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ate house suiting it best. Grows admirably 
on cork. There are the following varieties: 
0. K. Chiriquense.— The same, but flowers 
two months later. 
0. K. fimbriatum.—A curious curled form 
is Sometimes found. 
0. K. album.—F lowers white. 
0. @rstedti, Rechb.—This charming little plant 
I consider to be an Alpine form of Od. Krame- 
ri, of which it is a diminutive. The numer- 
ous flowers are pure white with a yellow 
crest. ‘Treatment, of the coldest Alpine Odon- 
toglossum, with moisture all the year round. 
0. G@rstedti majus.—Two or three flowers on a 
short spike, while in the type the flowers are 
always single. Same culture. 
pdon ing lorsmn pulchelum, Batem.—The “‘ Lily of 
the Valley ’” Orchid. Intermediate, cool ; 
shade, always rather moist. 
0. pulchelum, var. — This is a larger-flowering 
orm, but not the var. Majus. Plant distinct 
from type; treatment, same as type, but much 
cooler. 
Odontoglossum Schlieperianum, Rchb. — Belongs 
to the quite distinct group of the O. grande 
and Insleayi; and, with its large yellow flow- 
ers spotted with brown, it always presents a 
beautiful sight. Intermediate; shade, and 
not too dry during rest. 
0. Schlieperianum citrinum.—A pure citron-yel- 
low form, without spots. Same treatment. 
0. Schreederianum. — A small-flowered form of 
Miltonia Schroederiana (which see); but the 
plant is much more robust. 
0. Warsewiczi.—See Miltonia Endresi. 
Oncidium. 
0. abortivum.—A curious little thing having a 
many-branched spike with one perfect flower 
on each extremity, all other flowers being 
aborted into short yellow filaments. Inter- 
mediate. 
0. altissimum.— Hot; needs watering all the year 
round. 
0. ampliatum majus, Ldl.—The Costa Rican form 
is one of the best. Warm, full amount of 
light; entirely dry in winter, until flowering 
time is over. 
0. ampliatum monstruosum. — Thus I called a 
new form with monstrous bulbs, whose in- 
floresence I as yet have not seen, but which, 
according to the natives, is immense. Ex- 
tremely rare. Same treatment. 
0. ansiferum.—A nice, little-known sort, with 
round flat bulbs, having a yellow margin. 
Yellow flower-spikes. Intermediate. 
0. bracteatum, Rchb.—-Intermediate. 
0. Carthaginense, Swartz.—A handsome plant of 
the bulbless group with large thick leaves. 
In this sort the uniform yellow of most Oncid- 
iums is replaced by an agreeable combination 
of white with crimson. Spreads from the Pa- 
cific coast up to about 3000 feet; likes plenty 
of light. 
0. cebolleta. — Common alongside the Pacific 
coast, where its fleshy cylindrical leaves cover 
the branches of smaller trees exposed to the 
full sun. 
0. cheirophorum, Rchb.—A little thing presenting 
a charming aspect, when plentiful and on the 
Same tree in flower, the innumerable delicate 
golden - yellow flower - spikes contrasting 
agreeably with the brilliant dark-green tap- 
estry formed by the compact mass of bulbs 
and leaves. Cold; shade; never let it get dry. 
0. ‘Golden Rain,’’ — With compact spikes of 
pure-yellow flowers. Culture same as Cheiro- 
phorum. 
Oncidium Kramerianum, Rchb., var. Costa Ricense. 
—Another marvel of creation, imitating in 
the most surprising manner a large butterfly 
on the wing. The illusion is so much the 
more complete as each flower is single and 
borne on the extremity of a large and very 
thin peduncle, which may very easily escape 
the attention of a superficial passerby, so that 
to him the insect seems really dancing in the 
air; hence its name, *“ Butterfly Orchid.” It 
needs hot treatment, fullest light, and never 
getting too dry. 
0. pumilum, Ldl.—A very interesting little thing; 
bulbless, leaves arranged in a fan-shape fash- 
ion. Flowers comparatively large, pure 
golden-yellow. Hot; full light. 
0. Warsewiczi, Rchb.—Similar to O. bracteatum. 
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(The Holy Ghost Flower.) 
PERISTERIA ELATA. 
Peristeria. 
P. elata, Hook.—The dove (or Holy Ghost) plant, 
‘‘e] Espirito Santo,” in Spanish. The flower 
represents the form of a dove with half- 
spreading wings, and is used here at religious 
festivities as a Symbolical decoration. Grows 
on the Atlantic coast on rather swampy 
places, mostly in the full sun. 
Pescatorea. 
P. cerina.—Large, yellow, wax-like flowers. The 
plant is one of the few Orchids which grow in 
the damp and dark interior of the dense vir- 
gin forest, from 3000 to 4000 feet above the Sea. 
Schomburgkia. 
S. undulata Costa Ricense.—Cattleya-like plants, 
throwing out a large spike with an umbrella 
of rather large curled flowers of chocolate 
color. Intermediate-hot; much light; heavy 
watering when growing, and a Sharp rest 
when dormant. 
Sobralia. 
S. Fenzliana. — Large rose - colored flowers. 
Rather hot; much light; roots to be kept al- 
ways in a moist compost. 
S. leucoxantha._-Flowers large, pure white, with 
yellow throat of the lip. Same treatment as 
above. 
S. leucoxantha ? rubra.—Same as Leucoxantha; 
throat flesh-colored. 
S. Pfavii, Rchb. — A charming grass-like plant 
with rather large citron-like flowers. It is an 
extremely rare plant from a very restricted 
