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Odoxtoglossum Cekvaxtesii. From Mexico. 

 A very neat and i)rotty little Orchid, which flowers in the 

 winter and remains in hloom for a very lon<^ time ; gi'owing best in 

 a bask(^t or pan suspended from the roof, and in a compost of peat 

 and sphagnum. It never requii-es resting, and should always be 

 watered before the compost in which it is growing becomes quite 

 dry. Good, newly imported, or semi -established plants, with three 

 or four leading growths, can be purchased at fiom 5 - to 7/6. 



Odoxtoglossum odoratum. From Colombia. 

 {Si/n. O. gloriosum.) 

 This is a very free growing and pretty Orchid, resembling in 

 growth the O. AlexandrtB, and this species is also variable, some 

 being exceedingly sweet-scented, while others have but little 

 fragrance. The colour of the flowers range from a ground work 

 of creamy white to clear yellow, all being heavily spotted and 

 b;irred with rich brown which varies in intensity. The flowers are 

 smaller than those of O. Alexandraj, but th(! spikes, which are 

 longer, are invariably branched and produce a larger number of 

 flowers ; its time of flowering is early spring, and the plants should 

 have the same treatment as the before mentioned species. Good 

 l)lants can be purchased at from 3/6, 5 -, to 10 '6, newly imported 

 or established. 



Odoxtoglossum Pescatorei. From Ocana. 

 This is a favourite Orchid, flowering almost all the year 

 round, and the blooms are in perfection for a \ery long time ; it is 

 valued for its general beauty and usefulness, and bears its delicate 

 white blossoms on long thin branching spikes ; the flowers being 

 irregularly marked with violet coloured spots, and some, purchased 

 as unbloomed plants, are so rich and distinct in the markings as to 

 (!ommand liigh prices. It requires the same treatment as O. 

 Alexandrie, and good serviceable plants, with one lead, can be 

 ]»urchased at from 3/6, 5/- to 10 6, newly imported or established. 



Odoxtoglossum TRiuMniAX's. From Ocana. 

 This is a very showy species, flowering in spring, and the 

 flowers are large, of a bright yellow ground colour, heavily marked 

 with chocolate, contrasting conspicuously with the whiter flowers 

 of those already named. There is gi'eat variety also in this species, 

 and those which have broad sepals and petals and well formed 



