﻿September, 1904] 



THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



ONCIDIUM AMPLIATUM. 



Oncidium ampliatum is a very handsome Central American species 

 which has long been popular in gardens. It was originally discovered by 

 Cuming, near the Gulf of Nicoya, in Costa Rica, and shortly afterwards 

 introduced to cultivation by Richard Harrison, Esq., of Liverpool, in 

 whose collection it flowered for the first time in March, 1835, when it 



Fig. 42. O.VCIDIUM AMPLIATUM. 



was figured in the Botanical Register it. 1,699). It is evidently widely 

 diffused in America, having since been found in Guatemala, the Isthmus of 

 Panama, the province of Santa Martha, the Rio Magdalena district, and in 

 the Island of Trinidad. In the Magdalena district it is said to grow on 



