130 ORCHIDS: HOW TO GROW THEM SUCCESSFULLY. 



greenish, with brown spots, and the lip of a pinkish colour. There is 

 also a white variety of this species. 



Newly imported or established plants from 3s. 6d. to 5s. each. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM BLANDUM. From Ocana. 



This requires the same treatment as O. crispum. The flowers are 

 delicate and neat, and borne on slender, short spikes, the ground 

 colour white, densely spotted with reddish brown, and emitting a 

 pleasant perfume. 



Newly imported or established plants from os. to 10s. each. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM MACULATUM. From Mexico. 



This requires the same treatment as Oncidium inacranthum (see 

 page 80). It produces its flowers during the winter months, and in 

 colour is a combination of green, chocolate, and purple. 



Newly imported or established plants 3s. 6d. to 5s. each. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM CORD AT UM. From Colombia. 



This requires the same treatment as the last named, and it blooms 

 during the winter and spring months, the sepals and petals being of a 

 yellowish tint, covered with broad marks of chestnut-brown, and the 

 lip white, with brown spots. 



Newly imported or established plants 3s. 6d. to 5s. each. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM PULCHELLUM MAJUS. From Mexico. 



Eequires the same treatment as the last named species, and blooms 

 during the winter and spring months, sending up neat spikes which 

 carry a number of pretty white flowers. 



Newly imported or established plants, having not less than three 

 or four leads, should be bought for 5s. and 7s. 6d. per plant. 



ODONTOGLOSSUM NEBULOSUM. From Mexico. 



Eequires the same treatment as the last named, and the flowers of 

 this species are white, more or less spotted with reddish brown, and are 

 produced during the winter and spring. 



Newly imported or established plants 3s. 6d. to 5s. each. 



ONCIDIUM MARSHALLIANUM. From Brazil. 



Should be grown in pans or baskets and suspended, and the flowers 

 are produced on long branching spikes, which make their appearance 

 from the. base of the new bulbs in autumn, and grow all the winter. 

 The chief beauty in this flower is the large and bright yellow lip. 

 This Oncidium has also the reputation of deteriorating, which it does 

 if allowed to flower from weakly plants. It is therefore advisable 

 to pinch off the spikes of such every alternate year. 



It is best to purchase newly imported or semi -established pieces at 

 from 5s. to 7s. 6d, 



