THE ORCHID REVIEW. 49 
ODONTOGLOSSUM CHIRIQUENSE. 
THE annexed figure represents the fine specimen of Odontoglossum chiri- 
quense, Rchb. f., which was exhibited by W. G. Groves, Esq., Hole- 
hird, Windermere, at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on July 
12th last, under the name of O. coronarium, and to which a Silver Flora 
Medal was awarded in recognition of its excellent culture. A comparison 
shews that it is not the typical O. coronarium, Lindl., but what has been 
Fic. 8. ODONTOGLOSSUM CHIRIQUENSE. 
called var. chiriquense, Veitch (Man. Orch.,i, p- 23), and in reality a distinct 
though allied species, O. chiriquense, Rchb. f. (in Bot. Zett., 1852, p. 692). 
It was originally discovered by Warscewicz on the Cordillera of Chiriqui, at 
8000 to gooo feet elevation, and is said to have been first introduced to 
cultivation some thirty or more years later by Messrs. F. Sander and Co., of 
