ODONTOGLOSSUM ELEGANS. 



[Plate 111,] 



Native of Ecuador. 



Epiph}i}al. PseudohiiTbs oblong, somewhat furrowed, -tlircc inclics long, dipli) 

 Leaves ligulate, acute, tapered and channelled towards the base, of a pale 

 colour. 



Scape radical, slender, arching, Flo 



med or pnniclcd 



jfrccii 



e 



thrc 



inches in breadth, highly coloured, and showy in character, the yellow centre W\\\^ 

 very conspicuous; sepals lanceolate, attenuately not suddindy jicuuiiu.ito, recurved 



at the edo'e, the dorsal two inches, the lateral ones about an inch nnd 



dark cho 



blolcl 



and wavy „_ ^ 



three quarters long, white, yellow towards the tip, with 



which almost cover the surface leaving only a few broken 1 



a patch at the apex ; petals spreading at the extreme base, then 



finally having the tips recurved, ovate-lanceolate attenuately acumiii;it(>, the bnsal i 



white 



<'UCS 



) 



near the base and 



nnd 



mcurvH' 



irregular spots and small blotches of chocolate brown, with 



about midway, exterior to which the petal is sometimes P])otless 



a larger spot 

 id sometimes 



arked 



th two or three 



pots 



column, then turned down at a right 

 apex ; at the angle is a 



lip 



having its 



b 



the two front ones continuous 



prcading fringe of 



panduriform with a 

 many (about eight) pro 



portion par.illcl with the 



cd 



pi 



( 



pi 



th the 



crest along 



the l)asal portion of the lip 



yellow with chocolate tips, and three shorter ones yellow with a chocolate stripe ; 

 behind these are five reddish chocolate stripes which app 



like continufitions of the 



gly recurved 



ceding which is a restricted p 



lly covered 



teeth ; hinder portion about half an inch broad, pale yellow blotched with brown at 

 the edge but stn 



by a rich brown spot, after which the lip widens and pap^es into a recurved cuspi^ 

 apex, which is white with one or two chocolate blotches. Column half an inch 

 long, clavate, with two subulate horns, white spotted with chocolate, the 



stigmatic 



hollow and its margins 



ed with chocolate puir 



Odon 



ELEGAJS^s, Reichenhach fil, Gardeners* Chronicle, N.S., xi., 4G2. 



The subj ect of 



d 



present portrait 



a 



most beautiful and distinct 



o 



one 



th 



hich we believe our subscribers will be glad to become acquainted 



It 



is an extremely rare plant, and the 



specimen we 



have seen, was imported 



with a lot of Odontoghssum 



•hosuni 



It is doubtles-" a natural hybrid, of whic;! 



it both in the eh 



that species is one of the parents, as it resemi 



flowers and growth. This plant was exhibited 



before the Floral Committee of the Koyal Horticultural Society, fr 



f itfl 



IT. M. Pollett, Esq., Bickley, K 



hom it received 



the highest honours 



It has bloomed in this 



k 



f. 



years, the flowers very much finer and 



ishing trait in the ch 



the growth stronger on the last 



It 



13 an 



of this Odonto 



to 



that th 



succc-.-ivc 



occasion, 

 stronger 



the plants become the finer are the flowers, that is, provided they have a proper house 



