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ORCHID-GROWER S MANUAL. 



clear yellow, the disk being a long white ridge, which is con- 

 tinued quite on to the midlobe. The flowers are produced 

 during the spring and early summer months. It should be 

 grown in the Cattleya house, in a pot or basket. — Guatemala ; 

 Mexico. 



'FiG.—Bof. Mag., t. 5878 ; Flore des Serves, t. 1825 ; Puydt, Les Orch., t. 

 33 ; Gard. Chron., 1871, 42, fig. 4. 



Btn. — 0. tigrinum sj)kndldum. 



ONCIDIUM SPLESDIDUSI. 



0. SprilCei, Limlley. — This species belongs to the section 

 Teretifolia, and is a near relation to 0. Ceholetta, but its 

 leaves, which are sometimes two and a half feet long, are 

 more swollen in the centre. The bright yellow flowers are 



