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Oncidium continued. 



O. hyphsematicum (blood-red). /. blood-red on the outside, large ; 

 sepals and petals purplish-brown, blotched with a deeper hue of 

 the same colour ; lip rich deep yellow ; raceme loose, branching. 

 Summer. I. solitary, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse. Pseudo-bulbs 

 small, oblong. Ecuador, 1869. 



O. incurvum (incurved).* fl. pure white, streaked and blotched 

 with lilac and brown, very fragrant, rather small in size ; scapes 

 about 3ft. in height, much branched, bearing an immense number 

 of flowers. Autumn and winter. I. pale green, as are also the 

 pseudo-bulbs. Oaxaca, Mexico, 1839. A very elegant, dwarf, 

 compact-growing, cool-house species. (B. R. 1845, 64.) [C.] 



O. i. album (white). A handsome, white-flowered variety. 1882. 

 (I. H. 444.) 



O. Insculptum (carved), fl. of a cinnamon-brown colour, with a 

 yellowish-white border, undulated, disposed in large panicles ; 

 lip pale yellow at the base. Tropical America, 1872. 



O. Jamiesoni (Jamieson's). fl. yellow, spotted with violet-purple ; 

 upper sepals, and the unguiculate, hastate petals, with basal or 

 median purple blotches ; lip bright yellow, broad, pandurate ; 

 inflorescence large. Peru, 1878. 



O. janeirense (Rio de Janeiro). A synonym of 0. longipes. 



O. Jonesianum (Jones').* fl; sepals and petals whitish-ochre, 

 with brown blotches, cuneate-oblong, wavy, erect ; lip with small, 

 light yellow auricles and a white blade, marked with a few purple 

 and brown blotches ; callus of two patellar bodies, the smaller 

 one in front, and traversed by a strong keel. I. subulate, thin. 



O. Kapplerl(Kappler's). fl.. yellow, brown ; column- wings crisp, 

 lobed, extended into a toothed, truncated, ligulate appendage at 

 the base, resting on a pair of projecting angles. I. ensiform, 

 similar to those of O. aliissimum. Surinam, 1880. 



O. Kienastianum (Kienast's). fl. yellowish-brown at first ; petals 

 yellow, with numerous brown bars and spots ; afterwards, the 

 colour deepens, and the stalked ovaries are dark purplish ; other- 

 wise, the flowers resemble those of 0. trilingue. I. and pseudo- 

 bulbs similar to those of 0. serratum. Peru, 1878. 



O. lamelligernm (ridge-bearing), fl., upper sepal deep brown, 

 with a yellow border, reniform, wavy, stalked ; lower ones longer, 

 stalked, oblong, unequal at base, cuneate on one side, semi- 

 hastate on the other; petals yellowish, with brown patches, 

 having broad claws, suddenly hastate, oblong, obtuse, undulate, 

 complicate, crisp ; lip trifid, with remarkable lamellae, the side 

 ones of the anterior retrorse and lobed. Ecuador, 1877. [C.] 



O. Lanceanum (Lance's).* fl. with an exquisite fragrance of 

 vanilla ; sepals and petals large, thick, and fleshy, ground-colour 

 yellow, tinged with green, barred and blotched with chocolate- 

 brown, in some instances almost with crimson ; lip large, rich 

 violet in its lower portion, rose above ; spike erect, many-flowered. 

 I. thick, leathery, large, bright green, beautifully spotted with 

 reddish-brown. Demerara and Surinam, 1834. A very handsome 

 plant, considered by some growers to be the best of the genus ; 

 it is, however, rarely seen in good condition. (B. R. 1887.) There 

 is a most desirable variety in which the lip is pure white. In 

 another form (Louvrexianum) the flowers are yellow, prettily 

 spotted and marbled, the lip deep mauve at the base, white in 

 front. [T.] 



O. Iiansbergii(Lansberg's). fl. honey-yellow-green, with blotches 

 of chestnut colour, three or four in a slender raceme. I. cuneate, 

 cordate-oblong, obtuse, very cartilaginous. Pseudo-bulbs minute, 

 one-leaved. Venezuela, 1876. 



O. Lemonlanum (Sir Charles Lemon's), fl. yellow, marked 

 along the back with red spots, about Jin. in diameter ; lip of a 

 brighter colour, very handsomely spotted with red ; column also 

 yellow ; spike lOin. long, and about six-flowered. Summer. 

 Cuba, &c., 1836. A pretty and curious species, of very dwarf 

 growth, (B. R. 1789.) [C.] 



O. lepidum (charming), fl. yellowish, blotched with brown, dis- 

 posed in a. large panicle ; lip yellow, purple towards the base. 

 Ecuador, 1870. A small species. 



O. leucochilum (white-lipped).* fl., sepals and petals greenish, 

 transversely streaked with bands of brown, or, in some 

 varieties, deep crimson, or in unison, lanceolate, undulate ; lip 

 large, at first pure white, but subsequently becoming yellow 

 or yellowish ; scapes stout, much branched, 6ft to 10ft in height. 

 Winter. Pseudo-bulbs two-leaved, large, of a glaucous hue, and 

 fluted. Mexico and Guatemala, 1835. SYN. Cyrtochilum leuco- 

 chilum (F. d. S. 522). 



O. 1. Dawsonianum (Dawson's). fl. large ; sepals and petals 

 greenish-yellow, with blackish-maroon spots ; lip yellowish-white, 

 marked with purplish- violet. Mexico, 1873. A very fine variety. 



O. L speciosnm (showy), fl., sepals and petals sub-elliptic ; lip 

 pure white in all its stages. Mexico, 1874. 



O. Limminghei (Liinmin she's), fl. golden-yellow, richly spotted 

 with brown : lip auricled, blunt, spreading ; peduncle filiform, 

 one or two-flowered. I. oblong-acute. Pseudo-bulb ovate, an- 

 cipitate. < Caraccas, 1868. A very singular species, with habit 

 similar to that of a Sophronitis. (F. d. S. 1827.) [C.] 



O. linguiforme (tongue-shaped). r>. yellow, with a pale purplish 

 lip, which is pandurate, obtuse, and has three keels on the basal 



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part, the middle one being much the shortest; panicle lax, at the 

 end of a very long, weak scape. Venezuela, 1879. Plant of large 

 growth. 



O. litnm (daubed), fl., petals brown, with a yellow border ; lip 

 yellow, blotched with brown on the hinder part, and entirely 

 brown in front ; the callus consists of a central ligulate body, 

 with two blunt front lobes, covered with blunt papillae, and on 

 each side is a curved line of papilla;. Brazil, 1883. 



O. longifolium (long-leaved). A synonym of 0. Cavendishianum 



O. longipes (long-stalked), fl., sepals and petals greenish-yellow, 

 streaked or suffused with reddish-brown ; lip broad, of a rich 

 deep yellow, the crest being prominent, and surrounded by a 

 broad, blood-coloured ring ; scape slender, few-flowered. Summer. 

 I. twin, narrow, fleshy. Pseudo-bulbs in clusters, from a creeping 

 rootstock. Organ Mountains. A very dwarf-growing species. 

 SYN. O. janeirense. [C.] 



FIG. 730. FLOWER OF ONCIDIUM LURIDUM. 



O. Inrldnm (lurid), fl. usually of a dull yellow or olive-green, 

 blotched or spotted with brown ; panicle long, much branched, 

 attaining sometimes the length of 8ft. or 9ft., many-flowered. 

 I. large, fleshy, with a sharp keel behind, and of a dark green 

 colour. Mexico, &c., 1822. A very desirable but not showy 

 species. See Fig. 730. (B. M. 3603.) [T.] 



O. 1. Dodgsoni (Dodgson's). A splendid but rare variety, having 

 orange and yellow flowers, barred with dark brown, and nume- 

 rously disposed on much-branched spikes 7ft. long. West Indies. 



O. 1. gnttatnm (spotted). A fine form, producing long spikes of 

 yellow, brown, and red flowers. (B. R. 1839, 16.) 



O. L Morreni (Morren's). fl. pale rose colour, spotted with 

 crimson, and tipped with yellow. 



O. L rosennt (rosy), fl., sepals and petals rosy, mottled with 

 white, and bordered with yellow. 



O. macranthum (large-flowered).*/, from 3in. to 4in. in diameter ; 

 sepals and petals roundish, oblong, thick, tough, and leathery in 

 texture, golden-yellow, tinged with purplish-brown or purplish- 

 red, the petals being also often streaked with crimson ; h'p hastate, 

 thick and fleshy, with a white crest, the middle lobe being yellow, 

 and the lateral ones rich purplish-brown ; panicle climbing and 

 branched, producing a large number of flowers. Spring and early 

 summer, t. narrow, 1ft. long, bright green. Pseudo-bulbs Sin. 

 long, flask-shaped, much ribbed. Central America to Peru, 1867. 

 One of the handsomest orchids grown. It has numerous varie- 

 ties, some being of very second-rate merit. (B. M. 5743 ; F. M. 

 386.) 



O. macropus (long-stalked), fl. yellowish, with a few transverse 

 blotches and bars, panicled. Pseudo-bulbs resembling those of 

 0. macranthum. Ecuador, 1868. 



O. maculatum (spotted). The proper name of plant described in 

 this work as Cyrtochilum maculatum, 



O. Marshallianum (Marshall's).* fl. from 2in. to Sin. across, of a 

 rich golden-yellow, marked with brown spots and blotches. South 

 America, 1866. A handsome plant, closely resembling O. crispiim, 

 but its pseudo-bulbs and leaves are pale green instead of reddish- 

 brown or bronze-coloured. (B. M. 5725.) 



O. Martianum (Martius'). fl., sepals and petals bright yellow ; 

 lip very large, deep yellow on the upper side, almost white 

 underneath. Autumn. Brazil, 1841. A very handsome species, 

 thriving best when 'grown on a block, suspended from the 

 roof. 0. tricolor (B. R. 1843, 66) only differs from this in the 

 petals being spotted. 



O. Massangei (Massange's). /. in a long, racemose panicle; 

 sepals and petals yellow, blotched with purple-brown to just 

 above their middle ; lip with oblong, truncate, spreading auricles 

 at base, and a broad, dilated, bilobed front part, yellow, with 

 a band across the base of each auricle, and at the base of the 

 dilated front part, of purple-brown ; crest also spotted with 

 purple-brown. 1. linear, acute, 1ft or more long, liin. broad. 

 Central America, 1878. 



