keeled at the back, olive-brown with tips and edges of yellow. The lip is narrow 
at the base, but expands into a reniform blade. It is white or cream, turning 
brown with age, and has a narrow crest. Flowers in late Autumn and lasts well. 
It requires treatment as for O. blandum. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CERVANTESII. Native of Mexico. 
A lovely species of small growing habit. Pseudobulbs, flattened and 1} inches 
long, bear one oblong leaf. Scape carries two or three (rarely more) flowers 
each 2 inches in width, Sepals and petals white, suffused with palest pink, and 
barred at the base with broken bands of brownish-crimson. Lip somewhat heart- 
shaped, pointed in front. Very fragrant. Flowers in Spring. Lasts well. 
Var. decorum.—tLarge flowers with broader segments, the bands being purple. 
Var. punctatissimum.—Spotted all over with rose, 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CIRRHOSUM. Native of Ecuador. 
A very fine species with oblong, tapering, flattened pseudobulbs with one leaf 
at the apex, and two others whose bases sheath the pseudobulbs. The long scapes 
grow from the base of the pseudobulbs, inside one of the basal leaves, and carry 
a large number of starry flowers which are often up to 5 inches in diameter. 
Sepals narrow, acutely pointed and somewhat undulated. Petals shorter and rather 
broader at the base. In colour they are white, thickly blotched with chocolate- 
purple. Lip smaller and shorter, but tipped with a very long, fine point, its base 
cordate. It is yellow with deep crimson veins. Flowers in Spring and lasts well. 
Var. Hrubyanum.—Sepals and petals pure white with a blotch of orange, the base 
of the lip having a few red lines. 
Var. Klabochorum.—Flowers larger than the type, white spotted with chocolate 
the tips of the sepals and petals being extended into longer tails. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CITROSMUM. Native of Mexico. 
An attractive species with smooth, shining, light green, rounded and flattened 
pseudobulbs which bear two leaves each a foot long, oblong, thick, and dark green. 
Flowers produced on long, pendulous racemes, which carry up to 30 fragrant 
flowers each about 3 inches across. Flowers white suffused with pink. Lip has 
long claw and expands into a reniform blade. Scapes grow from new bulb, this 
being the only Odontoglossum which has this habit. Flowers in Summer—lasting 
three to four weeks. 
Var. album.—Flowers pure white with yellow crest on base of lip. 
Var. punctatum.—Flowers rosy, dotted with purple. 
Var. roseum.—Lip deep rose-coloured. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CONSTRICTUM. Native of Venezuela. 
A pretty species with ovoid, compressed, dark green pseudobulbs with a pair of 
narrow, pointed leaves about a foot in length. The slender scape is up to 18 
inches long, and has a drooping, loose panicle at the top. This carries a number of 
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