AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF HORTICULTURE. 



473 



Odontoglossum continued. 



O. hastilabium (halbert-lipped).* fl. large, l^in. across, very 

 fragrant, and numerous; sepals and petals soft creamy-white, 

 beautifully streaked with transverse lines of whitish-brown ; 

 lip somewhat spear-shaped, white, with a dark rose base ; 

 spike 2ft., 3ft., or more high, much branched, and many- 

 flowered. Summer. Pseudo-bulbs thick, pale green, fluted, 

 with rather dark broad leaves. New Grenada, 1843. A 

 strong-growing, handsome species. (B. M. 4272 ; B. O. 7.) 



O. h. fuscatum (brownish). A synonym of 0. cariniferum. 



O. histrionicum (histrionic). A synonym of 0. luteo-purpureum 

 mulus. 



O. Holfordianum (Holford's). A synonym of 0. luteo-purpureum 



O. Horsmani (Horsman's). fl. light sulphur-colour, with a few 

 cinnamon blotches on the sepals ; lip broad, wedge-shaped at 

 base, with obscure teeth at the rounded outer border. New 

 Grenada, 1880. 



O. hystrix (bristly). A synonym of 0. luteo-purpureum. 



O. Insleayi (Insleay's).*t fl. from 2in. to 4in. in diameter; 

 sepals and petals yellow, or yellowish-green, transversely 

 banded with dull reddish-brown, narrow ; lip narrow, some- 

 what spoon-shaped, bright yellow, dotted near the margin 

 with cinnamon ; scape tall, branched, bearing from five to ten 

 blossoms. Winter. Mexico, 1840. This greatly resembles 

 O. f/rande in habit, but its pseudo-bulbs are more compressed, 

 longer, and fluted. SYN. O. Laurrenceanum, of gardens. (B. O. 4.) 



O. I. leopardinum (leopard-spotted). fl., sepals and petals 

 deep yellow, barred across with bands of reddish-crimson ; lip 

 beautifully bordered all around with spots and dots of the same 

 dark colour. Mexico, 1876. A very beautiful variety, richer in 

 its markings than the type. (R. G. 856.) 



O. I. pantherinum (panther-spotted), fl,, sepals and petals 

 chestnut-brown, with paler margin ; the whole of the lip ara- 

 besqued with red and yellow. A fine variety. 



O. I. splendens (shining), fl., sepals and petals rich shining 

 brown, tipped with yellow ; lip large, yellow, spotted with 

 purple. Mexico, 1868. A very fine form. 



O. Josephines (Josephine's). A synonym of O. crispum Ander- 

 sonianum. 



O. Karwinskli (Karwinski's). A synonym of 0. Iceve. 



O. Kegeljani (Kegeljan's). 



and petals yellow, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, the former incurved 

 " 



fl. arranged in a close raceme; sepals 

 -anceolate, acute, the forme 

 ith two or three red-brown blotches ; 



and marked" with two or three red-brown blotches ; lip oblong, 

 cuspidate, concave, with serrulated margins, the base, apex, and 

 margins white, and the rest reddish-brown. Peru, 1878. Nearly 

 related to 0. triumphant. (B. H. 1877, 10.) 



O. Kramer! (Kramer's), t fl. of a very pretty violet colour, the lip 

 marked and spotted with yellow and purple, and having two lines 

 of rich dark brown near the column ; sepals and petals ligulate, 

 obtuse ; lip somewhat reniform, and deeply notched in front ; 

 peduncles drooping, freely produced, and usually three-flowered. 

 Pseudo-bulbs somewhat flat, with sharp edges, sometimes almost 

 spherical, at others ovate, pale green, and bearing but one leaf. 

 Costa Rica, Mexico, 1868. A very pretty, but rare, species. 

 (B. M. 5778; B. O. 24 ; F. M. 1868, 406 ; I. H. 562 ; W. O. A. L 40.) 



O. K. Smithianum (Smith's), fl. ivory-white, having a sulphur- 

 coloured, reddish-spotted callus on the lip, and an orange trans- 

 verse line, resembling two crescents, in front of it. 



O. Iseve (smooth).* fl. very fragrant when first expanded, 2in. to 

 2*in. across, numerous, in slightly-branched racemes ; sepals 

 and petals cinnamon-brown, banded with yellow, the dorsal 

 sepal and petals ascending, the lateral sepals deflesed ; lip white 

 and violet, smaller and shorter than the sepals, sessile, fiddle- 

 shaped. I. 6in. to lOin. long, oblong-lanceolate, acute. Pseudo- 

 bulbs 3in. to 4in. long, 2in. to 2in. broad. Guatemala, 1841. 

 (B. M. 6265; B. O. 16; B. R. 1844; I. H. 1859, 213.) SYNS. 0. 

 Karwinskii, 0. Reichenheimii (B. O. 15). 



O. Lawrenceanum (Lawrence's), of gardens. A synonym of 

 0. Insleayi. 



O. lepidum (elegant). /., sepals and petals at first yellow, after- 

 wards changing to white, with yellow edging, the former with 

 two or three brown spots, the latter with only one ; lip cuneate- 

 hastate at base, with a long central claw and a reniform, apiculate 

 front lobe, a brown spot in front of the keels ; panicles short, 

 many-flowered. Pseudo-bulbs round, rather flat. Columbia, 1884. 



O. Lindenii (Linden's).* fl. yellow ; sepals and petals unguiculate, 

 lanceolate, undulated, acute ; lip ovate-lanceolate ; crest fleshy, 

 glabrous, having four irregular flaps placed below the finger-like 

 processes of its extremity ; scape 2ft. to 3ft. high, with uniform 

 lateral arms for more than half its length, each arm bearing from 



five to seven Mowers. 1. nearly 1ft. long, erect, ensiform. Ne 

 SYN. 0. platyodon. (F. M. n. s. 333.) 



Grenada, 1852. 

 O. Lindleyanum (Lindley's). fl. disposed in racemes ; sepals and 



petals yellow ; lip white, curiously lobed, /. lanceolate. Pseudo- 



bulbs flattened. New Grenada, 1865. (B. O. 11.) 

 O. L. Coradinei (Coradine's). fl. from 2in. to Sin. across ; sepals 



and petals pale yellow, with two or three chestnut-brown 

 irregular blotch on its 



blotches ; lip creamy -white, with a large 



vol. n. 



Odontoglossum continued. 



disk, and a few smaller spots near its base ; spike few-flowered. 

 (G. C. 1872, 1068 ; W. O. A. ii. 90.) 

 O. L. ligulare (strap-like), 

 with two or three large bro 



fl., sepals and petals orange-yell 

 own blotches ; lip having an ora_ e _ 



law, and a hastate-ligulate, blunt, yellow blade, with .a large 

 >rown blotch on its disk. 1882. A very handsome plant. 



ow, 

 range 



O. L. mirandum (extraordinary). This differs from the type 

 in its stiff, one-sided raceme, well-developed, rhomboid, serrate 

 column-wings, lanceolate leaves, and large, plump pseudo-bulbs. 

 Columbia, 1882. 



O. Londesboroughianum (Lord Londesborough's).* fl. light 

 yellow, racemose ; sepals and petals oblong, the latter crisped ; 

 lip transversely reniform, having on each side of its base a 

 small, blunt, narrow, retrorse auricle ; column yellow, wingless, 

 bent. Mexico, 1876. SYN. O. oncidioidea. (F. M. n. s. 246; 

 W. O. A. ii. 82.) 



O. Luddemannianum (Luddemann's). A synonym of 0. mocu- 

 latum. 



O. luteo-purpureum (yellow-purple).* fl. about 2in. across; 

 sepals and petals lanceolate, acuminate, most frequently rich 

 brown or purple, more or less blotched and banded with white 

 or light yellow, and having a golden-yellow border ; lip white, 

 with a brown base, minutely serrate; scape longer than the 

 leaves, many-flowered, simple or branched, and from 1ft. to 

 3ft. long. Winter and spring. I. oblanceolate, often of a bronzy 

 colour. Pseudo-bulbs conical, slightly compressed, two-leaved. 

 New Grenada. A species of robust habit, and extremely variable 

 both in size of flowers and in the intensity of their markings ; 

 so much so, that hardly two specimens are alike. SYKS. 

 0. hyistrix, 0. lyroglossum, 0. radiatum. (B. O. 17.) 



O. L-p. amplissimnm (very large). A fine variety, with very 

 broad sepals and petals, of a clear light yellow, with a few brown 

 streaks at the base, and a few large brown blotches on the disk. 

 1882. 



O. L-p. cuspidatnm (cuspidate).* fl. yellow, tinted with rich 

 chestnut-brown, and with a white lip, large ; sepals and petals 

 rather narrow, lanceolate, acuminate, spreading ; lip ligulate, 

 acuminate, wavy, and toothleted, with several split crests in 

 front of the great square mark in the centre. Columbia, 1881. 

 (R. X. O. 184, 1.) 



O. L-p. facetum (well-formed). /., sepals light yellow, with very 

 large, rather cinnamon-coloured blotches, lanceolate, straight ; 

 petals lanceolate, straight, with numerous fine teeth, light yellow, 

 covered with numerous small cinnamon-coloured blotches ; lip 

 almost circular, short, finely fringed, convolute, undulate, light 

 yellow, having a radiating semicircle of keels ; column with very 

 multifid wings. 



O. L-p. mulus (mule).* fl. bright yellow, with cinnamon-brown 

 spots. New Grenada, 1878. A very fine plant. SYNS. 0. histri- 

 onicum, O. Holfordianum. (G. C. n. s., xix. 469 ; R. X. O. ii. 160.) 



O. L-p. sceptrum (sceptre). /., sepals larger than the petals, 

 " >colate-brown, streaked and margined with yellow; petals 



deep cl 



irregularly lobed at the edges, 



chestnut-brown blotches ; hp yellow, with serrated ed 

 Grenada, 1872. (I 

 A synonym of 0. luteo-pur- 



irregularly lobed at the edges, golden, with two or three large 

 chestnut-brown blotches ; hp yellow, with serrated edge, dotted 

 and blotched with chocolate. New Grenada, 1872. (I. H. 73.) 



O. lyroglossum (lyrate-lipped). 

 pureum. 



O. maculatnm (spotted).* fl. of a soft deep yellow, beautifully 

 barred or spotted towards the centre with rich brownish-crimson, 

 measuring Sin. to 4in. across ; sepals lanceolate ; petals much 

 broader; lip cordate, large, spreading, yellow, spotted with 

 brown ; clusters pendent, consisting of about six blossoms. 

 Spring. Pseudo-bulbs short, thick. Mexico, 1838. A lovely 

 species, the habit of which is very similar to that of 0. cordatum. 

 SYNS. 0. anceps(I. H. 128), O. Luddemannianum (R. G. 1859, 275). 

 (B. M. 6455 ; B. O. 20 ; B. R. 1840, 30 ; W. O. A. ii. 52.) 



O. m. polyodon (many-toothed). A synonym of 0. m. erosum. 



O. maculatnm (spotted), of Hooker. A synonym of 0. cordatum. 



O. madrense (Sierra Madre). A synonym of 0. maxillare. 



O. margineUum (slightly margined), fl., sepals and petals 

 light ochreous colour, spotted with brown; lip dark reddish- 

 brown, with a yellow margin and yellow-tipped calli. 1883. 



O. maxillare (jawbone).* t /f., sepals and petals white, with a 

 large purplish-brown blotch at the base; lip orange, margined 

 with white, and having a brown spot in the centre. Summer. 

 Pseudo-bulbs li"ht green. Mexico, 1846. A very distinct and 

 handsome species. SYN. 0. madrense (I. H. 480; W. O. A. 

 ii. 71). (B. M. 6144.) 



O. maxillare (jawbone), of gardens. A synonym of 0. nebulosum. 



O. membranaceuxn (membranous). A synonym of 0. Cervan- 

 tesii. 



O. Murrellianum (Murrell's). fl., sepals and petals white, 

 slightly tinged and spotted with purplish-violet. Columbia, 1875. 

 A pretty natural hybrid. 



O. M. cinctum (girded), fl. white, racemose ; sepals and petals 

 bordered with lilac ; lip with some lilac spots on the front lobe, 

 the base with a large yellow callus and some red spots. 1883. 

 (R. G. 1101.) 



3 P 



