DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 327 



Odontoglossum Alexandra. Bogota . Jen. Orch., 26. 



SYNS. Odontoglossum Bluntii. Bat. Odon., 14, 19. 

 O. crisp urn. B. M., 5691, 5697, 



5736. 



F. M, 343. 

 Fl. des Ser., 1652. 

 War. Orch., 2, 23. 



A very beautiful species, sporting in many varieties. 

 The type seems to be pure white with bright golden spots 

 on the lip, but the markings vary to red, rose, purplish 

 brown, and many shadings, varying also greatly in the 

 size of the spots and markings. The flower-spike is 

 about twelve inches high, gracefully arching, and bearing 

 from six to twelve large flowers, often three inches or 

 more in diameter, but in fine varieties the spike is often 

 much longer, and bears many more flowers. It is a free 

 bloomer, but requires to be kept very cool. 



Odontoglossum anceps I. H., 128. 



SYN. of Miltonia anceps. 



Odontoglossum Andersonianum. New Granada. 



F. M., 2, 45. 



A beautiful plant, probably a natural hybrid between 

 Odontoglossum Alexandra and O. prcestans or O. glorio- 

 sum. The flower is the shape of the former, but sepals 

 and petals are a little narrower. It is creamy white (not 

 milk white), the inferior halves of the sepals and petals 

 are adorned internally with reddish brown dots and 

 streaks, and some such blotches are to be found on the 

 disk of the anterior lip, whose superior part is yellowish. 

 This is a very rare plant. 



