ODONTOGLOSSUM. 349 
0. hastilabium.—This is a spring-blooming plant, lasting 
in blossom about two months. It has large, pale, shining 
green pseudo-bulbs, and broad leaves 1ft. long. The spike 
iseezits tO @it., Or sometimes even ‘as much as. 6ft., in 
height, and much-branched, with numerous very fragrant 
blossoms, which are about gin. across; the sepals and 
petals are of a soft creamy white, beautifully streaked with 
transverse lines of purplish brown; whilst the somewhat 
halbert-shaped lip is white, with a dark rose base. A 
native of New Granada, where it was discovered in 1843, 
at the comparatively low elevation of 25o0oft.; it extends 
upwards, however, to between 4oooft. and 5o0ooft. This 
stately species should be grown in the Cattleya-house, or, 
at any rate, in a house about 7deg. warmer than the cool 
species require. 
Fig. 83; Bateman’s Monograph, t. 7. 
Var. fuscatum is distinguished by the sepals and petals 
being uniformly brown within. Introduced from Venezuela 
in 1856. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4919. 
0. hebraicum.—This has prettily-marked flowers, and 
is of supposed hybrid origin, O. odoratum being one of 
its parents. In pseudo-bulbs, leaves, and spike, it is like 
O. odoratum, but the spike is more branched and crowded. 
The flowers are 24in. across, with lance-shaped petals and 
sepals, the latter being spotted with red-brown, whilst the 
markings on the petals are singularly suggestive of Hebrew 
characters; the lip is yellow, streaked at the sides with 
red. The flowers are developed in summer. Introduced 
from New Granada in 1879. 
Williams’ Orchid Album, v., t. 194. 
0. Insleayi—The pseudo-bulbs, leaves, and flower- 
spike of this are similar to those of O. grande. The 
