402 



ORCHIDS 



Onciclium, 



placed in the cool intermediate-house, where it should have 

 plenty of light and moisture when growing. It blossoms in May. 



Brazil, 1865. (B. M., 



t- 5725-) 



O. olivaceum 



(// B. A':).— This is 

 referred to under O. cu- 

 ciillatum. 



O. ornithorhynchum 



(//. B. K.).—K dwarf, 

 compact, free - flowering 

 plant, of easy culture. It 

 has smooth, ovate, com- 

 pressed pseudo-bulbs, 2in. 

 long, each bearing a pair 

 of grass-like leaves loin. 

 long. The flower-scapes 

 aie thin and arched, 

 about I ft. long, branched, 

 md many-flowered. The 

 flowers are barely lin. 

 across ; sepals and 

 petals small, oblong, 

 wavy ; lip three- 

 lobed or fiddle- 

 shaped, the lateral 

 lobes small and 

 notched, the 



middle lobe much 

 the largest, split at 

 the apex, and bear- 

 ing a conspicuous 

 warty, five - ridged 

 crest: column 

 short, with a long, 

 curved rostellum. 

 The colour of the whole 

 flower is soft rose-purple 

 — a most unusual one in 

 the genus. The flowers 

 are developed during the 

 autumn and winter, and exhale a sweet, hay-like perfume for 

 the whole month or so during which they last. This species 

 may be grown in the Odontoglossum-house. It likes shade 



FlOWER OF 



oxciDiu^r Pahlio 



(nat. size). 



