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ONCIDIUM MACEANTHUM. 
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ONCIDIUM MACRANTHUM. 
NE of the most remarkable of the orchidaceous epiphytes to be seen at the 
last meeting of the Boyal Horticultural Society was a fine plant of this 
® noble species from the collection of Lord Londesborough, at Grimston Park, 
Yorkshire. It was also recently shown in fine condition by M. Linden of 
Brussels, but the first specimen exhibited in this country came from Lord 
Londesborough’s collection some two or three years since. Whether in regard 
to its long scandent panicle, to the size of its unusually regular and leathery 
flowers, or their peculiar and, as it would seem, variable colour, it is, indeed, a 
most remarkable orchid. The colours differ considerably in different plants ; in 
