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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Odontogiossum continued. 



quadrate appendiculate lip suffused with yellow towards the base, 

 where it is margined with brown spots, terminating in one larger 

 central one, and forming a ring around the disk. New Grenada, 

 1867. SYN. 0. Alexandrce Bowmani (B. M. 5697, under name of 

 O. Alexandrce guttatum; W. O. A. ii. 94.) 



O. C. Jenningsianum (Jennings').* fl. cream-white, with many 

 light cinnamon blotches, which are very numerous in the 

 petals ; base of lip yellow, with a few cinnamon lines. 1878. 

 A pretty plant, the flowers of which are said to be exceedingly 

 like those of 0. c. Ruckerianum, but distinct by their very crisp, 

 wavy nature, and by the basilar callus of the lip. (G. C. n. s., 

 ii. 366.) 



O. C. Lehmanni (Lehmann's). fl. usually purple, with a brown 

 tint, numerous ; inflorescence branched. I. rather narrow. South 

 America, 1880. A curious plant. 



O. C. limbatum (bordered), fl. milk-white ; sepals richly marked 

 with lilac ; lip with numerous violet spots at the tip, and with 

 yellow lamellae and a few streaks at the base ; panicle many- 

 flowered. Columbia, 1870. An interesting orchid. (R. X. O. 

 183, 2.) 



O. c. Marise (Miss Marie Andre's). A beautiful variety, with 

 pure white flowers, except two red spots at base of lower sepals, 

 a few red streaks on the column, and the callus tinted with 

 yellow. Columbia, 1879. (I. H. n. s. 325.) 



O. c. Ruckerianum (Rucker's).* fl., ground colour creamy- 

 white; sepals and petals bordered with deep violet, with a 

 few chestnut-brown blotches on their inner surfaces ; narrow 

 lip, yellow at the base, with blotches of chestnut-brown. (G. C. 

 1873,105.) 



O. c. Stevensli (Stevens'). /. white, heavily barred with light 

 brown, large ; lip with a clear yellow disk. A grand form. 

 (W. O. A. Hi. 127.) 



O. o. Trianze (Triana's).* fl. white, flushed, especially on the 

 upper half of the dorsal sepals, with rose, the rosy portion 

 being spotted with carmine, the dorsal sepal bearing a single 

 large rosy spot; 2iin. across, crowded in a dense spike; 

 the lip is large, rounded, and two-lobed at 

 the apex, white, freely spotted with coppery 

 red. Columbia, 1868. A very beautiful variety. 

 (B. M. 5691.) 



O. c. Veitchianum (Veitch's).* 'fl., sepals and 

 petals white, with a zone of mauve and some 

 brown blotches, broad. 1884. A fine form. 



O. c. Warner! (Warner's).* fl., sepals white, 

 stained with rose, and spotted with purplish- 

 brown ; petals very broad, toothed at the edges, 

 pure white; lip large, white, stained at the 

 base with rich yellow. Columbia, 1869. A splen- 

 did form. 



O. c. xanthoglossum (yellow-lipped). A variety 

 with a yellow lip, having a few lines and a large 

 lobed blotch of brown. 1883. 



Other varieties of crigpum are : aureum, Bal- 

 lantinei, Cooksoni (W. O. A. iii. 118), elegantis- 

 simum. Retinae, roseum (P. M. n. s. 269), Roths- 

 childianum, Sanderianum, sidphureum, and vir- 

 ginale. 



O. cristatum (crested).* fl., sepals and petals 

 creaiuy.yellow, varying in intensity in the diffe- 

 rent forms, banded or spotted with very dark 

 brown or purple, and about 2in. in diameter ; lip 

 whitish, spotted with dingy brownish-purple, 

 with a radiating white crest. Pseudo-bulbs 

 somewhat oval, of a light shining green, bearing 

 very narrow leaves of the same hue. Peru. A 

 very desirable species, although not so showy as 

 many others. (I. H. 1870, 21). 



O. c. Argus (Argus), fl. bright yellow, with pur- 

 phsh speckles and freckles; lip and column 

 white, with purplish markings. (I. H. ser. ii. 21.) 



O. c. canaria (canary-coloured), fl., sepals and 

 petals bright clear yellow, each with a single 

 purplish blotch. 



O. c. cristatellum (slightly-crested). /!. light 

 yellow, with a few sepia-brown spots ; lip short 

 narrow, nearly oblong-pan.lurate, apiculate, un- 

 dulate, anterior part sepia-brown ; the front side 

 of column has three violet spots on its base, and 

 some brown lines. Winter. 1878. (W. O. A. 66.) 



O. c. Dayanum (Day's). A variety with a rhomboid, api- 

 another Sernite P> the CfeStS " ltS ba8e Crossin 8 one 



O crocidipterum (saffron-winged), fl. deliciousiy scented like 

 Hawthorn ; sep.,ls and petals pale yellow, spotted with brown, 

 h ^.i 3 'I\ acr /' s ; s; U P haTi "K a bilobed. white crest, around 

 is a blotch of clear lemon-yellow; spikes from 1ft. to IJft. 

 many.flowered. August and September. Pseud,,-l,ll,s 

 conical, two-leaved. Columbia, 1870. (R. X. O. 



Odontogiossum continued. 



O. Dormanianum (Dorman's).* /. whitish, with numerous dark 

 spots, and resembling those of 0. crocidipterum ; base of the lip 

 yellow, sometimes v. ith a few red stripes ; tip of the lip with a 

 large blotch. I. very narrow, and short. Pseudo-bulbs elliptical, 

 blunt, two-edged, grooved and wrinkled. 1884. 



O. Edward! (Edward Klaboch's).t fl. mauve-coloured, with a 

 light purple hue ; lip with an ochre-coloured callus ; inflorescence 

 many-flowered. Ecuador, 1878. (B. M. 6771.) 



O. elegans (elegant).* fl., sepals and petals faint yellowish, 

 with narrow, brown blotches ; lip yellowish, with the apical 

 part white, having two long, serrate calli, and two small, 

 acuminate, extrorse, adventitious ones marked with reddish 

 spots. Ecuador, 1879. A natural hybrid, much resembling 

 O. cirrhosum. (Gn. xxiv. 459 ; W. O. A. iii. 3.) 



O. Galeottianum (Galeotti's). fl. white; petals transversely 

 barred with brown at the b;ise ; lip with a few streaks of yellow 

 near the base ; raceme few-flowered. Mexico, 1870. Allied to 

 O. nelndosum, and very rare in cultivation. 



O. gloriosum (glorious). A synonym of O. odoratum. 



O. grande (magnificent).* fl. from 4in. to 7in. in diameter; 

 sepals and petals rich glossy orange-yellow, the basal half 

 being transversely banded and blotched with bright chestnut- 

 brown ; lip creamy-white, more or less freckled with brown ; 

 scapes stout, erect, from four to nine-flowered. Autumn and 

 winter. I. lanceolate, broad, 6in. to 9in. long, dark green. 

 Pseudo-bulbs glaucous, thick, slightly angular, two-leaved. 

 Guatemala, 1839. This is one of the most beautiful, the largest 

 the best known, and the easiest grown of Orchids. (B. M. 3955 ; 

 B. O. 8 ; R. G. 1859, 270 ; W. O. Afii. 79.) 



O. g. splendens (splendid). A rare and beautiful variety, 

 differing from the type in having brown markings and a 

 nearly white lip, with pure purplish bars. 1872. 



O. g. Williamsianum (Williams'). This resembles the type, 

 but has shorter, broader, and more obtuse petals ; column 

 with uncinate wings. 1881. (W. O. A. 163.) 



FIG. 716. FLOWER OF OPONTOGT.OSSUM HAI.I.II. 



O. Hallii (Hall's).* fl. about 4in. across; sepals and petals pale 

 yellow, with large chocolate-brown patches, and terminating in 

 long points ; lip pure white, with a beautifully-fringed margin, 

 spotted and blotched with brown and purple, and stained 

 towards the base with deep yellow ; spike many-flowered. 

 1. light green, 1ft. or more long, 2in. broad. Pseudo-bulbs 

 about 3in. high. Ecuador, 1865. See Fig. 716. (B. M. 6237 ; 

 B. O. 21; F. M. 1868, 378; I. H. ser. iii. 58.) The variety 

 xanthoglosxutn is distinguished principally by having a yellow 

 lip. Columbia, 1879. 



