362 ORCHIDS 



Odontoglossum, 



the sepals and petals, which are reddish-chocolate, the remain- 

 ing portions being white, save for the yellow crest on the lip. 



Van T/ie Earl. — One of the largest varieties. Sepals white; 

 spotted with large, nearly confluent, reddish-brown blotches ; 

 petals white, with one large and some smaller spots in the 

 central area, of the same colour as the sepals ; lip white, with a 

 large brown blotch in front of the yellow crest. 



Var. Veitchianiiin. — In this most rare and beautiful form the 

 ground-colour is white, the markings being brownish-crimson. 

 The disk of the lip is yellow, with brown spottings in front. 

 (Fig. II 6.) 



Var. Victoria Regina. — One of the most beautiful of the new 

 introductions. It first flowered in the collection of Mr. W. 

 Thompson (Stone, Staffordshire) and received a First Class 

 Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society on April 24th, 

 1900. P'lowers of good shape and substance. Sepals and petals 

 covered on the exterior with rosy-purple, which colour is reflected 

 through the white interior, sparingly spotted with reddish-brown ; 

 lip white, with a few reddish-brown spots in the centre. 



Var. xantliotes. — Flowers pure white, save for three yellow spots 

 on the lip. 



O. cristatum {Lindl.). — In this little species the pseudo-bulbs 

 are somewhat oval, of a light shining green, bearing very narrow 

 leaves of the same hue. The flowers are creamy-yellow, varying 

 in shade in the different forms, and banded or spotted with 

 very dark brown or purple. The great prominence of the pro- 

 cesses upon the lip, which is yellow or white, with a few brown 

 spots, has given rise to the specific name. The flowers have 

 in the evening a faint odour of Meadowsweet. A native of 

 Ecuador. (111. Hort., 1870, t. 21.) 



O. Edwardii {Rchb. /.). — In the colour of the flowers this 

 species is exceptional, no other Odontoglossum being at all like 

 it. Being easily cultivated, and a free plant to bloom, it has 

 become a very popular Orchid, although its flowers are rather 

 small. The pseudo-bulbs are 4iin. long, ovoid, and two-leaved. 

 The leaves are ift. or more long. Flower-spike almost erect, 

 very stout, branched, and crowded with flowers, each lin. across. 

 All the segments are about equal in size and form ; they are 

 oblong, wavy, and coloured violet-purple or puce, except the 

 crest, which is yellow. Introduced from Ecuador, and flowered 

 for the first time in England in 1880. It requires cool treat- 

 ment, and plenty of water when growing. It usually flowers in 

 early spring. (B. M., t. 6771.) 



