276 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Odontoglossum Lindleyanum is one of the most widely distributed off 
New Granadan species, and occurs on the eastern Cordillera in varigg 
localities between Bogota and Ocafia, and on the central one from t 
Nevada de Tolima northwards. It is only in the Bogota district, where it 
habitat overlaps that of O. crispum, that the particular hybrid now unk 
consideration occurs, and most of the plants in cultivation have flowered a 
of importations of the latter. 
The appearance of this hybrid dates from 1872, when a plant floweredi 
the establishment of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, of Chelsea, ina 
importation of Odontoglossum crispum. It was sent to Prof. Reichenbath 
-who named it O. x Coradinei, after one of the collectors who sent it hom 
The author described it as a beautiful thing, probably a hybrid betweenl 
triumphans and some species of the O. odoratum group, which, however,’ 
clearly not the case. This original form has flowers considerably smal 
than those of O, crispum; the sepals and petals light yellow, with onet 
three chestnut-brown blotches; the lip rather small, entire, apiculate, al 
light yellow, with a large chestnut-brown blotch in front of the two calli 
and the column longer, with nearly entire wings. All these characters si! 
a decided approach to O. Lindleyanum. | 
The variety hemileucum differs chiefly in having a white ground to the 
flowers, and smaller, more numerous spots. It appeared in 1883, in th 
establishment of Mr. W. Bull, of Chelsea. 
The variety grandiflorum appeared in the collection of M. Charl 
Vuylsteke, of Loochristy, Ghent. It has rather larger flowers, and, accott 
ing to the figure, bears a considerable resemblance to O. x excellens: 9) 
triumphans is again spoken of as one parent, which in this case may le 
correct, though, if so, it must be transferred elsewhere. It is difficult ® 
judge without seeing a flower. oa | 
Odontoglossum x ligulare apparently belongs here, and chiefly differs ® 
its darker ground colour and broader lip. The sepals and petals # 
‘described as nearly orange, with two or three great brown blotches, 
the lip unusually broad, and lighter yellow, with the disc wholly covered by 
a large dark-brown blotch. It appeared in the collection of Sir N.™ 
| Rothschild, Tring Park, 
This hybrid is also very variable, though probably less so than the 
preceding ones, and in the majority of cases the influence of O. Lindleyat™” } 
Preponderates, especially in the lip and column. ‘The inflorescent®® 
unbranched, as in both parents. The sepals and petals are usually r4™ 
narrow, but in some forms, especially in the original one, there is an4@PE | 
_ fathe broader Segments of O. crispum. The ground colour may dt 
nearly white, as in this parent, though more commonly it is some SHA” - 
‘Yellow, with few or numerous, large or smaller, chestnut-brown spo: 0.x) 
form has narrow and elongated segments analogous with thosé of A ‘ 
