The Culture of Greenhouse Orchids 



interesting only as one of the earliest Odontoglots 

 in cultivation But it has many handsome varieties 

 and hybrids. 



Londesboroughianum. Bright yellow sepals and 

 petals closely barred with brown. Lip clear yellow. 

 A difficult plant even to keep alive. It is said 

 to do best in a warm house while growing, with 

 a severe rest in winter. September and October. 

 Mexico. 1876. 7s. 6d. 



Luteo-purpureum (yellow purple). The most vari- 

 able, perhaps, of all Odontoglots. Sometimes superb, 

 but not commonly. The type has a yellow ground, 

 almost hidden by blotches of chestnut. The lip 

 yellowish white. April and May. New Granada. 5s. 

 Figured, p. 181. 



seeptrum (sceptred). The best variety of 

 luteo-purpureum. Sepals all chestnut, margined 

 with yellow ; petals yellow, blotched with chestnut. 

 Lip yellow, with a brown blotch. 10s. 6d. 



Maculatum (spotted). Yery like cor datum, but 

 smaller, dull brown instead of chestnut, and yellow 

 lip instead of white. March and April. Mexico. 

 1838. 3s. Qd. 



Madrense (from the Sierra Madre). One of the 

 species reluctant to flower. White with purple 

 blotches at the base. Scented. Flowers with the 

 young growth, July and August. It is often grown 



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