PAXTON’S 
MAGAZINE OF GARDENING AND BOTANY. 
ONC1DIUM RIGBYANUM. (Mr. bw 8 oncic.) 
Class , Gynandria. Order, Monandria. Nat. Order, Orchidaceas .(Orchids, Veg. Kingd.) 
Generic Character .—Perianth showy. Sepals often 
undulated, lateral ones often connate with the lower part of 
the labellum. Petals similar. Labellum very large, spurless, 
continuous with the column, variously lobed, tubercled or 
crenulated at the base. Column free, semi-cylindrical, 
winged at the top on both sides. Anthers usually two-celled ; 
rostellum sometimes shortened, sometimes elongated and 
beaked. Pollen-masses two, furrowed behind ; caudicula 
plain ; gland oblong. 
Specific Character.— Plant an epiphyte. Pseudo-bulbs 
something cylindrical, three inches long. Leaves two or 
three on the summit of each pseudo-bulb, erect, lanceolate. 
Flowers paniculate. Scape one foot long. Sepals and Petals 
bright lemon-yellow, varied in the centre of each, with 
numerous dark-brown spots. Labellum large, spreading, 
two-lobed, somewhat curled at the edges, bright-yellow, 
spotted with dark-brown. 
Authorities and Synonymes.— O ncidium, Swartz. On- 
cidium Rigbyanum of the Nurseries. 
This new Oncid was purchased by Mr. Henderson, of Pine-Apple Place, London, at a 
sale of the Nursery stock of the late Mr. Pigby, a plant-grower at Brompton, and is known 
in the nursery of the above-named gentlemen as Oncidium Rigbyanum. 
VOL. i. — no. IX. 
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