ODONTOGLOSSUM PARDINUM. 
a [Puate 274.] 
2 Native of Ecuador and Peru. 
Epiphytal. Pseudobulbs about three inches in height, ovate, somewhat flattened, 
smooth when young and becoming wrinkled with age. Leaves about eight inches 
long and upwards of an inch broad, oblong, acute, keeled behind, bright green 
in colour. Panicles from eighteen inches to three feet or four feet’ long, much 
branched and many flowered, bracts boat-shaped, acuminate, and membranaceous 
in texture. Flowers some two or three inches across, and very fragrant; sepals 
a and petals spreading, lanceolate, acuminate, the latter somewhat the shortest, 
. all much waved and undulated, golden yellow, dotted and spotted with numerous 
_ brown spots; Jip long, tapering to a point, fiddle-shaped, furnished with a short 
claw, golden yellow, marked with numerous brown eye-like spots; crest compassed 
with two side wings, which are toothed on the edges, the medial ridges being 
smooth. Column round, smooth, and blunt. ; 
_ OdonToGLossuM parpinum, Lindley, in Sertwm Orchidacewm, sub., t. 25; Folia 
Orchidacea Art Odontoglossum, No. 49: Walper, rep. v., vi, p. 841; Botanical 
Magazine, t. 5993; Walliams, Orchid-Grower’s Manual, 6 ed., p. 456. 
Odontoglossum pardinum is a very old species, first discovered by Dr. Jamieson 
the ground near Surucucho; it was afterwards found by Hartweg in the Andes 
-Popayan, and it has been found since on several occasions by various travellers. 
vered for the first time in this country about twenty years ago. There are 
Connoisseurs of Odontoglossums, some preferring the spotted kinds, of which we 
already figured several species and varieties. O. pardinum is a very pretty 
amg et species, and one that cannot fail to be highly appreciated for its bright 
— flowers. There are several varieties of this plant, but the one we here 
i$ remarkable for its compact spike; and although we have another form 
. spike three feet high and much branched, which has been flowering with 
for three months, the dwarf kind, as represented on our plate, is much 
able; the panicle of this variety being eighteen inches high, the flowers set 
on the spike, and altogether producing a far more showy appearance. Our 
was taken from a plant which flowered with us about four years ago in 
and Paradise Nurseries. 
— eontogiossum pardinum is a: dwarf-growing evergreen species, and produces its 
a ne flower spikes very freely from the side of the matured bulb. The 
ms are deliciously fragrant, of a pure golden yellow colour, ornamented with 
= small brown ocellated spots on the sepals and petals; the lip is of a deeper 
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