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ODONTOGLOSSUM 



ODOXTOGLOSSUM 



Section IV. Plants manifestly of dwarf habit: 

 fls. few, in slender racemes, with the scape (and 

 often the whole inflorescence) shorter than the 

 Ivs., rarely exceeding them Species 35-44 



AAA. Fls. dark purple. 

 Section V. Fls. numerous, small, in large, 

 branched panicles Species 45 



SECTION I. 



A. LaheUitm reniforni, lar- 

 ger tint ii the rest of the 

 flower 1 . Londesboroughianum 



A. Lahelliim oblomf or fit n- 



ahiip,;!, sli. •,■'/,■,■ ihaii 



till 



III. 'I. 



• I X . 



tire. 

 B. Apex roxinded or etnttr- 



c. Sepals sub-rottmd 2. brevifolium 



cc. Sepals oblong to lanceo- 

 late. 

 D. Column iHtJi 2 blunt 



auricles 3. grande 



4. Schlieperianum 

 DD. Column with 3 cirrhous 



teeth 5. Insleayi 



BB. Apex acute 0. Coradinei 



Lindleyanum 



AAA. Lahellu 



il . fiiiihi 



tniilli.,1. I 

 perlnutle 



islu 

 ■tiehl 



AAAA. Labellum triangular or 

 triangular - oblong. 



loilil-'iteitmiilitle 



luteo-purpureum 

 facctum 



Hebraicum 

 maculatum 



AAAAA. Lahrllntti fit mi nliite. cor- 

 date Or lia:itatt: at base. 

 B Column with rtiotnboid 



BE. Column with 2 subulate 

 awns at apex. 



.12. mirandum 



14. 



gloriosum 

 odoratum 



1. Londesboroughianum, Reichb. f. Pseudolmlbs 

 roundish ovate, 1-2-lvd.: raceme 3-6 ft. long, bearing 

 as many as 30 fls.: sepals oblong, undulate, apiculate; 

 petals obtuse, apiculate, wider; both light yellow, with 

 many abrupt, narrow, concentric brown markings: 

 blade of the labellum extending beyond the sepals, over 

 1 in. across, light yellow, with few brown blotches at 

 base. Autumn. Mex. I. H. 30:497. Gn. 16, p. 502. 

 F.M. 1877:246. —A distinct plant resembling an Oncid- 

 iura. Var. pardlnum, Hort. Lip profusely dotted with 

 brownish crimson. Gu. 16, p. 503. 



2. brevifdlium, Lindl. {O. coronAritim, Hort.). Plants 

 with leathery, ovate-oblong, spreading Ivs. and erect 

 racemes, about 1 ft. high, bearing 10-20 fls. 2-2% in. in 

 diameter: sepals subrotund - unguiculate, undulate: 

 petals similar, smaller; labellum smaller than the sepals, 

 cuneate-emarginate, yellow in front, marked about the 

 column with yellow and purple, with a 3-toothed tubercle 

 on the base. Colombia. I. H. 21:170. G.C. II. 24: 177; 

 111.18:489; 19:79. G.M. 34:819; 38:127. 



3. grflnde, Lindl. Baby Orchid. Fig. 1509. Pseudo- 

 bulbs 2-lvd.: Ivs. broadly lanceolate: scape few-fld., twice 

 as long as the Ivs. : sepals lanceolate, the lateral ones 

 keeled, yellow, banded with rich reddish brown spots; 

 petals oblong, broader, obtuse, subundulate, apex yel- 

 low; Labellum almost rotund, apex slightly eraarginatf, 

 yellow, banded and spotted with rusty blotches, and 

 with a large-lobed tubercle on the claw. Autumn. 

 Guatemala. B.M. .3955. F.S. 1:24-26. P.M. 8:49. 

 Gn. 48, p. 219; 51:1105. G.C. III. 17:41 (abnormal fls.). 

 — A magnificent species with half-drooping racemes a 

 foot Inni;. bo.iring few large, brilliantly colored fls. 5-fi 

 in. in cliamitt^r. Fig. 1509 is redrawn from "The Garden." 



4. Schlieperianum, Reichb. f. (O. Insleutji. var. »m- 

 crdntham, Lindl.). Fls. on erect racemes, pale yellow. 



blotched and barred with deeper yellow mostly on the 

 lower half of the segments. Autumn. Costa Rica. 

 G.C. 1865:1082; II. 25:269. F.S. 17, p. 78.-Resembles 

 a small pale O. grande, but flue for summer flowering. 



5. tusle&yi, Liiti}]. {Oneidiitm Insleayi, Barker). Lvs. 

 li-iitln'ry. olilc.iig, sh..rti-r than the raceme : fls. 3H-4 in. 

 across, yellow, spotted with brown, borne in a stiff, 

 erect raceme; sepals and petals oblong, undulate, nearly 

 equal ; labellum shorter, ovate, refuse, sagittate and 

 tuberculate at base, orange-yellow, spotted with reddish 

 brown. Oet.-Dec. Mex. F.S. 1:49. Gt. 39, p. 474.- 

 Kree-flowering. Resembles O. grande. Var. splendens,. 

 Reichb. f. Fls. larger, labellum and segments clouded 

 with brown, yellow only at the tip. Gn. 25:428. G.C. 

 11.25:305. Var. leopardlnum, Hort. A highly colored 

 form. Segments jiale yellow, heavily barred with chest- 

 nut-brown. R.B. 14:61. 



6. Coradinei, Reichb. f. (O. Lindletjanum, Reichb. f. 

 and AVarsz. X O. crispum, Lindl.). A supposed natural 

 hybrid with the habit of O. crispum.. Raceme arching, 

 few-fld. : fls. stellate, 3 in. across, dark sulfur color, with 

 few chestnut-brown spots; sepals and petals oblong, 

 acuminate, undulate ; labellum shorter, ol>long-acute, 

 whitish, with a large oblong red-brown blotch near the 

 center and several smaller ones on the disk; crest 

 3-toothed on each side. Resembles O. trittmphavs, 

 but of more slender growth. Winter. Colombia. 

 G.C. 1872:11)68; 11.24:200; 25:269 ; III. 25:315. -Var. 

 sup^rbum, Hort. A more robust var. with richly colored 

 lis.: ]iaiiii'l(* much branched, 2 ft. long. Mexico. Var. 

 grandifldrum, Reichb. f. Fls. yellow, blotched and spot- 

 ted with dark brown, large and handsome. Colombia. 



7. Lindleyilnvim, Reichb. f. and Warsz. Lvs. linear: 

 raceme lax; fls. 2-3 in. across, thin; sepals and petals 

 yellow, blotched and striped with brown; lateral lobes 

 of the Labellum small, white, with purple spots; middle 

 lobe red-brown, tipped with yellow. Spring. Colombia. 

 — A variable species, s<ipposed to be the parent of many 

 hybrids. 



8. luteo-purpilreum, Lindl. Lvs. ensiform, narrowed 

 at base: fls. showy, 2-3 in. across, in a robust horizontal 

 raceme; sepals ovate-oblong, undulate, brownish purple, 

 with a yellow margin; petals similar, toothed and spotted 

 with purple brown ; labellum quadrifid, cordate or oblong, 

 fimbriate yellow, spotted with purple and rose; crest on 

 the claw pectinate. Winter and spring. Colombia. 

 G.C. 11.21:585; 25:140. — Owing to its wide geographical 





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1509. Odontoelossum grande. 



scope, tbi.s species is extremely variable. A very mixed 

 progeny has resulted from the crossing of this with other 

 species, and the intermixture of the descendants. Var. 

 radi^tum, Hort. (O. radidtum, Reichb. f. }. Sepals and 

 petals uariow, yellow, heavily spotted with dark brown; 



