Var. Chestertoni—Sepals and petals narrow, lip has prominent side lobes and a 
long narrow waist. Colour paler than the type. 
Var. flavidum.—Sepals and petals bright yellow blotched with brown. Lip purple 
with white edges. 
Var. macrochilum.—Larger than the type. Sepals and petals plum-coloured, lip 
being mauve spotted with violet. 
Var. nubigenum.—Sepals and petals as type. Lip white with purple blotch on 
the crest. 
Var. Phalaenopsis. Flowers twice as large as the type, pure white with purple 
blotches. (Syn. O. Phalaenopsis.) 
ONCIDIUM CURTUM. Native of Brazil. 
A very ornamental species in manner of growth, similar to that of O. crispum. 
Flowers from an erect, branching panicle which is literally crowded with flowers up 
to 2 inches across. The rather oval, blunted sepals and petals are yellow with 
bright red blotches and bars. The bilobed lip is about an inch across at the widest 
part, is bright yellow with a band of brown round the gracefully waved edges, 
the yellow portion being spotted with tiny red dots. The crest is lobed and 
warted. Flowers in Spring and lasts about a month in beauty. Treatment as for 
O. cornigerum. 
ONCIDIUM DASYTYLE. Native of Brazil. 
A dainty little species with small, oval, flattened pseudobulbs which are smooth 
when growing, but become creased with age. They have two bright green leaves 
about 5 inches long and nearly an inch in width, prominently keeled. Scape, very 
slender, rises from base of matured pseudobulb and carries from half to a dozen 
flowers, each about 14 inches wide. Sepals and petals pale yellow, blotched with 
purplish-brown; lip, reniform, stalked, spreading and with undulating edges. 
It is pale yellow and has a glossy, purple, two-lobed crest. Flowers in early 
Summer. Treatment as for O. ampliatum. 
ONCIDIUM DIVARICATUM. Native of Brazil. 
A small but prolific flowering species with round, flattened pseudobulbs each 
carrying a pair of long, broad, leathery leaves. Flower scapes are very long, 
slender and branching, and carry a great number of flowers each about one inch 
across. Sepals and petals light brown, tipped with golden-yellow. Lip yellow with 
a brown blotch in the centre; side lobes yellow spotted with brown. Flowers in 
Summer. Treatment as for O. ampliatum. 
ONCIDIUM EXCAVATUM. Native of Peru. 
A strong growing species with ovate-oblong, compressed, shining green pseudo- 
bulbs up to 5 inches tall, topped with a pair of long, broad, leathery, shining 
leaves, there being also two or three leaves sheathing the base of the bulb. Scapes 
are stout, long and branching, and are crowded with brilliant flowers each an inch 
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