ODONTOGLOSSUM. 301 
in substance; sepals and petals bright yellow, blotched 
with deep brownish crimson; lip oblong, with a narrow, 
tail-like tip, the edges toothed, the front portion being 
cinnamon-brown, and the basal half pure white, with a 
yellow centre; the crest, which is usually white, has two 
long teeth. The plant blossoms during March, April, and 
Fig. 86. Flower of Odontoglossum triumphans 
(} mat. size). 
May. It should be grown along with O. crispum and 
O. Pescatorei, with which it is often found associated in a 
wild state. It is a native of New Granada, where it was 
discovered by Linden in 1842, at an altitude of 85ooft.; 
it does not appear, however, to have been in cultivation in 
England till about twenty-five years afterwards. 
Fig. 86; Bateman’s Monograph, t. 23. 
