ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDE^E COOKSONIT 



[Plate 118.] 



Kative of J^eiv Grenada, 



Epipliytal. Pseuddbidhs oblong-ovatc, compressed, (Upliyllmis. Tj€<tr,'< \\>^\\\\\Ui 

 ultlong, acute, channelled an^l narrow c J toTwircTs the stalk -like Itn^ir, ol a clit.nul 

 green colour. Scape radical, siippoitiiig a mauy-lloM-crcd r.M'fmo cxsAH'lini; tln» 

 leaves, and having small acute bracts at the base of the pi'licrls. Fhjwrrs lar-c 

 and beautifully spotted; sepals ovate acuminate, the dorsal <»rm rounded at ilu' 1 -*» 

 into a short broiidi«h claw, tlu^ margins rcv(diile nnd undul.itt', wliitc, with n f«'u 

 hol«l irregular blotches of brownish crimson, of wliii li oao if» ]'l i*cJ nrar the ap'^T. 

 and anotlior forms an irregular transverse bar across the centre; the l.ii^i.d onrx 



naiTowin^ towards tlio base; j^ekth br<»:i<Ily ovate nenmiii:it<*, n.uTovvial into a «!aw 



at the Dase, the margins entire, undul.-itcd, white like tlie =epnls, Tn'fli thr^c or 

 f<inr nuindur and smaller spots; lip oblong-ovate, with the Hliortly cufi'Idnti' n^ \ 

 recurved, the margins tootldcllcd and much cris])ed, white, with a rich jclluw HJ^uii 



on the disk, an<l a broad bro'W'n - crimson bloteli on iho anterior portion, the Mm 

 of tho produced lobes inflected yellow stripf'd with r« .1, and l>rok. u up info a u a 

 bhort neiitu teeth; from its bn^.. i»roceed three blunt }.llow rid;!<»8, of \\hi']i the 

 centrnl one stops short with a blunt point, and the two side (men are rontinu-l 

 into neutc projecting yellow horns, havinrr about midway ;in erect tooth on 

 upper margin. Column aicuately clavate, yelhnvi.sh, wingtd, the wings whiu3 utripf^d 

 vuth brown, toothed in the upper part, the teeth Inrge, irrcguhu*, m^l ?H "»> 

 behind the margin of the brownish prominent edge of the stigii..»tic cavity. 



Odoxtoglossum Alexandra Cooksonii, WiUiariis and Moore, supra. 



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It is with the greatest pleasure that we are now en.'il»]ed to present to the 

 notice of our readers an illustration of this mo.^t ..pleudid variety, whieh !>, no doubt. 



one of the best of the spotted forms of the Princr-^s of WnU's Odontoglot, O^^nfo- 

 gh.^.s>,m Alexandres {crif^um). We arc gieatly indebte.l to N. C. Co^l n, B^- ^^ 

 W>lani-un-Tync, in whose honour it is nnmcd, for his kintln^'* in -nding mieh nrn}-^". 

 matcrinls for fi^^uriug so splendid a variety. We nre eonHt.iTitly i». Iving cxanij.h* 



f charming forms of this beautiful Od.>ntoglot, whieh is sought aft*r ao mu.h by 



those who grow cool Orchids, for the plants take no m^r.., or but litti«» nior** 



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room or heat than the commonest greenhouse plants. Indeed, tluy .re rpnt^^ aaiUy 

 grcnvu when they get the proper treatment, and arc plant I in proper mit^n-'ii. They 



be kept cool during the summer months ; and in winter th*» thennomr*-r -^ 

 range from 45° to 55*^. . 



OdoiUoylossum Alexandra Coohsomi is an evergreen pinnt, growing lik O. A 

 andra itself, along with which it wa^ imported. Tlic «*^pal8 and l^tah .^ *1 



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