with well textured leaves about a foot in length. Flower scape about 2 feet long, 
arched and branching. Flowers numerous, each about 3 inches wide. Sepals and 
petals broad at the base and pointed at the apex, lemon-yellow in colour, blotched 
with reddish-brown. Lip oblong, the edge finely waved, reddish-brown bordered 
with yellow. Flowers vigorously in Summer. 
Syn. O. polyxanthum. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM KRAMERI. Native of Costa Rica. 
A small growing species with short, almost round, somewhat compressed pseudo- 
bulbs which carry a single 8-inch leaf. The flower spike is short and carries three 
to five smallish flowers which rarely exceed 14 inches across. Sepals and ‘petals 
similar in shape and pale violet in the centre, shading to white at the edges. Lip 
bilobed at apex, purple in colour, streaked with white and brown at the base. 
Flowers in Autumn. Warmer conditions than most types. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM LAEVE. Native of Mexico. 
A very fragrant and robust species with long, stout flower scapes carrying many 
blooms, each about 2 inches across. They are light brown barred with dull yellow. 
Lip is broad, the apex extended into a tail, lilac and white. Flowers in Spring. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM LUTEO-PURPUREUM. Native of Colombia, Ecuador, etc. 
A robust species with very variable flowers. Pseudobulbs 3 to 4 inches long, stout, 
compressed and ovoid in shape, carrying a pair of strap-shaped, leathery leaves 
about a foot in length. The scape is arched and branching and carries a number 
of flowers which in good quality plants are as much as 4 inches in diameter. In 
the type the sepals and petals are rich brown with white or yellow bands and 
bordered with gold—sometimes the basic colour is purplish. The lip is minutely 
fringed, and is white with a brown base. Flowers in Spring and lasts three to four 
weeks. 
Var. sceptium.—Smaller flowers, deep brown markings on a golden-brown base. 
Lip has a horse-shoe shaped blotch in front. Margins heavily fringed. 
Var. Vuylstekianum.—Flowers smaller than type. Sulphur yellow blotches with 
bright yellow. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM MACULATUM. Native of Mexico. 
Similar in habit and growth to Odontoglossum cordatum. Sepals and petals shorter 
and broader, and lip rounder. Sepals and petals yellow, blotched and barred with 
chocolate-brown. Lip yellow spotted with brown. Flowers in late Autumn and 
lasts well. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM MAXILLARE. Native of Mexico. 
A pretty species with narrow, thin pseudobulbs topped with two leaves about 10 
inches long. Scape, as long as the leaves, carries up to a dozen fragrant flowers, 
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