ORCHID SPECIES 



flowered till 1859, a delay due to the defective treatment cool orchids then 

 received. 



The fairly large flowers, chestnut-brown mottled with green with a white 

 lip, are produced usually during the months of July and August when but 

 few species of the genus are in bloom. 



ONCIDIUM ANTHOCEENE, Bchb.f. 



Orchid Album, ix. t. 392 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. viii. p. 9. 



Originally discovered by Gustav Wallis while collecting in New 

 Grenada in 1872-1873, and subsequently by Chesterton through whom it 

 was introduced. 



The specific name, a " fountain of flowers," is a fanciful one. 



ONCIDIUM BEYOLOPHOTUM, Bchb.f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1871, p. 738. 



Introduced from Central America. A dimorphous species bearing large 

 panicles of greenish flowers among which appear bright yellow ones with 

 purplish streaks, the whole inflorescence compared by the author of the 

 name to a German Christmas Tree. It does not appear to be in cultivation 

 at the present time. 



ONCIDIUM CHEYSODIPTEEUM, Veitch. 



Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. viii. p. 23, fig. 



A species acquired by us at an auction sale and flowered for the first 

 timein the spring of 1891. The specific name, literally " golden wings," 

 refers to the exceptionally bright and attractive yellow petals, contrasting 

 strongly with the chestnut-brown of the remainder of the flower. 



ONCIDIUM CUETUM, Lindl. 



Lindl. in Bot. Beg. 1847, t. 68 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. pi. viii. p. 33. 

 Introduced from the Organ Mountains, Brazil, through William Lobb in 

 1841-1842. The flowers are variable in colour and sometimes resemble 

 those of Oncidium praetextum, but O. curtum may be easily distinguished 

 by the very different crest on the lip. 



ONCIDIUM EUXANTHINUM, Bchb.f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 1158 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6322. 



Imported from Brazil in 1869 ; the plate in the Botanical Magazine 

 was prepared from a plant which flowered at Chelsea in 1871. 

 It has now become very scarce, if not quite lost to cultivation. 



ONCIDIUM GLOSSOMYSTAX, Bchb.f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1879, vol. xii.p. 489. 



A species of little interest horticulturally, introduced from New Grenada 

 through Kalbreyer. 



145 



