flowers each 14 to 2 inches across. Sepals and petals lanceolate, bright yellow 
blotched and barred with orange-brown. Lip fiddle-shaped, white, tipped with 
yellow, with two rose coloured spots near the centre. Flowers in Spring and 
Summer. 
Var. castaneum.—Sepals and petals cinnamon lined at base with greenish-white. 
Var. pallens.—Sepals and petals sulphur yellow. Lip whitish. 
Var. Sanderianum. (Native of Colombia) —Sepals and petals yellow blotched with 
brown. Lip white, sometimes light yellow, with large purple blotch in front. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CORDATUM. Native of Guatemala and Mexico. 
A striking species with ovoid, flattened, glossy green pseudobulbs topped with a 
single leaf about 8-9 inches in length. The scape is erect, sometimes branched, 
and carries a number of attractive flowers, with sepals and petals yellow, blotched 
and barred with chocolate, being elongated into wavy tails, the sepals having a 
keel underneath. The lip is very large and cordate, the apex being long and 
acutely pointed. It is white with blotches of light lavender and magenta and in 
some varieties with lemon and crimson. Flowers in late Spring and Summer. Lasts 
about three weeks in perfection. 
Var. sul phureum.—Sepals and petals the colour of sulphur, with a white lip tipped 
and blotched with yellow. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CORONARIUM. Native of Colombia. 
A very charming species but difficult to import and to grow. Its ovoid pseudo- 
bulbs grow from a long, creeping rhizome from which they develop at a distance 
of about 1} inches from each other. They bear a single leathery leaf at the apex, 
this being from 7 to 11 inches in length and 2 inches across. The flower spikes 
are a foot, or thereabouts, in length and carry up to a dozen (in some cases more) 
delightful flowers, each about 2 inches across, these being of good shape with 
rounded sepals and petals, crinkly edged, and in colour reddish-brown with a 
yellow border, extremely glossy in appearance. The lip is narrow at the base but 
broadens towards the point. It is bright yellow and has a white crest. Flowers in 
Summer and lasts well. This species requires ample light at all times. 
Var. chiriquense.—Flowers larger and paler in colour. 
Var. miniatum.—Pseudobulbs grow close together. Flowers smaller and more 
numerous. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CRISPUM. Native of Colombia. 
This species, which is the finest of the Odontoglots, and has, indeed, been called 
“The Queen of the Orchids,” is very variable, and is looked upon as one of the 
least difficult to grow. It is found high up on the Andes at a height of nearly 
12,000 feet above sea-level, and requires cool conditions and light throughout the 
year. It has compressed, ovoid pseudobulbs about 3 inches in height, each carry- 
ing a solitary strap-shaped leaf up to a foot in length. The flower scapes are 
long and arched (sometimes branched), and carry a number (up to 30) of 
outstandingly beautiful flowers, each between 2 and 3 inches in width. In the 
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