Plate 477 . 
ONCIDIUM VARICOSUM, VAR. ROGERS! I. 
Some very fine species of yellow flowering Oncidiums have 
lately been shown at the London Exhibitions, and not only for 
their intrinsic beauty, but also for their season of flowering, have 
deservedly attracted the attention of that increasing number 
of horticulturists whose means enable them to gratify a 
taste for growing this most varied, singular, and beautiful tribe 
of plants. Amongst these recent introductions we may safely 
note as one of the most desirable that which we now figure. 
“ This Oncidium was first exhibited in London,” says Mons. 
H. C. Reichenbach fils, the most eminent authority on the 
subject, “ in November or December, 1808, under the name of 
Oncidium Rogersii. The flowers are quite as splendid as those of 
Oncidium 'pectinate and Oncidium Marshallianum. The habit, we 
are informed, is similar to that of the old Oncidium bifolium, 
and the number of flowers produced on a single panicle in a well 
grown example not less than 170! There can be no doubt 
that it is one of the best of recently introduced orchids, and all 
the more valuable for its flowering season. It has recently 
bloomed in a high state of perfection with Messrs. Veitch.” 
We have ourselves seen the beautiful plant of Messrs. Veitch, 
from which the drawing was taken by our artist, and it would 
be of course utterly impossible to give a correct notion of its 
extreme beauty, when so small a portion of it can be placed on 
