446 obchid-gbowek's manual. 



0. Krameri, Hchb. f. — A rather pretty dwarf-growing 

 species, in which the pseudobulbs are compressed, with sharp 

 edges, in some specimens roundish, in others ovate, pale 

 g/een, bearing a single leaf. The peduncles are freely pro- 

 duced from the base of the bulbs, and are pendulous, bearing 

 several flowers ; the sepals and petals are ligulate obtuse, and 

 the lip somewhat reniform, deeply notched in front ; the 

 whole flower being of a charming violet colour, and the lip, in 

 addition, being marked and spotted with yellow and purple, 

 and having two lines of rich dark brown near the column. It 

 is a good addition to this numerous family, and should be 

 grown in peat and sphagnum moss, but will require a little 

 more warmth than the generality of the genus. — Coata Rica. 



Fig.- Gard. Chron., 18i;8, 98, with fig. ; Bot. Mag., t. 5778 ; Floral Mag., 

 t. 40G ; Butem., Man. OJont., t. 24; Orchid Album, i. t. JO. 



0. Iseve, Lindleij. — A pretty and variable spe/ies, of free- 

 growing habit, with ovoid compressed pseudobulbs, a pair of 

 elongate lorate obtuse leaves, and a panicled inflorescence of 

 rather large and showy flowers, in which the sepals and petals 

 are oMong linear acute, flat, yellowish green transversely 

 banded with chocolate-red (sometimes yellower with cinna- 

 mon-red markings) ; the lip pandurate, deflexedfrom near the 

 base, which is pale lilac-purple, and the emarginate mucronate 

 apex white. The crest consists of only two shght almost 

 obsolete ridges on the disk, whence the name lave. Being 

 a very abundant bloomer, it should become generally culti- 

 vated, especially as it will thrive under the very coolest 

 treatment. — Mexico . 



'EiG.—Bot. Reg., 1844, t. 39; lUust. Sort., t. 213. 



0. Iseve Reiclienlieimii, Moore. — This fine plant so closely 

 resembles 0. Iceve as to be scarcely distinguishable. It is a 

 strong free-growing and handsome variety, sending up its 

 branched panicle some two or three feet in height, and bearing 

 a profusion of attractive flowers ; the sepals and petals are 

 yellowish green barred with purplish brown, and the lip varies 

 very much in colour, in some varieties being quite dark, and 

 in others a light purple. In this plant the lip is not deflexed 

 as in l(Eve itself. When well grown it makes a fine specimen. 

 — Mexico. 



Fig. — Pescatorea, t. 19; Warner, Sel. Orch. PI, ii. t. 16; Batem., Mon. 

 Odont., tt. 15, 16. 



Syn.— 0. Reichenheimii, 



