Odontoglossum 



throughout, sepals and petals blotched with brown. 

 Spring. New Granada. 5s. 



Bictoniense (Bicton, seat of Lord Kolle). A con- 

 trast to the majority in colour. Green or reddish, 

 mottled with brown ; lip rosy-white. Autumn. 

 Guatemala. 1835. 5s. Figured, p. 164. 



album. Very rare and very beautiful. Chest- 

 nut, with a broad white lip. 



Blandum (pleasant). White, spotted and splashed 

 with brownish crimson. Scented. March and April. 

 New Granada. 1871. 10s. Qd. 



Cariniferum (keeled, referring to a peculiarity of 

 shape). A large, handsome species. Greenish 

 brown sepals and petals tipped with yellow. Lip 

 reddish yellow. Autumn. Costa Kica. 10s. 6d. 



Cervantesii (Don Vincente Cervantes, a Spanish 

 botanist). Small, but exquisite. White or pale 

 pink, the lower part of sepals and petals decorated 

 with short broken lines of brownish crimson. It 

 should be rested, but not dried, for two months 

 after flowering. There are many named varieties. 

 March to May. Mexico. 1847. 3s. 6d. 



decorum. The largest variety. The broken 

 bars are shorter and of deeper colour. They occupy 

 a larger space. Figured, p. 166. 



Chester toni (Mr. Chesterton, collector). One of 

 the many natural hybrids produced by crispum x 



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