The Culture of Greenhouse Orchids 



and fjloriosum. A good example bears a tall branch- 

 ing spike with many large flowers, yellow, heavily 

 blotched with pale brown ; the great fringed lip is 

 yellow, with a splash of brown in the middle. 

 Spring. New Clranada. 42s. 



Nfcvium (freckled;.— White, thickly speckled 

 with rosy purple, the edges wavy. April and May. 

 New Granada. 1842. 21.s. 



Nchidosum (cloud-like). — Large and broad. White, 

 dotted at the base of sepal and petal and over all 

 the lip with pale brownish red. Somewhat reluctant 

 to bloom. Flowers with the young growth in 

 April and May. Mexico. 5s. 



Ncvadcnsc (from the Sierra Nevada). — A rare and 

 striking species. Sepals and petals bright chest- 

 nut edged with gold. Lip of curious form, white. 

 Spring. Columbia. 105s. 



Odoratwm (scented). — Yellow, blotched with choco- 

 late. Lip white, with a similar blotch. Strongly 

 scented. January and February. New Granada. 

 3s. 6</. 



Ocrstedi (Dr. Oersted, who discovered it). — A 

 small gem, snow-white, excepting a yellow patch 

 at the throat. April and May. Costa Eica. 1872. 

 7s. 6(7. 



Pescatoi'ci (General Pescatore, an amateur). — 

 Almost a rival to 0. crispum at a glance, and in 



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