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ODONTOGLOSSUM 



ODONTOGLOSSUM 



purple-red blotch, surrounded with smaller blotches. 

 G.C. III. 33:109. 



Var. Fpwlerianum, Hort. Fls. white, the sepals with 

 2 large irregular ruby-crimson blotches and smaller 

 purple ones, the petals with large ruby-crimson blotches 

 separated by narrow white lines; lip crimped, purple- 

 marked, the crest yellow. G.C. III. 41:278; 45:211. 



Var. Gouvilleanum, Andre 1 . Fls. large, white; petals 

 irregularly toothed, with few small crimson blotches; 

 sepals heavily blotched. R.H. 1888:132. 



Var. Grairianum, Hort. Sepals and petals for most 

 part a glowing yellowish rose, the margins white with a 

 few white inward-running lines; crest yellow. G.C. III. 

 33:407. 



Var guttatum, Hort. (0. Alexandras var. guttatum, 

 Hook.). Sepals linear-oblong, with several pale purple 

 blotches; petals broader, similarly spotted; labellum 

 oblong-quadrate, contracted in the middle, spotted with 

 rose and having a large rose patch on the disk. B.M. 

 5697. 



Var. Karthausii, Hort. Sepals and petals strongly 

 toothed, pure white or tinted in places on the margins, 

 with several large irregular, more or less confluent bright 

 purple central blotches; lip marked with red-brown. 

 C.O. 1 s. 



Var. Lehmanni, Hort. Labellum broadly ovate, 

 bright ruby-red, broadly edged with white; crest yellow; 

 sepals and petals tinged with rose, with few red spots. 

 G.C. III. 24:147. In American trade. 



Var. Luciani, Hort. Sepals and petals violet on back, 

 marked on face with large irregular purple-brown 

 blotches. C.O. Is. 



Var. maculatum, Hort. Fls. white, spotted with pur- 

 plish brown; petals suborbicular. laciniate-toothed. 

 G.C. III. 16:248. 



Var. Mariae, Andre". Fls. pure white, except a few 

 red spots on the base of the sepals. I.H. 25:325. 



2564. Odontoglossum Cervantesii var. decorum. ( X M) 



Var. Mundyanum, Hort. Fls. white, rose-purple 

 tinged, heavily blotched with chestnut or red-brown, 

 the center of lip bright yellow. G.C. III. 27: 117. 



Var. Pittianum, Hort. Fls. white, slightly rose-tinged, 

 the acuminate sepals and petals heavily blotched with 

 red-brown, the back heavily tinged with purple; lip 

 with a yellow crest marked with reddish lines and 

 brown-spotted. G.C. III. 30:154. G.M. 49:212. 



Var. purpurascens, Hort. Fls. heavily tinged with 

 rose-purple, the dorsal sepal and petals with numerous 

 small well-defined reddish purple spots, the spots on 

 the lateral sepals obscured by the coloring; lip white 

 with reddish blotches in front, the crest yellow, with a 



few reddish lines. G.C. III. 29:233. G.M. 46:391. 

 J.H. III. 42:275. 



Var. Sanderae, Hort. Fls. purple-tinted, heavily 

 blotched with reddish orange-brown. G.C. III. 33:416. 

 J.H. III. 43:3. 



Var. Schroederi, Hort. Fls. with 1 or 2 large and sev- 

 eral small, brownish red spots on the white segms. 

 Advertised in Amer. 



Var. Trianae, Hort. (0. Alexandras var. Trianae, 

 Hook.). Dorsal sepals with a single roseate spot; lateral 

 sepals suffused and spotted with rose ; petals pure white ; 

 labellum with a large 2-lobed spot. B.M. 5691. 



Var. Veitchianum, Hort. Sepals ovate, undulate, 

 white, with several brownish crimson spots; petals 

 broader, color like the sepals but mostly in one large 

 central blotch; margins undulate and toothed. G.C. 

 III. 1:799. F. 1884:177. G.Z. 30:217. 



SECTION IV. 



A. Sepals and petals similarly colored. 

 B. Column without wings. 



c. Pseudobulbs compressed and 



D. Labellum white or colored like 



the petals 35. madrense 



36. nebulosum 



DD. Labellum violet 37. Krameri 



cc. Pseudobulbs smooth, terete 38. Oerstedii 



BB. Column with entire wings 39. Cervantesii 



BBB. Column with toothed or crenate 

 wings. 



c. Labellum reniform 40. citrosmum 



cc. Labellum oblong-quadrate 41. pulchellum 



42. Egertpnii 

 AA. Sepals and petals dissimilar in color. .43. Rossii 



44. Dawson- 



[ianum 



35. madrense, Reichb. f. (0. maxillare, Hook.). 

 Pseudobulbs long-ovoid: Ivs. strap-shaped, 10 in. long: 

 fls. 2}4 in. across. 4-10 in a raceme; sepals and petals 

 lanceolate, keeled, white, with a purple blotch at the 

 base; labellum shorter than the sepals, the lateral lobes 

 forming 2 acute recurved appendages on the claw, mid- 

 dle lobe trowel-shaped, white, with a yellow base and 

 an orange blotch. Summer. Mex. B.M. 6144. I.H. 

 30:480. F.M. 1875:158. Gn. 10, p. 443. G.C. II. 

 25:116 (seed-pod). G.M. 39:117. G. 2:535. 



36. nebulosum, Lindl. (0. maxillare, Lindl.). Pseu- 

 dobulbs 2-3-lvd.: Ivs. oblong, acute, 9 in. long: scape 

 about as long as the Ivs., 5-6-fld.; fls. 3 in. across, pure 

 white, with the bases of all the parts profusely spotted 

 with brown; sepals membranaceous, oblong; petals 

 similar but wider, all pubescent at the base; labellum 

 with 2 large, erect lobes on the yellow claw; limb ovate, 

 acute, dentate, pubescent. Mex., at an elevation of 

 10,000 ft. I.H. 6:200. G.C. 1867:572; 11.25:597. 

 Not B.M. 6144, which is 0. madrense. Var. candidulum, 

 Reichb. f. Sepals and petals pure white, with a brown 

 blotch and a few spots on the labellum. G.C. 1867: 

 710; II. 25:596. Var. guttatum, Reichb. f. Sepals and 

 petals spotted to above the middle. I.H. 31 : 524. 



37. Krameri, Reichb. f. Pseudobulbs subrotund, 

 compressed and sharply 2-edged, 1-lvd.: Ivs. 7-9 in. 

 long, 1^2~2 in. broad, keeled: scape 4-8 in. long, inclined 

 or pendulous, 3-5-fld.; fls. 1J^ in. diam.; sepals and 

 petals subequal, oblong-acute, pale violet-red in the 

 center, with broad white margins; labellum with a 

 stout yellow excavated claw bearing 2 erect calli; middle 

 lobe subquadrate, 2-lobed, pale violet, with white and 

 brown streaks at base. Costa Rica and Mex. B.M. 

 5778. I.H. 32:562. F.S. 23:2469. G.C. 1868:98; II. 

 25:756. 



38. Oerstedii, Reichb. f. Plants small: Ivs. linear- 

 oblong, 4-5 in. long, narrowed to a petiole: raceme sub- 

 erect, few-fld.; fls. \y<i in. across, white, with the base of 

 the labellum golden yellow; sepals and petals broadly 



