ODONTOGLOSSUM 



ODONTOGLOSSUM 



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oblong, the latter narrowed to a short claw; labellum 

 sessile; lateral lobes small, auriculate; middle lobe sub- 

 orbipular, plane, deeply bifid. Feb.-May. Costa Rioa. 

 B.M. 6820. Gn. 26:160. G.C. II. 7:811; 25:757; III. 

 19:77. G. 28:261. 



39. Cervantesii, La Llave & Lex. (0. mcmbrandceum, 

 Lindl.). Pseudobulb.-^ usually -1-angled, 2 in. long, bear- 

 ing a single oblong If. 4-6 in. long: scape sheathed with 

 large bracts, bearing 2-6 membranaceous fls.; fls. 2 in. 

 across, pure white, with transverse streaks 

 of red near the bases of the scgms.; sepals 

 broadly lanceolate to oblong; petals ovate- 

 rotund; labellum with a yellow claw; 

 lateral lobes small; middle lobe large, 

 broatlly cordate. Fls. produced in winter, 

 very fragrant and lasting several weeks. 

 Mex. B.M. 4923. B.R. 31:36; 32:34. I.H. 

 1:12. P.M. 12:193. Gn. 19, p. 333; 32, 

 p. 323. G.C. II. 15:7.53. F. 1881, p. 43. 

 Var. majus, Hort. Fls. larger, with brighter 

 spots. I.H. 25:313. Var. decorum, Hort. 

 Fig. 2564. Fls. large, spotted inside and 

 outside with bright red. I.H. 36:90. Gn. 

 32:322. J.H. III. :?0:423. F.M. 1877: 

 254. Var. Andersonii. Hort. Fls. white; 

 base of the sepals and petals barred with 

 reddish brown; label- 

 lum bordered w'ith 

 spots of the same 

 color. Mex. 



40. citrosmum, 

 Lindl. Fig. 2565. 

 Pseudobulbs subro- 

 tund, compressed, smooth, 1- 

 Ivd.: Ivs. oblong, obtuse, thick, 

 somewhat shorter than the 

 raceme: scape pendent, 8-12-fid.; 

 fls. large and full in outUne, 3 in. 

 across, whit« to rose, with a 

 violet labellum ; sepals and petals 

 oblong, obtuse; labellum un- 

 guiculate, reniform. May, June. 

 Guatemala. B.R. 29:3. R.B. 

 21:265. F.S. 6:633. A.F. 35: 

 480. Gn.W. 18:545. J.F. 1:90. 

 J.H. III. 51:27. Var. album, 

 Veitch. Fls. white, except the 

 yellow claw of the labeUum. Gn. 

 24:414. Var. rosellum, Lem. 

 Fls. rose-colored, except the yel- 

 low claw of the labcUum. I.H. 

 2:. 59. Var. roseum, Veitch. 

 Blade of the labellum deep rose. 

 Var. punctatum, Veitch. Fls. 

 pale rose ; sepals and petals 

 spotted with purple. A variety 

 called maximum is also adver- 

 tised. 



41. pulchellum, Batem. Pseu- 

 dobulbs oblong, compressed, 2-lvd.: Ivs. grass-like, 

 rather stiff or rigid, 9-12 in. long: scape weak, &-7-fld.; 

 fls. white, except the yellow crest of the labelhnn; sepals 

 ovate, acute; petals obovate, acute, somewhat undulate; 

 lateral lobes of the labellum triangular, middle lobe 

 oblong, subquadrate, apex recurved; column very short, 

 with 3 fimbriate wings. Spring. Guatemala. B.M. 

 4104. B.R. 27:48. O. 1912, p. 1.50. G. 33:1.53.— Easily 

 grown, and never fails to blos.som. The fl.-spikes sug- 

 gest the lily-of-the-valley. Fragrant. Var. majus, Hort. 

 More robust than the type, with larger fls. Var. grandi- 

 fl6rum is listed. 



42. Egertonii, Lindl. Like O. pulchellum, but with 

 the fls. only half xs large: labellum acute, not almost 

 tnmcatc, excavated at the hose and with 2 teeth 



inflexed over the excavation. Guatemala. — This is 

 probably only a form of 0. pulchellum. 



43. Rossii, Lindl. Pseudobulbs small, much com- 

 pressed, 1-lvd.: Ivs. about 6 in. long: raceme about as 

 long as the Ivs., 2-5-fld. ; fls. 2-3 in. diam. ; sepals lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, cream-colored to greenish yellow, with 

 .short bars of dark brown; petals white, with a few 

 brown spots at base, oblong, obtuse, revolute; labellum 

 round-ovate, emarginate, undulate, pure white, except 



the yellow claw. Winter. 

 Mex. F.C. 3:129. B.R. 

 25:48. Gn. 19, p. 306; 28: 

 226. F.S. 20:2110.— This is 

 an extremely variable 

 species, and probably in- 

 cludes the forms cult, as 

 O. Ehrenbcrgii and O. Daw- 

 sonianum., which are united 

 with this species by some 

 authors. The name inajus 

 has been applied to .several 

 varieties. Probably I.H. 1 : 

 30 (as O. Ehrenbcrgii) and 

 F.S. 8 : 846 (as 0. Ehrenbergii 

 =0. apterurn, ex-Index 

 Kewensis) also belong here. 

 Var. rubescens, Carr. (0. 

 Rossii majus rubescens, 

 Hort.). Fls. large; petals 

 clear rose, with dark brown 

 spots at the base. R.H. 

 1886:492. Gn. 28:226; 39, p. 345. G.C. II. 21:.345. 



44. Dawsonianum, Reichb. f. (0. Shrenhcrgii, Hort., 

 not Link, Klotzsch & Otto). Raceme few-fld.; sepals 

 lanceolate, subacute, rose-colored, blotched with crim- 

 son to the apex; petals oblong, acute, pure rose; label- 

 lum broadly ovate to subrotund, crenulate; apex retuse, 

 colored like the sepals; callosity with 2 teeth at the 

 apex. Me.x. G.C. 1805: 1226; II. 25:469. F.S. 17, p. 76. 



Section V. 



45. Edwardi, Reichb. f. Lvs. 2 ft. long, strap-shaped: 

 panicle suberect, curved, 2 ft. long, the rachis bearing 

 many horizontal branches covered with many rather 

 small dark purjile fls. ; sepals, and petals oblong to ovate- 

 obtuse, reflexed and wavy; labellum tongue-shaped, 

 obscurely lobed, with a prominent yellow lobulate 

 callus oil the disk. Spring. Ecuador. B.M. 6771. J.H. 

 III. 42:236. — A distinct plant, easily cult. 



O. Adrians: Codbsonia; (O. crispilm X O. Hunnewellianuni). Sepals 

 and petals broad, cream- white, evenly brown-blotched; lip finely 

 fringed and crimped, white, with fine brown spots and yellow crest. 

 G.C. 111.31:389. — O.om<>f>i7f(0. crispumxO. spectabile). O. 1913, 

 p. 102. — -O. amdhile var. Foul^^rianum (O. crispum punctatum viola- 

 ceum X O. crispo-Harryanum ). Fls. 4 in. across, the sepals and petals 

 a bright purplish mauve, the tips pale violet, the margins silvery 

 white, the sepals with 2 or 3 irregular white lines, the petals with a 

 few white spots; lip white in front, and red around the yellow crest, 

 marked witn rose. G.C. III. 4i'A.^-0. ardenthsimum (O. crispum X 

 O. nobile). Fls. most like those of O. crispum in size and form, white, 

 blotched claret-purple, the crest yellow with reddish markings. 

 G.C. III. 32:.50. — O. aspidorhinum. Lehm. Fls. 9-lS, the sepals and 

 petals oblong, contracted into long points, yellow, blotched with 

 red-brown; lip subpanduriforni, clawed, white, spotted with lilac- 

 crimson. Colombia. G. 31:643. — O. Bingelianum (O. crispum XO. 

 Harryanum). G.M. 51:69. — O. bUindum. Reichb. f. Sepals and 



fietals pale yellowish white, spotted with crimson-brown, cuneate- 

 anceolate, acuminate; lip ovate, acuminate, crisped. Colombia. — 

 O. Brddtthawia^ ((). Andcrsonianum XO. Harryanum). Fls. 4',2in. 

 across, resembling more those of (), Harryanum, yellow, tinged with 

 rose on back of sepals, marked on the face below with numerous red- 

 brown blotches, more or less confluent in groups. G.C. III. 33:82. 

 G.M. 46:87. Gn. 63. p. 184. — O. aeruleum (O. armainvillurense X 

 O. crispum). Fls. resembling in sh.ape those of f). ardcntissimum, 

 the greater part of the segms. marked with confluent blotches of 

 violet-purple. G.M. .50:413. — O. Cltii/tu^CJ). — O. CrawfthaU'inum 

 (O. H.allii xO. Harr,vanum). Fls. intermediate in shape between the 

 parents, but more like O. Hallii in color. G.C. III. 30:77.^^. 

 crUpo-HarryAnuin (O. crispum xO. Harryanum). More like the 

 second parent in shape, the sepals and petals light yellow, smaller 

 basal markings of red-brown. G.C. III. 45:133. G.M. .52:144. — 

 O. AV/ffer(onmrtT/m=perhaps O. Egertonii. — O. Fowlerinnum (O. 

 cirrhosumxO. Rossii). .Sepals and petals narrow, thickly spotted 

 deep purple, bright roae-purplc on marrins and tips, the lin rose- 



