358 ORCHIDS. 



Flowers bright chocolate-color, tipped with yellow. A 

 singular plant, more curious than beautiful. 



B. Oncidiiim sessile. Santa Martha . Pax. Fl. G., 21. 

 Flowers yellow, spotted in the centre with pale cinna- 

 mon. 



B. Onddium sphacelatum. Mexico . . B. R., 1842, 30. 

 Flowers yellow and brown, resembling Onddium altis- 

 simum and O. reflexum. A good old Orchid, always 

 blooming, and lasting long in beauty. 



B. Onddium spilopterum. Mexico . B. R., 31, 40. 



Pax. Mag., 15, 200. 



Perianth deep purplish lilac, slightly marked with yel- 

 low ; lip large, deep yellow inside, cream-color outside, 

 deeply undulate. Should be grown in a pot, with turfy 

 peat and potsherds, and elevated above the rim of the 

 top. Keep in a shady place. Perhaps a variety of On- 

 ddium Batemani. 



A. Onddium splendidum. Guatemala. Fl. des Ser., 1825. 

 A very fine species. Flowers large ; sepals and petals 

 small, greenish yellow and brown ; lip large, bright clear 

 yellow. 



C. Onddium Sprudi. South America. 



A species resembling Onddium Cebolleta, with bright 

 yellow flowers. 



C. Onddium Suttoni. Guatemala . . . B. R., 1842, 8. 

 Perianth deep olive-brown, with yellow tips ; lip yellow, 

 with deep olive-brown spot in the centre. 



