Oncidium 



yellow, lip yellow, with a mottling of brown abont 

 the edge. It likes a block, or at least a basket. 

 April to July. Brazil. 1847. 5s. Figured, p. 19.5. 



Dasytijlc (thick style). — Small, buff in colour. At 

 the throat a big shining excrescence, purple black, 

 like a fly or beetle. Pretty, and, above all, curious. 

 Block or basket. January to April. Brazil. 1873. 

 3s. Qd. 



IJ ivaricatum. — Singularly free to bloom. It bears 

 long branched spikes with many flowers, yellow 

 and red brown. Summer. Brazil, os. Qd. 



Excavatuvi. — Vide aurosum. 



Flexiiosum (twining). — A climbing species, admired 

 by every one. Small flowers, but many of them. 

 Yellow, closely barred with brown, lip broad, golden 

 yellow. Best grown on a tree-fern stem, or a long 

 block planted in a pot, where its very straggling, 

 slender roots can find moisture. May to July. 

 Brazil. 1818. 3s. \jd. F'ujurcd, p. 196. 



Forhcsi (Mr. Forbes, gardener to the Duke of 

 Bedford in 1837). — Allied to curhmi. Large, rich 

 yellow, very heavily blotched with chestnut, mar- 

 gined with yellow. A great favourite. " We can 

 never meet the demand for One. Forhcsi," says Mr. 

 Sander. (N.B. — Thrips also are specially fond 

 of it.) Block or basket. April to July or autumn. 

 Brazil. 1837. 5s. Figured, p. 198. 



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