ONCID1UM 
A large and popular genus of epiphy¬ 
tal Orchids, with some 300 species, 
distributed through Mexico, Cen¬ 
tral and Tropical America 
and the West Indies. They 
require plenty of moisture 
and a sweet atmosphere 
when growing, but when 
growth iscompleted, water 
should be applied earefullv. 
May be grown in either 
pots, pans or baskets, pre¬ 
ferably the latter, as many 
of these species are of ramb¬ 
ling habit. 
Each 
ONCIDIUM ampliatum majus. Flowers bright 
canary-yellow with 1 to 2 red-brown blotches; 
very fine. Colombia and Central America.... $2.50 
O. anthocrene. Very rare and beautiful. 
$15.00 to 25.00 
O. barbatum. . 1.50 to 2.50 
O. bicallosum . 2.50 
O. Carthaginense. Colombia. 2.00 
O. Cavendishianum. A showy species of bold 
habit. Flowers bright yellow, in great abund¬ 
ance and tall branching scapes; sepals spotted 
with bright chestnut, petals of same color, lip 
pure bright yellow. Winter months. Mexico and 
Guatemala.$1.50 to 2.00 
Oncidium Marshallianum. See page 41 
Each 
O. Cebolleta. Colombia. $2.50 
O. concolor. A beautiful species with 
flowers measuring from 1^2 to 2 inches 
across, on radical scapes in long pen¬ 
dulous racemes; pure yellow. 
March-June. Brazil. 2.50 
O. crispum (Brown Butterfly Or¬ 
chid). Flowers much crisped and 
undulated, bright chestnut 
brown, sometimes spotted and 
margined with yellow. Brazil. 
October-December. $1.50, $2.50 to 3.50 
O. curtum. A beautiful Orchid 
with flowers of chestnut-'.jrown 
barred with bright yellow. Bra- 
’>0 zil.$1.50, $2.50 to 3.50 
O. flexuosum. Flowers golden- 
yellow on long graceful spikes. 
Brazil.$2.00 to 3.00 
O. Forbesii. Flowers 2J^ inches 
across, bright chestnut-brown with a narrow 
golden-yellow border. Brazil. October-De¬ 
cember.$1.50 to 2.50 
O. fuscatum. A very beautiful species. Se¬ 
pals and petals are brownish red, whitish at 
tips; lip rosy purple shading to white; disc red- 
IDown; base white. February-March. (See 
illustration page 11.) .$1.50 to 2.50 
O. cornigerum .$2.50 to 5.00 
Oncidium crispum 
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