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Odontoglossum. 

 cinnamon, crenulate at the margins ; crest toothed. A most 

 distinct and desirable species, aUied to O. Schillerianum, and 

 supposed to be one of the parents of the variable natural hybrid 

 O. AdriancE. Colombia, 1SS9, 



O. Insleayi {Barker). — The pseudo-bulbs, leaves, and flower- 

 spike of this are similar to those of O. grande. The flowers are 

 from 2in. to 4in. across ; the sepals and petals are oblong, wavy, 

 yellow, transversely banded with dull reddish-brown ; the lip is 

 spoon-shaped, bright yellow, dotted near the margin with cinnamon. 

 This species is a native of Mexico, whence it was introduced 

 about 1S40, It was then lost to collections for about twenty 

 years, and, as Mr. Bateman observes, "its re-appearance is entirely 

 due to the adoption of the rational system of cool treatment now 

 prevailing, under which it may be cultivated with the greatest 

 ease." We cannot agree with this statement, as we find that it 

 does best under slightly warmer and drier conditions than those 

 obtaining in the Odontoglossum-house. (See note in reference 

 to culture under O. grande.) It blooms at various times of the 

 year, but mostly in the autumn. (Batem. Monog., t. 4.) 



Var. kopardimun. — Sepals and petals deep yellow, barred across 

 with bands of reddish-crimson ; lip rich yellow, beautifully 

 bordered all round with spots and dots of the same dark 

 colour. 



A^ar, splendens. — Flowers very large, of a uniform ochre- 

 yellow, except the lip, which is zoned with red blotches. 

 (R., t 7.) 



O. I. macranthum {Lindl). — A synonym of O. Schlieperianum. 



O. Kegeljani {E. Morr). — A robust and handsome kind, 

 similar to O. Hallii in pseudo-bulbs and foliage. Flower- 

 spikes 2ft. long, arching, and branched ; flowers sin. across ; 

 sepals and petals broad, acute at the points, lemon-yellow, with 

 red-brown blotches; lip oblong, with a crisped edge, red-brown, 

 bordered with yellow; column white, with brown blotches. It 

 flowers in April and May, and requires cool, moist treatment all 

 the year round. Syn. O. polyxantJmm {Rchb.f.). (W. O. A., vi., 

 t. 258.) 



O. Krameri {Rchb. f). — A small plant, with almost round, 

 compressed pseudo-bulbs liin. in diameter, and bearing each 

 only one leaf, which is about Sin. long. Flower-spike short, 

 three- to five-flowered ; flowers i^in. across ; sepals and petals 

 similar, pale violet in the centre, shading off to white at the 

 margin; lip with a two-lobed apex, purplish in colour, with 



