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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Odontoglossnm continued. 



species in their magnificent collection. We are indebted 



to the firm in question for permission to peruse the 



manuscript of their yet unpublished monograph. 



O. acuminatum (taper-pointed). A synonym of 0. Rossii. 



O. Alexandras (Alexandra's). A synonym of 0. crispum. 



O. A. Bowman! (Bowman's). A synonym of 0. crispum guttatum. 



O. anceps (two-edged). A synonym of 0. maculatum. 



O. Andersonianum (Anderson's). A variety of O. crispum. 



O. anthoxanthum (yellow-flowered). >!. sulphur-coloured, 

 small, growing in a flexuous raceme ; lip sub-cordate at the 

 base, three lobed. Peru, 1869. 



O. aspersum (sprinkled). A variety of O. Jtossii. 



O. biotonense (Bicton).*t fl. about lin. across, varying much in 

 colour, most frequently yellowish-green, transversely barred with 

 brownish-purple, whilst the lip is lilac, shaded with violet, or 

 sometimes nearly white ; spikes about 2ft. high, bearing from 

 twenty to thirty flowers. April. Pseudo-bulbs and leaves bright 

 ^reen. Guatemala, 1835. This plant was formerly a great 

 lavourite, and, moreover, was the first Odontoglot which reached 

 England in a living state ; but, since the introduction of so many 

 tine kinds, it has gone somewhat out of fashion. It is, however, 

 remarkably free in its flowering and habit of growth. (B. M. 

 3812, under name of Zygopetalum africanum ; B. O. 18 ; B. B. 

 1840, 66.) This species has many varieties, of which the two 

 following are by far the best : album, in which the lip is pure 

 white ; and superbum, having sepals and petals heavily blotched 

 with rich crimson-brown, and a deep coloured rosy-purple lip. 



O. blandum (fair).* /. yellowish-white, beautifully spotted and 

 freckled with maroon-crimson ; sepals and petals narrow and 

 acuminated ; lip with an ovate-acuminate, crisped blade. Co- 

 lumbia, 1870. A handsome plant, somewhat resembling 

 O. nanrium, but with the blade of the lio much more expanded. 

 (B. O. 28.) 



O. Bluntii (Blunt's). A synonym of O. crispum. 



O. brevifolium (short-leaved), of gardens. A synonym of 

 O. coronarium. 



O. cariniferum (keel-bearing), t /., sepals and petals oblong- 

 lanceolate, greenish outside, and furnished on the middle line 

 with keels; inside they are chestnut-brown, bordered with 

 greenish-yellow or yellow ; lip with the claw of violet colour, 

 the cordate-acute anterior part being white; panicle large, 

 branched. I. cuneate-oblong, ligulate. Pseudo-bulb oblong, 

 two-leaved. Central America, 1855. SYN. 0. liastilabium fun- 

 catum. (B. M. 4919 ; B. O. 10.) 



FIG. 714. FLOWER OF ODONTOGLOSSUM CERVANTESII. 



O. Cervantesii (Cervantes').*! fl. from lin. to 2in. across ; sepals 

 and petals rosy-lilac, barred at the base with crimson-brown ; 

 lip cordate or triangular, white or lilac ; spikes 6in. high, three 

 to five-flowered. March and April. I. lanceolate, solitary. Pseudo- 

 bulbs angular. Oaxaca, 1845. A pretty, dwarf-growing species. 

 SYN. 0. membranaceum. See Fig. 714. (B, B. 1845, 36 ; L. & P. 



O. C. decorum (becoming). A fine variety, with larger flowers 

 and more brightly-coloured markings than the type. (F. M. n. s. 



V 9\ ma J U1 * (larger). A good variety, with larger and more 

 bngnMy-spotted flowers than the type. Mexico, 1879. 



O. C. punctatissimum (much-spotted). A handsome variety, 

 having flowers covered with neat, purplish spots. 1878. (B. 0. 10.) 



O. cirrhosum (tendrilled).*t it. milk-white, with deep purplish- 

 violet dark spots on sepals, petals, and the anterior, inferior part 



Odontoglossum continued. 



of lip, the basilar part of which is whitish-yellow at both sides, 

 and with purplish-violet radiating lines ; sepals lanceolate, ending 

 in bristles; potato much broader ; lipcuneate, dilatates going ; out 

 in two blunt, wavy angles, the upper part bearing an open sheath 

 around the column, the anterior expanded ; peduncles racemose 

 or panicled, many-flowered, I. linear -ligulate. P.seudo - bulbs 

 ligulate, ancipitate. Ecuador, 1876. See Fig 713, for which we 

 are indebted to Messrs. Veitch and Sons. (B. M. 6317 ; G. C. 

 n. s., v. 503.) 



O. C. gemmatum (jewelled). A good variety, with groups 

 of mauve or purple stains at the base of the sepals and 

 petals. 



O. c. Hrubyanum (Hruby's). A variety having flowers without 

 spots, or with but few traces of them. 



O. c. Klabochianum (Klaboch's). A variety with much larger 

 flowers than the type. 



O. citrosmum (Lemon-scented).*! fl., sepals and petals pure 

 white, delicately lemon-scented ; lip purple, crescent-shaped ; 

 racemes pendulous, bearing from tifoeen to thirty flowers. May. 

 I. thick. Pseudo bulbs smooth, shining light green. Guatemala, 

 1810. SYN. 0. pendulum (B. O. 6). (B. B. xxix. 3 ; F. d. S. 635.) 



O. c. album (white). /. white, except the crest on the claw of 

 the lip. 



O. c. punctatum (dotted), tl. pale rose; sepals and petals 

 dotted with purple. 



O. c. roseum (rose), fl. having the blade of the lip deep rose. 



O. constrictum (contracted), fl., sepals and petals bright yellow, 

 with orange-brown blotches and bars; Jip pandurate, white, tipped 

 with yellow, and bearing two conspicuous rose-coloured spots near 

 the centre ; panicles large, branched, many-flowered. I. elongate, 

 linear-lanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, compressed, ribbed, dark 

 green. Caraccas, 1843. A pretty, free-flowering plant. (B. M. 



O. c. Sanderianum (Sander's).* fl-, sepals and petals light ochre, 

 with brown marks and stripes, lanceolate, acuminate ; lip cordate 

 at base, with two short, upright lobes ; blade large, sub-pandurate, 

 acute, wavy, white, tinted with sulphur, ana having a large 

 purple-crimson mark between the calli. and some spots in front. 

 Columbia (?), 1881. A handsome, Hawthorn-scented variety, 

 superior to the type. 



O. Coradinei (Coradine's). A variety of 0. Lindleyanum. 



O. cordatum (heart-shape-lipped), fl., sepals and petals yellow, 

 blotched and barred with deep rich chocolate-brown, very much 

 elongated, and curiously wavy ; lip large, heart-shaped, varying 

 somewhat in its markings, ground colour white, blotched with 

 lilac and purplish-red, or sometimes with pale yellow and crimson ; 

 scape 1ft. or more in height, stiff, erect, simple or branched, few 

 or many-flowered. Late spring. I. bright green, with yellow 

 lines. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, generally one-leaved. Guatemala 

 and Mexico, 1837. A free-flowering and easily-grown species, 

 though less striking than many of its congeners. (B. M. 4878, 

 under name of 0. maculatum ; B. O. 25 ; B. G. 356.) 



O. o. sulpluircmm 

 coloured ; petals and lip 

 Mexico, 1880. A highly curious variety. 



O. coronarium (crowned).* fl., sepals and petals reddish-brown, 

 edged with yellow ; lip bright golden-yellow ; spike erect, 1ft. or 

 more in height, bearing from thirty to forty blossoms. Pseudo- 

 bulbs large, wrinkled, flat, produced at intervals along a creeping 

 rhizome, bearing a short, oblong leaf at the apex. Peru, 1868. 

 (B. O. 27; G. C. n. s., xii. 301; W. O. A. i. 27, under name of 

 0. brevifolium.) 



O. C. Dayanum (Day's), fl., petals yellow, with brown marbling ; 

 lip with two conical acute warts on each side of the crest. 



O. crinitum (hairy). /. striped and blotched, racemose ; sepals 

 and petals lanciMilate, acuminate; lip covered with filiform pro- 



(sulphur-coloured), fl., sepals sulphur- 

 ip white, with sulphur tips and blotches. 



A very distinct species. 



md petals pure white, ovate or 

 g much undulated, and often 



and petals 



cesses. Columbia, 1882. 



191, 3.) 



O. crispum (curled).* It., sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate, the petals be 



flmbriately toothed ; lip oblong-acuminate, yellow, 

 towards the base, beautifully crisped at the margin, and more or 

 less spotted towards the front with blotches of reddish-brown ; 

 racemes pendulous, usually from six to twelve-flowered. New 

 Grenada. This is one of the gems of the cool orchid-house, since, 

 by a little management, its charming flowers may be had all the 

 year round. It is a plant which varies to an almost endless 

 extent, no two, of the many thousands imported, being, perhaps, 

 exactly alike, and very considerable difference in size, colouring, 

 or crispness in the flowers constantly presenting itself. See 

 Fig. 715, for which we are indebted to Mr. Win. Bull. SYNS. 

 O. Alexandra; And O. liluntii (V. d. S. 1652). (B. O. 19.) 



O. C. Andersonianum (Anderson's).* fl. milky yellowish-white, 

 with some very broad, cinnamon, longitudinal stripes : sepals and 

 petals ovate-oblong, acute, crisped ; lip pandurate, with wavy and 

 toothed margins. Pseudo-bulbs ligulate, pyriform. Columbia, 

 1868. A very handsome and rare plant. SYN. O. Josc2>liince 

 (W. O. A. iv. 188). (F. M. n. *. 45; W. O. A. i. 35.) 



