AND THB.IR MANAGEMENT. 



405 



Oncidium. 



house, and blossoms in spring. Guatemala and Mexico, 

 (B. M., t. 5S7S, as O. tigrimnn spkndidumi) 



1870. 



O. superbiens {Rchb. /.). — Similar to O. serratuni. Pseudo- 

 bulbs 4in. long, ovate, compressed, wrinkled when old. Leaves 

 ift. long, i-Hn. broad, leather)', acute-pointed, and keeled. 

 Flower-spike twining, 2ft. to 5ft. long, branched, many-flowered; 

 flowers 2i-in. across ; sepals stalked, broad, crisped and wavy, 

 reddish-brown, margined with yellow ; petals also stalked, 

 shorter than the sepals, re- 

 curved, very wavv, bright 

 yellow, with bands of reddish- 

 brown on the lower half; lip 

 small, purple, lanceolate, re- 

 curved, the crest consisting of 

 one large, blunt, lobed, yellow 

 tooth. This is an attractive 

 plant when in flower, but, like 

 all the plants belonging to the 

 group with large sepals and 

 petals and a very small lip, it 

 is not easy to flower, although 

 it grows freely and 

 keeps in robust 

 health in a cool 

 house under or- 

 dinary treatment. 

 Like Its allies, it 

 requires a liberal 

 allowance of root- 

 room and plenty of 

 water at all times. 

 Colombia, 1871. 

 (B. M., t. 5980.) 



O. tigrinum 



{Llav. and Lex.). — 

 A most beautiful 

 free-flowering, violet- 

 scented species, that 

 large, broadly ovate, 



Fig. 138. 



Flower of Oxcidium 

 serratum 



(nat. size). 



thrives under ordinary treatment. It has 

 compressed pseudo-bulbs, 3in. long, and 

 two-leaved. Leaves stout, leathery, bright green, about ift. long 

 by 2in. broad. Flower-spike stout, erect, 3ft. long, branched, 

 many-fiowered, each flower on a pedicel i-Jin. long, and 

 measuring 2i-in. across; sepals and petals equal, lin. long, 

 wavy, recurved, acute-pointed, rich reddish-brown, with a few 



