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resembling Heli otrope. In the Taricty alhiflorum , the 

 soft rose-colour is changed to pure ^vhite. Winter 

 months. Cool damp regions of ^lexico. 



0. Famlio (the Butterliv thiivos best upon a block 

 ol wood; pseudo-bulbs compressed, dark green, some- 

 times freckled with red, bearing a single broad ob- 

 tuse leaf, leatherN^ in texture, deep green, marbled 

 with reddish-bro^\-n. Spike erect, some two feet or 

 more high, bearing on the 

 apex a single large flower, 

 which is succeeded by others 

 from lateral buds ; sepals 

 narrow, erect ; petals spread- 

 ing, slightly deflexed, broad 

 at base, tapering to a point, 

 the groimd-colour golden- 

 yellow, transversely baiTed 

 with chestnut-brown, mar- 

 gin plain and entire : the 

 lip large and flat, golden- 

 yellow broadly margined 

 with rich brown. Sum- 

 mer months. Caraccas, Ve- 

 nezuela. 



0. Fhalmnop&ls. — A dwarf 

 species, resembling 0. cu- 

 caUatum in growth, and 

 requiring the same treat- 

 ment; pseudo- bulbs ovate, 

 about three inches high, 

 bearing in pairs upon the 

 summit its dark green nar- 

 row leaves. Sjape erect, 

 three to six-flo^\ ercd : sepal? 

 and pet-als cream-colour, 

 blotched and barred trans- 

 versely with -siolet and crim- 

 son : lip large, somewhat 

 fiddle - shaped, bi-lobed in 

 front, creamy-white, beau- 

 tifully spotted towards the 

 base with- violet and crim- 

 son, crest deep yellow. AVinter months. Peru, at 

 gTeat elevations. 



0. phyraatoclulum. — Although not so showy as 

 some species, this plant is always pleasing. Pseudo- 

 bulbs fusiform, compressed, and dull purplish-brown 

 in colour ; leaves solitary, leathery in textui-e, and 

 deep green ; scape erect, slender, twelve to eighteen 

 inches long, and bearing many flowers ; sepals and 

 petals nearly equal, linear and curled, bright green, 

 spotted with reddish-brown ; lip flat, pure white, 

 the crest yellow, with a few purphsh spots in front. 

 Spring and early smnmer. Mexico. 



0. sarcodes. — A comparatively dwarf-growing and 

 very compact plant. The pseudo-bulbs tapering 



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upwards, very deep green ; leaves in pairs, oblong- 

 obtuse, shining dark green ; the scape erect, much 

 branched, many-flowered ; these vary considerably 

 in the density of the markings : sepids and petals {in 

 the example before us) deep ciimson, tipped with 

 deep orange-yellow, where they are more or less 

 spotted with crimson ; lip orange-yellow, crimson at 

 base, and the front lobe ornamented with round 

 crimson spots. Its very 

 handsome flowers last long 

 in beauty. Spring and 

 early summer. Sao Paulo, 

 Brazil. 



0. serratuYa. — A strong 

 grower, "^ith large, oval 

 pseudo - bulbs, and rigid, 

 dark green leaves. Scape 

 ten to fouiteen feet long, 

 much blanched and twin- 

 ing ; flowers large ; sepals 

 and petals usually deep, 

 rich brown, bordered with 

 yellow, and beautifully crisp 

 or serrated on the edges ; 

 lip small, yellow, with a few 

 brown markings. "Winter 

 and spring months. Peru, 

 at considerable elevations. 



0. sessile. — This species is 

 compact in growth, and very 

 free - flowering. Paeudo - 

 bulbs oblong, slightly com- 

 pressed and furrowed, bear- 

 ing a pair of somewhat 

 short, obtuse, ligulate leaves, 

 thin in texture, and pale 

 green. Scape erect, much 

 branched ; sepals and petals 

 about equal, sessile (hence 

 the name), yellow, spotted 

 near the base with rich 

 brown ; lip broad and 

 Spiing and early summer. 



flat, the same colour, 

 Caraccas. 



0. tigrinuiu, var. sphndidttm. — As its name implies, 

 this is a splendid variety-, and vmfortunately still 

 very rare. Pseudo-bulbs nearly round, stout, com- 

 pressed, about three inches high, deep green, bear- 

 ing a single, thick and hard, oblong-obtuse, dark 

 gi'een leaf. Scape erect, upwards of two feet high, 

 much branched, ten to twenty- flowered : sepals and 

 petals nearly equal, turned back, and slightly waved 

 on the edges: ground-colour yellow, transversely 

 banded with rich brown ; lip very large, spreading, 

 slightly bi-lobed in fi-ont, clear brilliant yeUow. Spring 

 and early summer. Irapcean Mountains, Mexico. 



