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ONCIDIUM 



ONCIDIUM 



38. piimilum, Lindl. A small plant about 6 in. high, 

 without pseudobulbs, and with oblong, leathery Ivs.: 

 infl. a small, branched panicle, scarcely longer than the 

 Ivs.; sepals and petals obovate, yellow, spotted with 

 brown; labellum yellow, rounded, trifid. Spring. Bra- 

 zil. B.M. 3581. B.R. 920. L.B.C. 18:1732. J.H. III. 

 47:459. 



39. Crista-gilli, Reichb. f. (0. iridifolium, Lindl., 

 not HBK.). Lvs. radical, cuneiform-ligulate, 2-3 in. 

 long: fl.-sts. several, 1-2-fld., shghtly exceeding the Ivs.: 

 fls. yellow, with few red spots at the base of the segms. 

 and labellum; sepals lanceolate, acute; petals oblong, 

 crisp, much wider; labellum large; lateral lobes oblong- 

 cuneate; middle lobe divided into 4 lobes, of which the 

 inner 2 are smaller. B.R. 1911. A very small, neat 

 plant. 



40. bicallfisum, Lindl. Pseudobulbs none: Ivs. large, 

 oblong-lanceolate, keeled, thick and leathery: panicle 

 many-fid., variable in size; fls. 2 in. diam.; sepals free, 

 obovate, concave; petals oblong-obtuse, undulate; all 



rich yellow or honey- 

 colored, bordered 

 with cinnamon-color; 

 labellum with small, 

 narrow lateral lobes, 

 and a pair of tuber- 

 cles for a crest; mid- 

 dle lobe large, trans- 

 versely expanded, 

 emarginate, subcor- 

 date. Autumn and 

 winter. Guatemala. 

 B.M. 4148. B.R. 29: 

 12. I.H. 12:458. 



41. Cavendishia- 

 num, Batem. Pseu- 

 dobulbs none: Ivs. 

 fleshy, broadly lan- 

 ceolate, 1-1 YL ft. long : 

 scape 4 ft. high, erect, 

 with a dense panicle 

 about 1 ft. long ; sepals 

 and petals oblong- 

 obtuse, greenish yel- 

 low, with bright 

 chestnut spots; label- 

 lum yellow; lateral 



lobes rather large, spreading, rounded, narrowed to a 



claw; mid-lobe broadly reniform and deeply emarginate. 



Guatemala. G. 27:164. G.W. 3, p. 471. Grows very 



slowly. 



42. Lanceanum, Lindl. Pseudobulbs wanting: Ivs. 

 fleshy, oblong, acute, 1 ft. long and about 3 in. broad: 

 scape stiff, erect, branched above and 1 ft. or more in 

 length; fls. 2-3 in. across, numerous; sepals and petals 

 oblong, obtuse, fleshy, concave, yellow, marked and 

 barred with chocolate-brown or crimson; labellum nar- 

 row hi the middle, with the 2 lateral lobes forming a 

 hastate base, middle lobe broadly expanded, cuneate. 

 The color of the labellum is variable, usually rose in 

 front, becoming violet toward the base. Summer. 

 British Guiana. B.R. 1887. F.S. 18:1842, 1843. P.M. 

 4:169. F.C. 2:79. G.C. II. 21:609; III. 54; 279. G. 

 31:613. G.W. 10, p. 403. Var. superbum, Hort., is 

 described as a superior variety. Var. Louvrexianum, 

 Hort. (0. Louvrexianum, Hort.). A variety with yellow 

 fls., prettily spotted and marbled; labellum yellow at 

 the base, white in front. 



43. carthaginense, Swartz (0. Henchmannii, Lodd. 

 0. roseum, Lodd. 0. undulatum, Salisb. O. sanguineum, 

 Lindl.). Pseudobulbs obsolete: Ivs. solitary, oblong, 

 acutish: panicle 3 ft. long and loose; fls. small, whitish, 

 marked and blotched with red and bordered with yel- 

 low; sepals and petals oblong-ovate, free, waved; label- 

 lum with horizontal, triangular lateral lobes and a 



2581. Oncidium Papilio. 



fan-shaped middle lobe, crimson, with a yellow border. 

 Summer. Trop. Amer. B.M. 3806 (as 0. Hunteanum). 

 F.C. 3:97 (as 0. luridum var. Henchmannii). 



44. luridum, Lindl. Lvs. elliptical, thick, rigid, dull 

 green, 15 in. long: scape slender, 3 ft. high, much 

 branched and many-fld.; fls. nearly 1^ in. diam., dark 

 green or olive-green, with indistinct darker spots; 

 sepals clawed, undulate, crenate, obtuse, warted on the 

 back, the upper one rotund, the others spatulate-oblong; 

 petals larger and without warts; labellum reniform, 

 almost plane. S. Amer. B.M. 3603. B.R. 727. The 

 panicle is said to grow to a height of 9 ft. A var. rdseum, 

 Hort., is said to have rose-colored fls., spotted with 

 white and bordered with yellow. Var. guttatum, Lindl., 

 has yellow fls. spotted with orange. B.R. 25:16. 



45. Papilio, Lindl. BUTTERFLY ORCHID. Fig. 2581. 

 Lvs. oblong, very leathery, olive-green, mottled with 

 purplish brown, 6-8 in. long: peduncle 2-3 ft. long, flat- 

 tened and jointed ; producing fls. several years in suc- 

 cession; fls. 4-5 in. long and 2H in. across; dorsal 

 sepals and petals erect-linear, with a small lanceolate 

 expanded portion, brown, with bands of yellow; lower 

 sepals lanceolate-falcate, curved downward, yellow, 

 with heavy bands of brown, labellum pandurate, usu- 

 ally plane, with the middle lobe rounded, transversely 

 broadened, emarginate, yellow, with a broad band of 

 brown around the margin; wings of the column toothed. 

 Fls. at any season. W. Indies. B.M. 2795; 3733 (var. 

 limbatum). B.R. 910. L.B.C. 11:1086. F.S. 9:920-2. 

 P.M. 5:175. F.C. 1:12. F. 1842:49. Variable in color 

 of fls. and Ivs. Lvs. sometimes green on the upper sur- 

 face. Var. Eckhardtii, Lind. All parts of the fl. very 

 large; sepals and petals golden yellow, barred with red; 

 labellum yellow, with a broad margin of brown. I.H. 

 30:500. 



46. Kramerianum, Reichb. f. This species is much 

 like 0. Papilio. Pseudobulbs rounded, 4-7-angled: 

 st. terete: petals and dorsal sepals shorter than in 0. 

 Papilio, apex more distinctly dilated; lateral sepals 

 golden yellow, spotted (not banded) with cinnamon- 

 brown, crisp, undulate, finely toothed; labellum very 

 crisp and undulate, finely toothed, pale yellow, with a 

 narrow band of cinnamon-brown spots around the mar- 

 gin; column-wings entire. Cent. Amer. F.S. 19:1956. 

 I.H. 41, p. 206. Gn. W. 20:738. 



47. Jonesianum, Reichb. Plants with fleshy, rush- 

 like Ivs. 3-12 in. long and usually hanging downward: 

 fl.-sts. 6 in. to 2 ft. long, the largest bearing about a 

 dozen fls. 2 in. across; sepals and petals oblong, wavy, 

 cream-colored, with sepia-brown spots; labellum white, 

 yellow at the base, with a few r crimson spots near the 

 isthmus; middle lobe large, subreniform, 2-lobed, wavy; 

 lateral lobes toothed. Fls. at various seasons. Para- 

 guay. B.M. 6982. R.B. 15:7. Gn. 31:148. The hand- 

 somest of the round-lvd. species. 



48. Cebolleta, Swartz (0. jundfblium, Lindl.). 

 Pseudobulbs very small, each with a single, terete, 

 obscurely furrowed If.: Ivs. 1 ft. long, spreading, harsh 

 in texture: panicle rigid, erect, about 2 ft. high; sepals 

 and petals nearly equal, obovate, greenish yellow, 

 spotted with red; labellum large, bright yellow; lateral 

 lobes broadly obovate; middle lobe broadly obovate or 

 subreniform, undulate, notched in front. Spring and 

 summer. Brazil. B.M. 3568. B.R. 1994; 28:4 (as 

 O. longifolium) . 



49. triquetrum, R. Br. (CymUdium triquetrum, 

 Swartz. Epidendrum triquetrum; Sw&rtz). Pseudobulbs 

 none: Ivs. few, 4-6 in. long, triquetrous and grooved: 

 scape about as long as the Ivs., purplish, bearing a 

 raceme of 10-12 medium-sized fls. ; sepals broadly 

 lanceolate, the lower pair united, purplish green; petals 

 ovate, white, tinged with green and spotted with purple; 

 labellum cordate-ovate, constricted near the middle, 

 white spotted with purple; crest orange. Autumn. 

 Jamaica. B.M. 3393. 



