ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDRA GUTTATUM. 
[PLaTE 94. ] 
Native of New Grenada. 
Epiphytal. Pseudobulbs ovate-oblong, compressed, green while young, becoming 
tinged with purple as they grow older, diphyllous, with one or two accessory ones 
from the base of the pseudobulbs, bright green. Racemes proceeding from the axils 
of the accessory leaves, drooping. Flowers crowded, white, beautifully spotted with 
bright chocolate-red, nearly four inches across; sepals lanceolate, crispy, white, with 
a few bold spots and blotches of chocolate-red about the middle part; petals broader 
and more wavy, with a solitary nearly central spot on each; lip oblong, subcordate 
at the base, much crisped at the margin, the apex recurved so as to produce an 
emarginate appearance, white, slightly dashed with yellow on the disk, where there 
are a few longitudinal lines and a series of radiate lines of light red-brown, and. 
two divergent yellow crests, the margins half way down being marked by confluent 
blotches and a few largish spots both on the edge and on the surface towards the 
front. Column white, slightly spotted with brown. 
OpontocLossuM ALEXANDRE GurtatuM, Hooker fil., Botanical Magazine, t. 5697 : 
Williams, Orchid Grower's Manual, 5-ed., 229. : 
There are many varieties of this charming Orchid with spotted flowers, differing 
in the size of the blossoms and in the colour and amount of the spotting, which 
are cultivated under different varietal names, but the representation of the one we 
have now the pleasure of illustrating will, we hope, be the means of inducing 
growers to range some of them as forms of guttatum instead — of so greatly 
multiplying names, which becomes inconvenient. We know that some of them are 
more distinct from the type than others, but the fewer names we can use the more 
easy and satisfactory will it be both for growers and purchasers. ae 
We are indebted to R. Smith, Esq., Brentham Park, Stirling, for the 
magnificent spike of flowers from which our plate was prepared. We much regret 
not to have been able to represent it of its full size and its natural branching 
habit, but our artist has given enough to show that it is one of the most beautiful 
of the many named varieties. There was a fine collection of Orchids at — 
Park, which we regret to find is to be broken up on account of Mr. Smith’s 
health. ; 
Odontoglossum Alexandre guttatum is a compact-growing plant, with lively green 
foliage, and it produces branching spikes furnished with many flowers. When well 
grown, as this plant was, by Mr. McLeod, the sepals and petals it _— be seen 
are pure white, profusely spotted with bright chocolate-red, while the lip is white, 
