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ODONTOGLOSSUM 



ODONTOGLOSSUM 



purpU'-ivd blotch, surrouiidctl with smiUler blotches. 

 G.C. 111.33:109. 



\'ar. Fowleriftniiin.Ilort. Fls. white, the sepals with 

 2 lann' irrcdular niby-<'rinison blotches and smaller 

 purple ones, the petals with large ruby-erirason bk)tt'lies 

 separated bv narrow white lines; lij) erimpcd, i)nrplo- 

 luarked, the crest yellow. G.C. 111. 41 :278; 45:211. 



Var. Gouvilleanum, .Vndre. Fls. large, white; petals 

 irregularly toothed, with few small crimson blotches; 

 sop:Us heavily blotched. K.ll. 1888:132. 



\'ar. Grairianum, Ilort. Sepals anil ))ctals for most 

 p.irt a plowing yellowish rose, the margins white with a 

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

 33:407. 



Var guttattim, Hort. (O. Alcrilndrsc var. gutlatum, 

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

 blotches; petals broader, similarly spotted; labellum 

 oblong-quadrate, contracted in the mitldle, sjiotteil with 

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

 .j(j97. 



Var. BLflrthausii, Ilort. Sepals and petals strongly 

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

 with several large irregular, more or less confluent bright 

 piuTile central blotches; hp marked with red-brown. 

 CO. 1 s. 



Var. Lehmanni, Hort. Labellum broadly ovate, 

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

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

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



\'ar. Lticiani, Hort. Sepals and petals violet on back, 

 marked on face with large irregular purple-brown 

 blotches. CO. Is. 



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

 plish brown; petals suborbicular, laciniate-toothed. 

 G.C. III. 1(5:248. 



Var. Mariae, Andr6. Fls. pure white, except a few 

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





2564. OdoQtoglossum Cervantesii var. decorum. ( X H) 



Var. Mundy^num, Hort. Fls. white, rose-purple 

 tinged, heavily blotched with chestnut or red-brown, 

 the cent(;r of lip bright yellow. G.C III. 27:117. 



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

 the acuminate sepals and petals heavily blotched with 

 rwl-brown, the ba<;k heavily tinged with i)uri)le; lip 

 with a yellow cr&st marked with reddish lines and 

 browTi-sjxHted. G.C III. 30:1.54. G.M. 40:212. 



Var. purpurascens, Hort. Fls. heavily tinged with 

 rose-nurfile, the dorsal .sepal and petals with numerous 

 small well-<Jefiried reddish p\ir])le spots, the spots on 

 the lateral sepals obscured by the coloring; lij) white 

 with reddi-sh blotches in front, the crest yellow, with a 



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

 .I.H. 111.42:275. 



\ ar. Sanderae, Hort. Fls. pur])le-tinted, heavily 

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

 J. 11.111.43:3. 



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

 eral small, browiiish red spots on the white segms. 

 Advertised in Amer. 



Var. Trianae, Hort. (0. Alcxdndrse var. Trianse, 

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

 sepals suffused and sjiottcd with rose; petals pure white; 

 labellum with a large 2-lobed spot. B.M. 5(591. 



Var. Veitchianum, Hort. Sepals ovate, undulate, 

 white, with several browTiish crimson spots; petals 

 broader, color like the sepals but mostly in one large 

 central blotch; margins imdulate 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 

 edged. 

 D. Labellum white or colored like 



the petals 35. madrense 



■id. nebulosum 



DD. Labellum violet 37. Krameri 



CC. Pseudobtdbs smooth, terete 3.S. 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. Egertonii 

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



44. Dawson- 



[ianum 



35. madrense, Rcichb. f. (0. maxillarc, Hook.). 

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

 fls. 2J'2 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, mth 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. nebulfisum, Lindl. (0. maxillarc, 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 profu.sely 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; Umb ovate, 

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

 10,000 ft. 1.11.6:200. G.C 1867:. 572; II, 25:.597. 

 Not B.M. 6144, which is O. 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 J^2-2 in. broad, keeled : scape 4-8 in. long, inclined 

 or pendulous, .3-.5-fld.; fls. I'o in. diam.; sepals and 

 petals .subetiual, oblong-acute, pale violet-red in the 

 center, with broad white margins; labellum with a 

 stout yellow excavated claw bearing 2 erect calli; midille 

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

 brown streaks at ba.se. Costa Rica and Mex. B.M. 

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

 25:7.56. 



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

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

 iM-ect, few-fld.; fls. 1 '2 in. across, white, with the base of 

 the labelkun golden yellow; sepals and petals broadly 



