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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



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Odontoglossum continued. 



O. nasvium (speckled), fl. pure white, speckled and spotted with 

 purplish-crimson ; sepals and petals about 2in. long, lanceolate, 

 beautifully crisped or waved ; spike arching, 1ft. to lift, long, 

 and from ten to sixteen-flowered. May and June. I. oblong, 

 narrow. Pseudo-bulbs oblong, flattened, deep green. New 

 Grenada, 1842. A beautiful species. (B. O. 9 ; L. & P. F. G. i. 18 ; 

 R. G. 791.) 



O. nebulosum (clouded), t /. white, more or less spotted with 

 brown, 2in. to 4in. across ; sepals and petals IJin. to 2in. long, lin. 

 to IJin. broad, oblong, slightly incurved ; lip cordate, with a 

 lemon-yellow, bilobed crest, and a few brown spots ; spikes stout, 

 five to seven-flowered. March to May. Pseudo-bulbs roundish, 

 two-leaved. Mexico. SYN. O. maxillare, of gardens (L H. 

 1859, 200). The figures and descriptions of 0. maxillare and 

 O. Iceve are, in the work last named, curiously out of place ; 

 the description of 0. maxillare is opposite the plate of O. Iceve, 

 and that of 0. lasce is opposite figure of O. maxillare. (B. O. 1 ; 

 G. C. 1867, 572.) 



O. n. candidissimum (very white). A variety with entirely 

 white flowers. 1884. 



O. n. candidnm (white). A free-growing form, having the flowers 

 ire white, with the exception of the yellow crest and a few 

 vn spots on the lip. 1867. 



O. n. guttatum (spotted). A fine variety, having the basal half 

 of the sepals and petals, and the greater part of the lip, spotted 

 with reddish-brown. 1884. 



O. n. pardimun (panther-like). A desirable form, having the 

 flowers more densely spotted or blotched with brown. Columbia, 



1873. 



O. n. Pattisonianum (Pattison's). fl. snow-white, large, with a 

 yellow callosity on the lip. 



O. nevadense (Sierra Nevada), fl. large, disposed on long spikes ; 

 sepals and petals chocolate-brown, margined and tipped with 

 yellow, and streakc d with the same colour ; lip white ; middle 

 lobe cordate, and slightly serrate at the edge, side lobes spotted 

 with brown inside. Pseudo-bulbs dark green, bearing leaves 

 which are narrow at the base. Columbia, 1871. A very rare species, 

 distinguished by the singular crescent shape of the base of the 

 lip in front of the stalk. (I. H. ser. iii. 45 ; W. O. A. iii. 131.) 



O. nobile (noble). A synonym of 0. Peseatorei. 



O odoratum (sweet-scented).* fl. yellow, spotted and blotched 

 with chocolate-brown, very fragrant, liin. to 2in. across ; sepals 

 and petals lanceolate-acuminate, with undulated edges ; lip lanceo- 

 late-trilobed, white, with a purple base ; scape erect, branched, 

 many-flowered. Winter and spring. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid, two- 

 leaved. Sierra Nevada, A rare species. SYN. 0. gloriosum 

 (B. O. 12). (B. M. 6502.) 



O. O. baphicantum (dyer's), fl. yellow, with purple blotches 

 finely suffused over the whole of the sepals, petals, and lip ; lip 

 pandurate, cuspidate, serrate; column with an apiculate, ser- 

 rate, cuspidate wing. Columbia, 1876. 



O. O. dcltoglossum (deltoid-lipped), fl, sulphur-coloured, with 

 brown blotches and smears ; sepals and petals spreading, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, undulate ; lip deltoid, with very short 

 margin, lobed, wavy, toothleted, sulphur, with an orange base, 

 little brown stripes on each side of the base, and a much larger 

 brown obcordate blotch on the disk ; column slender, with single 

 tendril-like wings, whitish-yellow, with brown in front ; raceme 

 slender. 



O. O. hebraicum (Hebrew-marked). fl. pale yellow, with brown 

 large 



spots and irregular stripes, twi 

 tum ; lip darker yello 



, ce as large as those of typical 



0. odoratum ; lip darker yellow at base, with a cordif orm, 

 maroon-brown central blotch, and some spots and stripes of 

 the same colour ; callus bifid, with an erect apiculus in sinus, 

 and four teeth on each side. 1879. (\V. O. A. ii. 85.) The 

 sub-variety liueolirjerum has the letter-like markings broken 

 up into spots and lines. (W. O. A. v. 84.) 



O. O. latimaculatum (broad-spotted). A distinct variety, 

 having deep golden flowers, which are very heavily blotched with 

 bright crimson-brown. Columbia, 1871. (I. H. 1870, 39.) 



O. O. Lceanum (Lee's).* fl., sepals and petals bright yellow, with 

 numerous brown spots, lanceolate, acuminate ; lip long and 

 narrow, bright yellow, with a paler disk and a few brown spots. 



O. Oerstedii (Oersted's).* fl. white, solitary, or in twos, the 

 callus of the lip and the disk before the column yellow, with 

 a few red spots ; the column has very small, triangular, blunt 

 auricles at each side of the base of the stigmatic cavity. 

 Pseudo-bulbs roundish, two-edged, clothed with brown spathes, 

 growing in dense masses, and having each a single, oblong, 

 stalked leaf. Costa Rica, 1877. (B. M. 6820 ; Gn. xxvi. 454.) 



O. oncidioides (Oncidium-like). A synonym of 0. Londes- 

 oorouyhianum. 



O. pardinum (panther-spotted), t /. pure golden-yellow, with 

 numerous brown blotches, disposed in wide panicles. December. 



1. elliptic-oblong. Pseudo-bulbs ovate-compressed. Peru, 1867. 

 (B. M. 5993.) 



O. pendulum (pendulous). A synonym of 0. citrosmum. 



Odontoglossum continued. 



O. Peseatorei (Pescatore's).* A., sepals and petals usually 

 snow-white ; lip panduriform, white, blotched at the base with 

 purplish-crimson and yellow ; spikes, or panicles, 1ft. to 2ft. 

 long, erect or drooping, bearing from ten to 100 flowers. 

 Spring. 1. 6in. to 12in. long. Pseudo-bulbs thick, speckled 

 with brown, two-leaved. New Grenada, 1851. A very lovely 

 species, and one of the best of the genus. SYN. O. nobile. 

 (B. O. 5 ; F. d. S. xvi. 24 ; Gn. xxvi. 452 ; R. G. 835 ; W. O. A. ii. 

 168.) Other forms than those enumerated have been called 

 aurantiacum, flaveolum, purpuratum, in reference to the colour 

 of the flower or parts of it. 



O. P. excellens (excelling), fl., sepals yellow, blotched with 

 purple, the odd one with a white central area ; petals broader, 

 white, with yellow margins ; lip pandurate, white, with yellow 

 crests and purple blotches. 18fc2. (Gn. xxi. 330.) 



O. P. Veitchianum (Veitch's). A handsome variety, with broad 

 mauve zonal bands and blotches, two on each sepal and petal. 

 With this may be grouped cleijans, iMwrenceanum (Hort.), 

 limbosum, Loicianum, Schrozderianum, and Thomsonianum, all 

 differing more or less from it in the form and extent of the 

 blotches on the floral segments. 



O. Phalsenopsis (Phalaenopsis). 

 Phalcenopsis. 



A synonym of Jliltonia 



O. platyodon (broad-toothed). A synonym of 0. Undenii. 



O. polyxanthum (very yellow flowered), fl. Sin. to 4in. in 

 diameter ; sepals and petals yellow, blotched with chocolate ; lip 

 roundish, cuspidate, yellow at base, brownish-purple in front, 

 and whitish-edged; s'pike 2ft. long. Ecuador (at 8000ft. alti- 

 tude), 1881. (F. M. n. s. 453; G. C. xvi. 461, xix. 761.) 



FIG. 717. ODONTOGLOSSUM Rossn, showing ITabit and detached 

 Single Flower. 



O. prsenitens (shining forth), fl. bright golden-yellow, blotched 

 with brownish-purple, lax, 2in. in diameter ; sepals and petals 

 nearly equal, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, rather waved ; scape 

 six to eight-flowered. I. 6in. to Sin. long, recurved, narrow, 

 linear-oblanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs 2in. long, narrowly oblong, 

 slender, much flattened. Columbia, 1874. (B. M. 6229.) Most 

 of the plants in cultivation under the name of O. praenitens are 

 referable to 0. facetum, of Reichenbach. 



O. prsestans (distinguished), ft. yellowish, panicled ; upper half 

 of the linear-lanceolate sepals and petals maroon-brown; lip 

 trifld, the basal lobes ciliated, and the four crests of the disk 



toothed, the inner ones aristate. I. linear-lanceolate, acute. 

 New Grenada, 1875. Allied to 0. odoratum. 



O. pulchellum (pretty).*t fl. of a crystalline whiteness, very 

 fragrant, about lin. across ; lip white, curiously bent or 

 twisted, having a crest shaped like a W, of a clear lemon- 

 yellow, with a few purple dots ; spikes erect, about 1ft. high, 

 and from ten to twelve-flowered. Spring. 1. in pairs, dark 

 green, very narrow. Pseudo-bulbs dark green, ovoid. Mexico, 

 1841. (B. M. 4104 ; B. R. 1841, 48.) 



O. p. majUS (greater).* A very robust form, having the 

 pseudo-bulbs much larger, and the flowers fully double the 

 size of the typical species. A most desirable plant. 



O. purum (pure). A synonym of 0. Walligii. 



O. radiatum (rayed)t A synonym of O. luteo-purpureum. 



O. ramosissimum (much-branched), fl. white, all parts being 

 spotted, in different varieties, with deep violet, purple, or lilac ; 

 panicles large, much branched. I. long, linear-ligulate. Pseudo- 

 | bulbs oval, compressed. Venezuela, 1875. A showy orchid. 



