466 oechid-geowek's manual. 



0. triumpliailS, Rchb. f. — A magnificent stout-growing 

 species, witli large ovate-elliptic compressed ancipitous pseudo- 

 bulbs, oblong lanceolate acute dark green leaves, and many- 

 flowered racemes of bold and brilliant blossoms, which are 

 produced during the winter and spring months, and will last in 

 perfection for several weeks. The flowers are four to five 

 inches in diameter. The sepals and petals are lanceolate slightly 

 undulated, the petals rather broadest, both golden yellow 

 transversely barred and spotted with brownish crimson ; and 

 the lip is clawed elongate cordiform, white at the base, the 

 acuminate front portion rich deep brownish crimson. There 

 are many varieties of this plant, some much better than 

 others, but all are worth growing. — Xeiv Grenada. 



'FiG.—IUust. Ilort., t. 609 ; Bafem., Mon. Odont., t. 23 ; Pescaforea, t. 46 ; 

 Orchid Album, ii. t. 58 ; Piiydt, Les Orch., t. 30 ; Florist and Pom., 1877, 

 p. 217, t. 452 (yellow lip and white lip) ; Gard. Chiton., 1867, 516, with fig, 



Syn. — 0. sptctatissimum, 



0. Uro-Skiniieri, Lindley. — A very beautiful strong-grow- 

 ing species worthily dedicated to Mr, Ure Skinner, who did 

 so much towards introducing many popular Central American 

 Orchids at a time when but little was known of the mode of 

 securing a tolerably safe transit. It has a creeping rhizome, 

 on which are produced the large ovate compressed shining 

 pseudobulbs, which are spotted with purple, and from the 

 base of which arises the tall scape, two feet or more in height, 

 bearing a magnificent raceme of flowers, which are each nearly 

 three inches across ; the sepals and petals are oblong acute 

 olive yellow heavily blotched with rich purple -brown ; and the 

 lip which is roundish cordate and convex, is of a charming 

 mauve-purple irregularly mottled with white ; the disk bears 

 a pair of white crests, and the upper part of the column is 

 orange-coloured. It blossoms during the autumn months, and 

 continues flowering for a loug time. — Guatemala. 



"Eld.— Warner, Stl. Orch. PI., iii. t. 17 ; Batem., Mon. Odont., t. 2. 



0. Telleum, Echh. f. — A curious and interesting species, 

 with oblong compressed pseudobulbs, ligulate leaves about six 

 inches long, and dense racemes of flowers which have the 

 general shape of those of 0. Karivinsldi. The sepals and 

 petals are yellowish with numerous sepia brown spots and 

 lines ; the hp is stalked, ligulate, broader and a little undu- 

 lated, apiculate at the tips, white covered with numerous 

 purple-mauve lines and blotches. — Ecuador. 



