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ducing flower spikes two feet in length, upon which are borne 

 its beautiful flowers, which are in the sepals and petals rich 

 plum and crimson ; lip mauve, spotted with dark violet. 

 Native of New Grenada. 



0. dicaricatum. — A small but abundant-flowering species ; 

 the flowers are produced on long branching spikes during the 

 summer months ; sepals and petals yellow, blotched and 

 barred with brown ; lip orange yellow : it continues in per- 

 fection a long time. This is a useful plant for aU purposes 

 when well grown : pot culture suits it best. Native of Brazil. 



0. euxcmthinum. — A plant having much the appearance of 

 O. bifolium, and requiring similar treatment. The flowers are 

 numerous, of moderate size, and very showy ; sepals and 

 petals small greenish yellow, banded with brown ; lip large, 

 rich yellow : it blooms during the autumn. Native of Brazil. 



0. excavatum. — A robust-gi'owing plant, with hght green 

 leaves and pseudobulbs ; it should be potted in good fibrous 

 peat, and placed in the cool-house ; the flower spike is long 

 and branched, and bears an immense quantity of its richly- 

 coloured flowers ; sepals and petals rich yellow, profusely 

 blotched with cumamon brown ; Up also rich yellow, blotched 

 only on the crest. This is also known by the name of 

 0. aurosum. Native of Peru. 



0. e.rcrivatwn Dausoni. — This, though bearing some resem- 

 blance to 0. excavatum, is very much stronger and more 

 robust in all its parts. The branching spikes are five feet 

 long, upon which its lovely large bright yeUow and rich brown 

 flowers are borne in great profusion. I had the pleasure of 

 seeing a specimen of this splendid variety in bloom with T. 

 Dawson, Esq., Meadow Bank, each spike five feet high, 

 bearing upwards of a hundred flowers : it was truly a noble 

 object. 



0. fiexuosum. — A good old species from Brazil, producing 



