ODONTOGLOSSUM. 



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with elongated segments ; yellow, with chocolate 



spots, and heart-shaped lip. Guatemala, 1837 (c). 

 0. CORONARIUM. — Rather a difficult plant to grow, but 



some varieties are very beautiful. Requires a 



large pan or flat basket. Flowers on erect 



racemes, brown margined with yellow. New 



Grenada, 1847 (c). 

 O. crispum. — One of the finest and most popular 



orchids in existence, of which there are a great 



number of fine varieties dif- 

 fering greatly in colour, size, 



and substance. The typical 



form has white sepals and 



petals, with spots of chest- 

 nut brown ; the lip white, 



with a golden yellow crest, 



and often spots similar to 



those on the outer segments. 



Besides the type, we have 



yellow, rose - colour, and 



other shades, and one pure 



white variety. These cannot 



be mentioned and described 



in detail, but all the follow- 

 ing are good : aureum, Ches- 



tertoni, giganteum, Purity, 



guttatum, nobilius (Fig. 67), 



regime, roseum, Veitchia- 



num, virginalis, and Prince 



of Wales (Fig. 68). New 



Grenada, 1841 (c). 

 O. cristattjm. — Dwarf habit ; 



flowers yellow, with spots of 



purple. Peru, 1867 (c). 

 O. CROCiDirTERUM. — Flowers 



yellow, with orange-brown 



spots; crest white. New 



Grenada, 1870 (c). 

 O. Edwardi. — A very distinct 



species of strong habit, pro- 

 ducing large branching 



spikes of rosy - purple 



flowers, fragrant, but rather 



small individually. Ecuador, 1880 (c). 

 O. eleoans. — A supposed natural hybrid between 



0. cirrhosum and 0. cristatum. Ecuador (c). 

 O. GRANDE. — A striking and beautiful species, with 



very large, yellow flowers, boldly spotted and 



barred with brown, the whole surface shining as 



if varnished. Of this there are many varieties. 



Guatemala, 1837 (c). 

 O. gloriostjm. — A well-known kind, very nearly 



related, if not a synonym of 0. odoratum. 



0. Halli. — A variable plant, but very beautiful in all 

 its forms. Spike a yard or more high; flowers 

 yellow, with spots of brown. Nigrum (Fig. 69) is 

 a handsome variety Ecuador, 1864 (c). 



O. Harryanttm. — Very distinct in colour, and a beau- 

 tiful plant. Sepals and petals variable, usually 

 chocolate brown, with yellow markings ; lip white, 

 yellow, and purple. U.S. of Colombia, 1886 (»'). 



0. hastilabium. — An old-fashioned, but pretty 



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species. Sepals white and brown ; lip white and 



deep rose. New Grenada, 1843 (»'). 

 hebraicum. — Flowers whitish or yellow, streaked 



with reddish-brown. New Grenada, 1879 (c). 

 Horsmanni.— Probably a natural hybrid between 



0. Pescatorei and 0. luteo-purpureum. New 



Grenada, 1879 (c), 



Humeanum. — A pleasing natural hybrid, between 

 0. Rossi and 0. cordatum, or O. maculatum. 

 Mexico, 1876 (c). 



