yellow and spotted with large eye-like spots. It lasts a long time 
and blooms chiefly during the autumn and spring months. 
The treatment necessary to the well-being of this plant is the same as that 
previously recommended for O. (crispum) Alexandre and O. Pescatorei, and others 
of this elass. O. pardinum is a free-growing species, and is propagated by dividing 
the pseudobulbs, leaving about two old ones at the back of the growth that is 
starting at the base of the leading bulb. We find the best time to divide the 
Odontoglots is after they have finished blooming, when they begin to show signs 
of some life; by this we mean when the pseudobulbs are plump and starting to 
grow. The pseudobulbs of this genus will often be found to shrivel when they 
are in bloom, especially if the flowers are left on the plants too long; at 
this time they must certainly not be divided, or they will in all probability 
dwindle away, and ultimately die. By this it will be understood that great care 
is requisite in dividing Odontoglossums, and the same remarks apply to the division 
of all Orchids. Whenever the pseudobulb of a plant shows the least sign of 
shrivelling through exhaustion from flowering the spike should at once be removed; 
this does not result in the speedy loss of the beautiful flowers, as, when cut off, they 
last a considerable time in water. When the flower spike is. removed the plant 
will soon recover and commence to make strong growth for another year. Some 
Orchids do not suffer by allowing the flowers to die upon the plants, of this class 
Lycastes may be given as an example, but we have observed that Odontoglossums are 
much injured and often entirely destroyed by this practice, yet no Orchids are of 
more easy cultivation when their requirements are well looked after. When the 
multiplication of Odontoglossum is accomplished by’ divisions they should be placed 
in small pots, as in this way they root more freely. They should also be kept 
from the sun’s rays until they begin to show signs of growth, after which they will 
require more light and_ air, ? 
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