ODONTOGLOSSUMS [Continued] 
Species Description 
O. SCHLEIPERIANUM 
Spikes 1 to 6 flowered, sepals and petals pale sulphur 
yellow barred brown. Blooms in Spring. 
O. URO-SKINNERI 
Scapes 2 to 3 feet high, occasionally branched, 10 to 30 
flowers. Sepals and petals greenish, marked with chest- 
nut brown. Lip large rose colored marbled with white. 
Blooms in the Spring. 
ONCIDIUMS 
O. ALTISSIMUM 
Scapes 3 to 5 feet high, many flowered. Flowers about 11/2 
inches across, sepals and petals pale yellow, barred and 
blotched with chestnut brown. Lip yellow marked with red- 
brown. Blooms in Summer. 
O. BICALLOSUM 
Scapes about 18 inches high, flowers medium size, sepals 
and petals yellow, shaded with brown-green. Lip bright 
yellow dotted red. Blooms in Winter. 
O. CAVENDISHIANUM 
Scapes 2 to 4 feet high, branching. Flowers | to 2 inches 
across. Flowers yellow, spotted with red, lip bright yellow. 
Winter bloomer. 
O. CRISPUM 
Scapes | to 3 feet high, branched. Flowers large, sepals 
greenish-brown petals rich chestnut brown, lip large, rich 
chestnut-brown, spotted red at the base. Fall and Winter 
bloomer. 
O. FLEXUOSUM 
Scapes 2 to 3 feet high, branched apically, many flowered. 
Flowers about 1 inch in diameter. Sepals and petals red- 
brown, tipped greenish-yellow. Lip bright canary-yellow. 
Blooms in Summer. 
O. KAIULANI, (O. Flexuosum X Omithorynchum) 
Large spray of small pink flowers; a very attractive spray. 
O. OBLONGATUM 
Scapes erect, branched, flowers of medium size, light yel- 
low, spotted with reddish-brown. Many flowered. Blooms 
in the Spring. 
O. PAPILIO 
Scapes 1 to 2 feet high, flowers large. Dorsal sepal and 
petals 3 to 5 inches long. Lateral sepals chestnut-red, with 
yellow bars. Lip canary-yellow, margined red. Never cut 
the flower scapes as they keep blooming from the old 
scape. Called the dancing lady, orchid. Continuous 
bloomer. 
O. PARANAPIRACAPENSIS 
Tall spikes of many small yellow and brown flowers. 
Variable as to blooming season. 
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