.—Flowers 2hin. across; lip narrow and 
lobed, spotted with cinnamon-red. 
Var. Pollet?’s.—Sepals and petals tinged with rose; lip 
white, with a large, chocolate blotch. 
0. baphicanthum.—A supposed hybrid from O. crispum 
and O. odoratum, to which it bears a close similarity in 
habit and foliage. The flowers are 2}in. across, sulphur- 
yellow, blotched with purple; the lip yellow, blotched with 
brown and red. There is not much difference between 
some of the forms of this and of O. Andersonianum except 
in the size of the blotches. It flowers in summer. Intro- 
duced from New Granada in 1876. 
0. bictonense.—This was the first Odontoglot which 
reached England in a living state; but since the intro- 
duction of so many finer kinds it has gone somewhat out 
of favour, although it is remarkably free in its flowering 
and habit of growth. The pseudo-bulbs are ovoid. The 
leaves are ft. long, bright green, distinctly nerved. The 
scape is erect, and frequently attains a height of 2ft. or 
even more; the flowers are 1}in. across, and vary much 
in colour; they are yellowish, blotched with brownish 
purple ; the lip is lilac, heart-shaped, with a wavy margin. 
It usually blossoms in autumn, and lasts a long time in 
perfection, provided the flowers are not allowed to get wet. 
A native of Guatemala, whence it was introduced in 1835. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 3812 (where it is erroneously 
stated to be African), as Zygopetalum africanum. 
