Our drawing was taken from a fine plant in the collection of His Grace the 
Duke of Sutherland, at Trentham, where Odontoglots are well cultivated by Mr. 
Blair, who has the charge of this collection, and the inflorescence on this specimen 
was exceedingly fine. ; 
Odontoglossum eugenes is a magnificent evergreen plant, with bright green 
foliage; the inflorescence is arched, and many-flowered, producing a grand effect 
when the blossoms are expanded. The flowers are four inches across, and of a 
bright, showy, and pleasing colour; the sepals and petals are of a pale yellow, _ a 
distinctly margined and tipped with deep yellow, the centre and base of the petals a 
white, both sepals and petals being heavily blotched with chestnut-brown ; lip 
white, with yellow crest, and a large blotch of chestnut-brown in the centre, while 
the column is white. This plant flowers during the months of June and July; a 
and lasts in full perfection for six weeks. The length of time Odontoglossums a 
retain their beauty renders the flowers of these plants so valuable; moreover we 
have frequently observed that the flowers of those kinds which open during the 
dull, heavy days of winter and early spring do not suffer from the fogs—which 
we often experience at that season of the year—in the manner that many other 
orchidaceous plants suffer, so that this is another favourable argument for the 
cultivation of the various members of this truly beautiful genus. 
This plant requires to be treated in precisely the same manner as its supposed 
parents. It should be grown in a cool house, and shaded from the hottest sun 
in summer, but in the autumn and winter shading may be entirely dispensed with. 
In the spring, when the sun begins to rise high and shine powerfully, will be soon 
enough to think of shading the Odontoglots; but, as we have frequently remarked, 
these plants should never be shaded after the sun is on the decline on a 
summer afternoon, because we cannot in this country expose them to a greater 
share of light than they enjoy, and there is little doubt. this thorough exposure is 
one of the great secrets in the successful management of Orchids. Treated in this 
manner the plants form fine growths, and ripen up their bulbs thoroughly, from 
which fine spikes may be reasonably expected, and fine spikes produce fine flowers. 
On the other hand, weak growths cannot be expected to produce like results, but. 
must lead to failure and disappointment. 
