Oncidium. Hl 



Var. d. Morrenii Reicht), f. in Walp. Ann. VI. (1 86 1 ) 782. — 0. cosymbephorum 

 Morren in Ann. d. Gand. V. (1 849) 333, t. 275; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. III. 558. — 



0. guttatum var. roseum hört. 111. hortic. (j 880) 103, t. 330; Belg. hortic. (4 881) 237. 



Subvar. roseum hört. Kew Bull. Add. Ser. IV. (1900) 298. — Sepala petalaque 

 pallide rosea, apice margineque lutea, sparse purpureo-maculata. Labellum cinnamomeo- 

 fuscum, antice dilute luteum, crista lutea et purpureo-variegata. 



Subvar. Dodgsonii Gogn. in Fl. Bras. III. (1906) 413. — O. luridum var. Dod- 

 gsoni Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. ed. 6. (1885) 490 et 7. ed. 621; Veitch, Man. Orch. 

 PI. VIII. 57. — Folia maxima et durissima, scapus ultra 2 m altus, ramosissimus, 

 multiflorus; flores flavi vel aurantiaci, transverse atro-fusco-vittati. 



Var. 8. auriculatum Cogn. in Fl. Bras. III. 6. (1906) 413. — O. sanguineum 

 var. auriculatum Regel in Ind. sem. horti Petrop. (18 85) 21; Lindl. in Paxt. Fl. Gard. 



1. 21; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. 783. — Sepala petalaque lutea, roseo-maculata, 

 labellum luteo-album. Gynostemii albi alae auriculiformes. 



Im ganzen tropischen Amerika von Mexiko bis Südbrasilien und auf 

 den Antillen vorkommend. In Peru (Pavon), in Columbien (Moritz und F. C. 

 Lehmann!); in Mexiko (Ghiesbreght); in Cuba (Poeppig, Read, Otto, Wright); 

 in Südbrasilien, Paranä (Düsen!); nebst vielen anderen Sammlern. — Seit 1838 ein- 

 geführt. 



Nota. Est species polymorpha et cum O. carthaginensi Swartz aequaliter valde variabili 

 interdum confusa. Longitudo paniculae variabilis est. In Orchid Review XI. (1903) 268 agitur 

 de panicula 7^2 ped. angl. longa (= 227 cm). 



34. 0. carthaginense (Jacq.) Swartz in Act. Holm. XXI. (1800) 240; Fl. Ind. occ. 

 1479; Willd. Sp. IV. 112; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 662; Spreng. Syst. veg. III. 728; Lindl. 

 Gen. et Sp. Orch. 201; in Bot. Reg. XXVI. Mise. 215; Fol. Orch. Oncid. 40; Reichb. f. 

 in Walp. Ann. VI. 781; Hemsl. in Gard. Chron. (1879) II. 75 et in Biol. Gentr. Am. 

 Bot. III. 289; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. VIII. 19; Journ. d. Orch. VII. 247; Kränzl. in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. 493; Cogn. in Dict. Icon. Orch. Oncid. t. 25; Fl. Bras. III. 6. 

 409; in Urb. Symb. Antill. VI. 646; Sander, Orch. Guide 176. — O. undulatwn 

 Salisb. in Trans. Hortic. Soc. I. (1812) 295 (non Lindl.). — O. panduriferum Kunth 

 in H. B. K. Nov. gen. et sp. I. (1815) 346, t. 82; Spreng. Syst. veg. III. 728; Lindl. 

 Gen. et Sp. Orch. 203. — O. carthaginense var. Swartzii Lindl. Fol. Orch. Oncid. 

 (1855) 40; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. 781. — O. obsoletum Rieh, et Galeotti ex 

 Lindl. Fol. Orch. Oncid. (1855) 41. — Epidendrum carthaginense Jacq. Sei. stirp. 

 Amer. (1763) 228, t. 133, flg. ed. pieta t. 214. — E. undulatum Sims in Bot. Mag. 

 (1804) t. 777. — Ebulbe. Folia crasse coriacea, oblonga, acuta, saepius leviter con- 

 cava, carinata, 10 ad 30 cm longa, 4 ad 8 cm lata, 2 vel 3 (rarius plura) ad basin 

 plantae cujusque. Inflorescentia paniculata in dimidio superiore scapi saepe 60 ad 

 1 2 cm longi vel interdum imo longioris, rami saepius satis distantes pro ratione 

 breves, interdum ramulosi, pauci- ad pluriflori, pedicelli cum ovariis 1,8 — 2,8 cm longi, 

 bracteae trianguläres plus minus scariosae quam pedicelli multo breviores. Sepala 

 lateralia oblonga, basi tantum connata, obovata spathulatave, dorsale et petala paulo 

 breviora, suborbicularia, leviter coneava, obtusa, haec omnia unguiculata, quam maxime 

 patentia, undulata contortaque, 9 ad 1 2 mm longa, sepala lateralia 3 ad 4 mm, dorsale 

 et petala 5 ad 7 mm lata. Labelli lobi laterales parvi, auriculiformes, trianguli reflexi, 

 lobus intermedius maximus, late obovatus, antice rotundatus, emarginatus, sinus inter 

 lobos ampli sed non profundi, callus in basi disci tricarinatus, carinae laterales crassiores, 

 caruneulosae, mediana brevior, totum labellum explanatum, 10 ad 12 mm longum et 

 antice aequilatum, basi 7 ad 9 mm latum. Gynostemii alae magnae, triangulae, mar- 

 gine undulatae. Omnia floris phylla alba vel albida, maculis punetulisve sanguineo-pur- 

 pureis ornata, lobi laterales labelli interdum flaveoli. Capsula obovata, ad 4 cm longa, 

 antice 2 cm diametro. — Floret a Novembri ad Maium. 



Var. Oerstedii Lindl. Fol. Orch. Oncid. 40 (1855); Reichb. f. Xen. Orch. I. 236, 

 t. 9 9, (ig. III. et 8; Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. VI. 781; Beitr. Orch. Zentr. Am. 47; 



