442 



OECHID-GBOWER 1 



The plant should be 



four weeks, if the flowers are kept dry. 

 grown in a pot. — Ouatemala. 



Fig.— Bot. Mag., t. 3955 ; Batevi., Orch. Mex. et Guat, t. 24 ; Id., Mon. 

 Odont., t. 8 ; Flore des Serves, t, 21 ; Paxton, Mag. Bot., viii. ^9, with tab. ; 

 Jennings, Orch , t. 13 ; Annales de Gand, 1845, t. 37 ; Gartenflora, t. 270 ; 

 Orchid Album, ii. t. 79 ; Hartinger, Parad., i. t. 13. 



0. grande magniflcuin, Williams. — This variety in its habit 

 of growth resembles the type, hut it bears sixteen flowers 



ODONTOGLOSSUM HALLII. 



upon one scape, and these measure seven inches in diameter, 

 and have the most splendid and brilliant markings ; the lip is 

 also large in proportion. We saw this plant, which well 

 deserves the name of magnificum, in the collection of the late 

 T. Dawson, Esq. With it there were in bloom from ninety to 



