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O. candidxim (Palumbina Candida). — A small- growing 



species with creamy-white flowers tinged with 



yellow. Guatemala, 1840 (/). 

 O. carthaginense. — Produces large leaves 15 inches 



or more in length, and immense panicles of small 



flowers, these being white spotted with purple. 



Central America, 1804 (/). 

 0. Cavendishianuji. — Handsome, non-bulbous kind, 



with large vigorous spikes of flowers. Guatemala, 



1835 (i). 



O CfiKiROPHORTJM. — A sweetly-scented and beautiful 



little plant, with golden - yellow blossoms. 



Chiriqui, 1848 (c). 

 0. Chrysodipterum. — Produces long scandent spikes 



of yellow-brown and purple flowers. South 



America, 1891 (i). 

 O. CONCOLOR. — Beautiful little species, bearing spikes 



of self-coloured clear yellow blossoms. Organ 



Mountains, 1837 (c). 

 0. corn igerum.— Pseudo-bulbs 3 inches high ; flower 



spikes 18 inches, branched. Brazil, 1829 (/). 

 O. Chispum. — A popular species with bright, shining 



brown flowers on tall scapes. Brazil, 1830 (»'). 

 Croesus. — Small-growing plant with yellow 



flowers, and a large purple blotch on the hp. 



Brazil, 1872 (i). 

 O. CTJCUXLATUM. — A variable kind ; the flowers small ; 



rosy-purple and white in the type. There are 



several named varieties. Ecuador, 1841 (c). 

 O. curtttm.— Fine species, bearing tall spikes that last 



long in beauty". Brazil, 1847 (*). 

 0. dasytyle. — Flowers very small, yellow with large 



purple blotch on the lip. Brazil, 1873 (/). 

 0. divaricatum. — A vigorous grower with many- 

 flowered spikes. Brazil, 1826 (?'). 

 0. excavatum (aurosum). — Spikes a couple of yards 



in length ; flowers very bright. Peru, 1839 (c). 

 0. FLEXtroSTJM. — The individual flowers are small, 



but the light and elegant spikes are very beauti- 

 ful. Brazil, 1818 (t). 

 O. Forbesi. — One of the finest of the orispum 



section ; very free-flowering, on tall scapes ; 



flowers brown, .shining, with a very beautiful 



yellow margin. Brazil, 1837 («'). 

 0. Gardneri. — A fine species, closely allied to the 



last named. Organ Mountains, 1843 (i). 

 O. Gravesiandm. — One of the latest additions to the 



O. crispum set, producing branched spikes of 



flowers 2 inches across. Brazil, 1891 (t). 

 (). h.ematochilum. — Very like 0. Lanceanum, and a 



pretty species with large leaves dark green, spotted 



with brown. The flowers are 2 inches across, 



greenish- yellow, spotted with brown ; lip crimson. 



Guatemala, 1847 (i). 



0. Harrisonianum. — A neat, small-flowering species, 

 with greyish foliage and erect spikes of yellow 

 and red flowers. Brazil, 1832 (i). 



0. iiastatum. — A singular old species, remarkable for 

 its colour, chocolate brown, yellow green, and 

 dark red, being peculiarly contrasted in its flowers. 

 Mexico, 1837 (■/). 



0. incurvum (albo-violaceum). — A pretty and free 

 species, bearing long arching spikes of rosy-white 

 and purple flowers. There is also a white variety. 

 Mexico, 1840 (i). 



0. insculpttjm. — A strong-growing kind, with scan- 



Fig. 72. Oncidium maceanthum. 



dent flower spikes 10 feet long. Flowers brown, 

 margined yellow ; lip greyish-blue, an unusual 

 tint in Oncidiums. Ecuador, 1872 (i). 



0. Jonesianum. — Leaves terete. Flowered spikes 

 drooping ; flowers whitish or cream, with chest- 

 nut-brown spots ; lip white. Paraguay, 1878 (h). 



0. Kramerianum. — One of the Butterfly Orchids, the 

 blossoms occurring singly on a tall, wiry scape, 

 which must not be removed when the flower fades 

 as they produce blossoms . successively for many 

 years, five or six in a season. It bears some 

 resemblance to a butterfly, the sepals being brown, 



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