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ODONTOGLOSSUM EDWARDI rcup. F. 
EDWARD KLABOCH’S ODONTOGLOSSUM. 
ODONTOGLOSSUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 13. 
Odontoglossum Edwardi. (Myanthium). Panicula amplissima thyrsoidea myriantha, ramis ramulisque fractiflexis ; 
bracteis triangulis conspicuis, ovariis pedicellatis multoties brevioribus; sepalis breve unguiculatis ovatis obtusis extus 
asperis ; tepalis subaequalibus apiculatis brevibus; labello obtuse rhombeo genuflexo; callo cuneato oblongo emar- 
ginato a basi in medium; papulis geminis obtusatis intus antice interjecta carinula; columna trigona retusa, antice 
utrinque basi alata, alis juxta foveam quadratis. — Ecuador. < 
Odontoglossum Edwardi RcuB. F. in Gard. Chron., X (1878), p. 74; Ip., Gard. Chron., XIII (1880), p. 72. — 
Bot. Mag., t. 6771. 
very beautiful species, quite distinct from the great majority of those we 
are accustomed to admire in cultivation — it belongs to a section whose 
members generally bear many-branched spikes and carry a considerable 
are of flowers which are usually small and possess little attraction. 
In this instance we have a remarkable exception owing to the beauty and 
marvellous colour of its flowers — quite unique in the entire genus; this colour 
is extremely difficult to describe and even our coloured plate, though handled 
with the greatest skill, conveys but a faint idea of its real beauty; the colour may 
be said to be a very brilliant mauve purple, with a satiny lustre catching every 
reflection ; the callus is of a bright yellow, the flowers are borne on long upright 
and many-branched spikes, and when in full bloom the effect produced is most 
striking. The flowers, which appear generally in the months of April and May, 
are delightfully fragrant with an odour of violets, and they last a long time in 
perfection. 
Odontoglossum Edwardu, as we have stated above, is dedicated to the talented 
Orchid collector Epwarp Kiasocu, who found it in 1878 upon the Equatorial 
Andes; it flowered for the first time in 1879 in the collection of the late 
Mr H. J. Bucuan, of Southampton, and was exhibited on December 16th of that 
year at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, when a First-class certificate 
was awarded. It may be mentioned that the plant was shown and received its 
award under the name of Oncidium Edwardu. 
Belle espéce, trés distincte de la grande majorite de celles que nous sommes 
habitués 4 admirer dans les cultures; elle appartient 4 une section dont les 
membres ont généralement des inflorescences trés ramifiées et chargées d’un 
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