fa.) 
PL. CDLXXIII. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM PULCHELLUM sarem. var. MAJUS > norr. 
THE PRETTY ODONTOGLOSSUM, LARGER VARIETY. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 13. 
Odontoglossum pulchellum. Pseudobulbis oblongis compressis ancipitibus diphyllis, foliis linearibus apice oblique 
emarginatis, scapo foliis aequali ancipiti debili apice ramifero 6-7floro, sepalis ovatis, acutis, petalis obovatis acutis 
subundulatis, labelli trilobi laciniis lateralibus triangularibus, intermedia oblonga subquadrata, apice recurva, callo 
baseos carnoso antrorsum hippocrepisco retrorsum trilobo, columnae alis et clinandrio laceris. 
Odontoglossum pulchellum BATEM. in Bot. Reg., 1841, t. 48. — Bot. Mag., t. 4104, — LinDL. Fol. Orch., Od., 
no 63. — WaRNER Sel. Orch., Il, t. 13. 
Odontoglossum Egertoni LINDL., Bot. Reg., 1845, misc., p. 50. 
dontoglossum pulchellum was discovered by Mr. J. Linpven, at San Bar- 
tolo, State of Chiapas, Mexico, in 1840, and also about the same time by 
Mr. Ure-Sxinner, in Guatemala, and was sent by him to Mr. J. Bareman. 
It flowered for the first time in the Royal Gardens, Kew, in October 1843. 
It is a charming species of neat habit, with flowers which, though small 
and simple, are really exquisite in colour; they are milky white with the disk 
of the labellum marked with bright yellow spotted with red. The flowers are 
also very sweetly scented. 
The variety that we now figure, was painted from a plant exhibited at 
a meeting of L’Orcnipéenne, in April last, by Mr. A. Van Imscuoor. It is the 
most popular form, owing to the much larger blossoms produced, and bears 
the name of majus. The particular plant figured was exceptionally fine and the 
flowers very large, even for majus. 
It is sometimes met with in collections under the name of O. Egertonii, which 
really is nothing but a local form of O. pulchellum, with much smaller flowers 
than in the type. 
Without being rare, O. pulchellum is not precisely common in collections 
and its merits as a cut flower are somewhat overlooked. It should be grown at 
the most sheltered end of a cool house or in a slightly heated house that is 
adapted for Miltonias; it flowers from February to April. 
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L’Odontoglossum pulchellum fut découvert par M. J. Linpen a San Bartolo, 
Etat de Chiapas, au Mexique, en 1840 et par URE-SKINNER au Guatemala, et 
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