Odontoglossum cordatum aureum is a dwarf-growing evergreen plant, which is 
easily grown into a good specimen. It requires to be kept in the cool house 
with other species and varieties of the genus, and we have found it to be a plant 
that enjoys good exposure to sun and light, but at the same time it must be 
shaded from the direct rays of the sun during the hotter parts of the day in the 
summer, in order to prevent the leaves becoming of a yellow and bad colour. It 
must be drained well, as it likes an abundant supply of water, and should be potted 
in good brown peat fibre and sphagnum moss, surfacing with some fresh living 
points of the moss, which when growing present a fresh and lively appearance. 
Re-potting should be done about the beginning of October, as this allows the 
plants to become established and to grow through the winter months; they should 
therefore be kept moderately moist at this season of the year, and should they 
require re-surfacing in the spring, it can be done without injury to the roots. 
Propagation may be easily effected by dividing the rhizome, but this should be left 
until the plants begin to show signs of fresh growth, which may be somewhat a long 
time in appearing, especially if the division is left until the spring of the year. 
They must be kept free from all insect pests, but fumigating them in the ordinary 
manner we have found very deleterious; we therefore recommend those of our 
readers who have a collection large enough to warrant it, to use the ‘“ Thanatophore.” 
The plants may thus be kept in a perfectly clean and healthy condition, and 
without loss of the leaves. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM RAMOSISsIMUM.—A beautiful specimen of this useful species recently 
came from the famous collection of E. H. Woodall, Esq., Scarborough, and it is certainly 
one of the finest forms yet flowered. Odontoglossum ramosissimum has always been 
rare in cultivation, and the variety now before us is a grand acquisition. The flowers 
are large, and of the purest white, flushed at the base with reddish purple, the 
white portion of the segments being broad and undulated, and the whole flower is of a 
beautiful form. It is an exquisite variety. The typical plant usually bears a branching 
flower spike about two to three feet long, with many blossoms, and the individual 
blooms are two inches or more across, white and spotted more or less with purple; it 
enjoys cool treatment, and a plentiful supply of water during the summer, and also 
a moderate supply in the winter. It was first discovered by M. J, Linden, many 
years ago in New Grenada, at a very high elevation: and afterwards by Roezl, 
but was not introduced until about twenty-five years ago. There are other varieties 
that we have noticed at different times in various collections: a pretty form named 
O. ramosissimum liliiflorum, was introduced by Messrs, Rollisson and Sons, and 
another form at Sir Trevor Lawrence’s, Dorking, being clear yellow instead of white, 
was very charming. There were also some fine varieties of this species in the 
collection of the late H. J. Buchan, Esq., at Southampton.—W. H. G. 
