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the lip bright yellow, with a red-brown margin. 



Central America, 1852 (h). 

 O. lamelligerum. — A fine species of the 0. macran- 



thum set. Ecuador, 1875 (c). 

 O. Lanceanum. — Beautiful non-bulbous species, with 



big. 73. Oncidiuh oknithorhynchum album. 



green, dark-spotted leaves, and large erect scapes 

 of flowers ; the sepals and petals are greenish- 

 yellow, marked with brown ; the lip usually some 

 shade of purple-violet or rose. Surinam, 1834 (h). 

 0. letjchochllttm:. — Sepals and petals yellowish- 

 green, spotted with brown ; bp white. Mexico, 

 1835 (c). 



0. longipes. — Very similar to, if not synonymous 

 with, O. Croesus. 



O. luridttm. — A non-bulbous species. Flowers deep 

 chestnut-brown, with a few markings of yellow ; 

 variable. Tropical America, 1823 (/). 



0. macranthdm. — A popular and beautiful species, 

 bearing long, scandent spikes of large flowers. 

 Sepals yellow and brown, petals brown ; lip 

 violet-purple and white. This, and similar kinds, 

 like large pots, with rough, open compost and 

 good drainage. New Grenada, 1868 (c), (Fig. 72). 



0. Marshallianum. — One of the most beautiful and 



showy of all cool orchids, having long, branching, 

 many-flowered scapes. Habit and treatment as 

 0. crispum. Brazil, 1865 (c). 



O. obryzatum.— Spikes about 4 feet long, many- 

 flowered. Peru, 1852 (c). 



0. ornithorhynciium. — A neat, small - flowering 

 species, having long, many - flowered spikes. 

 Flowers white in the variety album (Fig. 73), rosy- 

 hlac in the type ; lip yellow. Mexico, 1836 (c). 



0. PAPILIO. — Very similar to 0. Kramerianum, but 

 flowers larger. The treatment needed is identical. 

 Trinidad, 1824 (h). 



0. phymatochilum. — A very beautiful plant, with 

 large, elegant, branching spikes. Flowers pale 

 yellow and white, with reddish spots. Brazil, 

 1840 (0- 



0. pr^textum. — A fine species, very like 0. crispum. 



Brazil, 1873 (•/). 

 0. pubes. — Tapering pseudo-bulbs, about 3 inches 



high ; spikes 18 inches in length. Minas Geraes, 



1824 (/). 



0. pulchellum. — A very pretty bttle species, with 

 rosy-white flowers. Demerara, 1827 (i). 



Fig. 74. Oncidium splendidum. 



0. PULViNATUii. — An attractive kind ; flowers on long 



branching spikes. Brazil, 1838 (i). 

 0. PtTMiLUM. — A small and quaint species, with 



crowded spikes of yellow flowers. Brazil, 1825 (i). 

 0. sarcodes. — One of the best and brightest of 



Oncidiums. Flowers 2 inches across, on arching 



racemes. Brazil, 1S49 (/'). 



