ONCIDIUM 
A large and popular genus of epiphy¬ 
tal Orchids, with some 300 species, 
distributed through Mexico, Cen¬ 
tral and Tropical Amer¬ 
ica and the West Indies. 
They require plenty of mois¬ 
ture and a sweet atmos¬ 
phere when growing, but 
when growth is completed, 
water should be applied 
carefully. May be grown 
in either pots, pans or 
baskets, preferably the lat¬ 
er, as many of these species 
are of rambling habit. 
ONCIDIUM ampliation majus. Flowers Each 
bright canary-yellow with 1 to 2 red-brown 
blotches; very fine. Colombia and Central 
America ... $2.50 
O. anthocrene. 
O. barbatum 
O. Carth.aginen.se. Colombia .. 2.00 
O. Cavendishiamon. A showy species of 
bold habit. Flowers bright yellow, in great 
abundance 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 
Very rare and beautiful.... 25.00 
.$1.50 to 2.50 
OncidiumfMarshallianum. See j>age 40 
Each 
O. Ceholleta. Colombia .$2.50 
O. crispum. Flowers much 
crisped and undulated, bright 
chestnut-brown, sometimes 
spotted and margined with 
yellow. Brazil. $1.50, $2.50 to 3.50 
O. graminif olium. Flowers large on 
long-branched scapes; yellow blotched 
with brown ; lip bright yellow. . . $2.50 to $3.50 
O. concolor. A beautiful species 
with flowers measuring from 1% 
to 2 inches across, on radical 
scapes in long pendulous ra¬ 
cemes ; pure yellow. March- 
June. Brazil. 
2.50 
3.50 
O. flexnosum. Flowers golden- 
yellow on long graceful 
spikes. Brazil .$2.00 to 
3.00 
O. Forbesii. Flowers 2% 
inches across, bright chestnut- 
brown with a narrow golden- 
yellow border. Brazil .$1.50 to 
2.5Q 
O. curium. A beautiful Or¬ 
chid with flowers of chestnut- 
brown barred with bright yel¬ 
low. Brazil. $1.50, $2.50 to 
Oncidium crispum* See £age 37 
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