392 ORCHIDS: 
ovate lateral lobes, then a narrow and short waist, the 
large middle lobe being kidney-shaped and _ notched; 
crest fleshy and curiously toothed. Cultivated on blocks 
or rafts, or in baskets, in a mixture of peat-fibre and 
sphagnum, and kept in the moist end of the Cattleya 
or intermediate house whilst growing, this and _ the 
following will produce fine spikes of flower during winter 
and spring. Whilst in bloom they may be placed in the 
cool house. A native of Brazil; introduced about 1850. 
Williams’ Orchid Album, iv., t. 192. 
By far the best of the several varieties is that known 
as Fogersit, of which spikes bearing over 150 flowers 
have been grown in England. The lip in this variety 
is fully 2in. across, and is of a rich golden-yellow colour, 
with a few bars of red at the base. 
Fig. 95; Floral Magazine, t. 477. 
0. zebrinum.—A very beautiful, large-flowered species, 
belonging to the small-lipped section. In habit, pseudo- 
bulb, and foliage, the plant is identical with O. macranthum. 
Flower-spike twining, 6ft. to 12ft. long, branched, and 
many-flowered; flowers over 2in. across; sepals and petals 
almost similar, r}in. long, narrowed to a stalk at the 
base, din. broad in the middle, the point acute, and the 
margins very wavy, colour white, with bands of reddish 
purple across the lower half; lip small, bent almost at 
right angles, fleshy, the crest thick, toothed, and warty, 
colour yellow, with spots of red. A native of Venezuela; 
introduced about 1871. It requires the same treatment 
as QO. varicosum, and flowers in August, remaining in 
beauty for about a month. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 6138. 
