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first sight it recalled both O. crispum and O. prestans. Afterwards it 
appeared in the collection of J. Day, Esq., of Tottenham, and then in that 
of Sam Mendel, Esq., of Manchester, from an importation made by Messrs. 
James Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea; when Reichenbach again wrote about 
it, as probably a hybrid between O. crispum and O. prestans or gloriosum ; 
adding that Mr. Harry Veitch at once had the idea of its being a hybrid 
between O. crispum and O. gloriosum. The latter is certainly correct, for 
the plant presents the most unmistakable combination of the characters 
of the two species, with which it grows, while O. prestans, being a native 
of Peru, may at once be dismissed as out of the question. Sis, 
Besides being the first hybrid Odontoglossum known, it is also the most 
variable, for a multitude of forms have since appeared which owe.-their descent 
to the intercrossing of the same two species, most of which deviate consider- 
ably from the original type, and many of them have received distinctive names, 
as if derived from a different cross. Distinct they certainly are in a florist’s 
Sense, and some of them, at least, will probably retain their names in 
gardens, though others are barely, if at all, distinguishable, and even the 
Most distinct are connected by intermediate forms. We may now glance 
at these different forms, taking them as. nearly as possible in the order in 
which they appeared. 
0. x Andersonianum, as seen in its original form, has broadish segments 
anda white ground, with cinnamon, somewhat longitudinal spots. Subse- 
“quent arrivals showed variations in shape and breadth of segments, also in 
the number of spots and their depth of colour, and several of them received 
Varietal Names, as angustatum, lobatum, tenue, splendens, etc. 
0. x limbatum appeared in 1870, in the collection of J. Day, Esq., of 
Tottenham, and is characterised by its sepals being suffused with rose- 
Purple, and the petals and lip white, with some red-brown spots round the 
Margin of the latter. A darker form was afterwards called variety 
Violaceum, 
0. x Ruckerianum appeared in 1873, in the collection of S. Rucker, Esq., 
of Wandsworth. The sepals and petals are more or less deeply suffused 
with Purplish rose, and variously spotted with brown. Fine forms have 
Since been called varieties splendens and insigne. 
0. x baphicanthum appeared in 1876, with Messrs. James Veitch and 
Sons, of Chelsea. ‘The flowers are sulphur-yellow, with a few chestnut 
‘Pots, and a suffusion of purple on the sepals and petals. 
— Ox Jenningsianum appeared in 1878, also with Messrs. James Veitch 
© Sons, The flowers aie creamy white, with many small cinnamon 
Spots, which are especially numerous in the petals. The varieties parcl- 
suttatum and limbatum subsequently appeared. ae 
le 0.x hebraicum appeared in 1879, with Mr. William Bull, of Chelsea. 
has pale yellow or sulphur flowers, with brown spots and stripes, some- 
