LURIDUM = (West Indies) 
Heavy, large growing plants with leathery 1! to 2! 
leaves from a bulbless rhizome. Foliage dark green 
peppered with browne Long flover spikes, 3! to 12°, 
many branched with beautiful 1" to 2" flowers of 
clear browns and yellow-greens, nearly covered with 
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MICROCHILUM - (Guatemala) Spring, Sumer, Fall 
Habit similar to Splendidum in both plant and flower 
spikes but with considerably smaller flowers. Sepals 
and petals pale brown marked with yellow, the lip 
with the front lobe small, the sides whitish, basally 
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ODORATUM (Source ?) Winter and Spring 
A very beautiful, unidentified, dwarf-growing species, 
very compact in habit with many flowers, One of the most 
beautiful of all -Oncidiums when grown as a specimen plant. 
Slender bulbs up to 23" to 3" high with leaves up to ", 
Flower spikes just reach above the tops of the foliage 
and branch; each spike will ] have 3 to 5 quite large 
flowers, each measuring about 15" across. Very tree 
flowering, so that when in full ‘flower the inflorescence 
forms what resembles an umbrella over the tips of the 
leaves. Flowers are a good yellow marked with brown, 
exceedingly fragrant at certain times of the day or 
nisht and excellent keepers. We use Odoratum both as 
an exhibition show plant and for flower arrangement 
work. <A plant or two should be in every collection.ss%5.00 to 15.00 
ORNITHORYNCHUM = (Mexico and Guatemala) Fall and Winter 
A nice, compact, rather dwarf-growing plant with bulbs 
up to 3" and leaves 7" to 12", Flower scapes arch and 
branch 1' to 2! long with a great many very fragrant 
flowers measuring up to 1" across vertically, of a 
beautiful lilac color with a deeper lip and a lovely, 
contrasting yellow crest. Ornithorynchum is decidedly 
a show plant and should be included in every collection. 
It is a good grower and small to medium sige plants will 
soon makeup into beautiful specimens.cccecsseccenes$5e00 to 15400 
PAPILIO - (West Indies) 
In habit of growth it resembles Oncidium Kramcrianum 
except the tuibs and foliage are not so brightly marked. 
In flower size and sJape it is the same with the ex- 
ception that in ba: the reddysh-mahogany colorings 
Papilio has . and yeladferoms. The flower 
stem is a at, reed-] n and the flowers 
are borne s ty and as i e er and drop another 
bud is forming immediate so that there is practically 
a steady continuation of blooms. Papilio, as in Kramer- 
ainum, will grow nicely into specimens with three to 
four flower spikes, and when this is attained there is 
usually a flower or two in evidence for monthSeesees55e00 to 10.00 
POWELLII ~ (Central America) Spring 
Powellii is a very interesting and unusual Oncidiun, 
in plant appearance resembling some of the Brassias; 
having either crect or arching spikes with short 
branches and flowers sometimes measuring 3" to 33" 
acrosse The sepals and petals are rather narrow and 
the flower colorings are mostly browns and yellowse.$7e50 to 15.00 
