THE ORCHID REVIEW. 273 
ONCIDIUM AMPLIATUM. 
THE annexed figure represents an inflorescence of Oncidium ampliatum, re- 
produced from a photograph sent by Dr. A. W. Hoisholt, of Stockton, 
California. It is a well-known and popular garden plant, fine specimens of 
which were formerly often seen at the London and Manchester Shows, and 
there is a record of one large specimen, which carried fifteen luxuriant 
Fic 40. ONCIDIUM AMPLIATUM. 
branched spikes, over a yard high, measuring in the aggregate five feet 
through, which must have formed a magnificent sight. The species was 
originally discovered by Cuming, near the Gulf of Nicoya, in Costa Rica, 
and was described by Lindley, Gen. and Sp. Orch., p. 202, in 1832 
Of 
