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ODONTOGLOSSUM GRANDE. 
While speaking of the blossoms, we must not neglect to notice, that the specimen 
of which our drawing is an exceedingly good representation, was by no means 
strong or luxuriant ; so that a more vigorous plant will probably produce finer 
flowers. We may also remark that the flowers are extremely durable, having, 
after being detached from the plant when they had been expanded a fortnight, and 
kept for two days in a 
packing - case without 
moisture, remained per- 
fect (with the exception 
of the small protuberance 
just alluded to, which 
shrivelled in a few days) 
for three weeks, by 
merely immersing their 
stalks in water in an or- 
dinary apartment. As 
it was impossible, from 
their size, to show the 
which the 
manner in 
a wood- 
species grows, 
cut is subjoined. 
0. grande is now in 
several collections, but 
it has not hitherto, we 
believe, flowered in more 
than two. J. Bateman, 
Esq., of Knypersly, 
Cheshire, first succeeded 
in inducing it to bloom 
some time in 1840 ; and from a specimen which that gentleman imported from 
Guatemala, and kindly introduced to the gardens of His Grace the Duke of Devon- 
shire, at Chatsworth, blossoms were obtained in December last. 
Mr. Skinner, who found this species in several places, states that it flourished 
most in a temperature of from 60 to 70 degrees Fahrenheit, in damp shady places. 
The little experience we have yet had in its culture decidedly confirms this 
declaration. In summer it thrives in a cool house, which is kept moist and shaded ; 
and may either be fastened to a block of wood, or planted in a pot filled with 
sphagnum moss, in which it roots freely. Dryness and a very moderate tempera- 
ture are desirable through the winter ; and it may be propagated in the usual way. 
