pseudobulbs with two narrow, grassy, stiff leaves from 9 to 12 inches long. Scapes 
are erect and short, and carry a few white flowers with a yellow blotch spotted 
with crimson on the crest. They are 1} inches in diameter. Flowers in Spring, 
blooms lasting five to six weeks. This species has the peculiarity of flowering with 
the lip uppermost, the flowers seeming to be upside down. 
Var. Dormanianum.—Plant more robust and flowers much larger than the type. 
Var. majus.—Flowers larger and more numerous than the type and much more 
strongly scented. Plant has pseudobulbs much larger than the type. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM RAMOSISSIMUM. Native of Colombia. 
An attractive plant with oblong, flattened pseudobulbs bearing a single sword- 
shaped leaf about a foot long. Scapes very long and branched, and bearing a large 
number of 2-inch flowers. Sepals and petals narrow and wavy, the lip being narrow 
and reflexed. In colour the flower is pure white spotted with pale purple. Blooms 
in Spring and lasts well. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM ROSSII. Native of Mexico. 
A small growing species which is included amongst the best of the Odontoglots. 
Pseudobulbs are small and ovate, and grow in tufts. They have single leaves which 
are oblong-lanceolate in form. The scapes are about 6 inches long, each about 3 
inches across. The sepals, which are narrow and pointed, are keeled at the back. 
They are greenish-yellow, barred and spotted with brown. The petals are oblong 
and blunted, and are white with brownish-purple spots at the base. The lip is 
roundish and somewhat heart-shaped, very large, pure white (sometimes flushed 
with pink). Flowers in Winter and remains in beauty for a long time. There are 
many varieties of this species, the best being:— 
Var. albens.—Sepals white banded with soft green, lip having yellow crest. 
Var. Amesianum.—Sepals greenish-white, spotted with brown. Petals white with 
a chestnut blotch. 
Var. majus.—Petals white with crimson blotches at base. Sepals white, barred 
with crimson. 
ODONTOGLOSSOM SCHLIEPERIANUM. Native of Costa Rica. 
This species is similar to O. grande in nature of plant and manner of growth. 
Flowers are borne on erect, stout scapes and are pale yellow, blotched and barred 
with deep yellow or brown. Flowers in late Summer and like all the Odontoglots 
the blooms last well. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM TRIPUDIANS. Native of Colombia. 
An interesting species with ovoid, flattened, oblong pseudobulbs with two narrow, 
pointed leaves and arching, many-flowered scapes which grow to a length of three 
feet or more. Flowers between 2 and 3 inches in diameter. Sepals and petals 
yellow with blotches of chestnut. The lip is white with an irregularly waved 
edge, blotched with rose-pink. Flowers in Autumn. 
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