Odontoglossum
To the species described on pp. 470-5, Vol. II., the following should now be added.
Those known to require warm-house treatment are indicated by a dagger??. O. Andersonianum lobatum (lobed). A synonym of O. crispum lobatum. O. A. splendens (spendid). A synonym of O. crispum splendens. O. A. tenue (slender). A synonym of O. crispum tenue. O. angustatum (narrowed). fl. in erect, shortly branched panicles; sepals greenish, with a brown mid-line, linear, very acuminate; petals yellow, transversely barred cinnamon-brown, broader than the sepals, crisped, lip white, the anterior part oblong-triangular, wavy, toothed, with brown streaks and bars, and a crest of two serrated lamellae, one middle keel, and a tooth on each side of it. Pseudo-bulbs pyriform, ancipitous, each with one broadly lanceolate leaf from its apex, and about four accessory ones at its base. Peru. (B. O. 26.) O. astranthum (star-flowered). fl. nearly 2in. across, the organs stellately disposed; sepals and petals yellowish, streaked and blotched purplish-brown; lip white, spotted pale rose, ligulate, acuminate in front, the base of the column orange, with a few reddish-purple spots; panicle branching, upwards of fifty-flowered. Ecuadorean Andes. Something like O. odoratum. O. baphicanthum (dyed-flowered). A variety of O. odoratum. O. bictonense roseum (rosy). fl., sepals and petals brown; lip deep rose. O. b. rubrum is probably synonymous with this.
O. b. rubrum (red). See O. b. roseum.
O. b. speciosum (showy). fl., sepals and petals dark purple, transversely marked yellow; lip rosy-purple. 1887. (R. G. 1250, f. c-d.) O. b. sulphureum (sulphur). fl., sepals and petals yellow; lip white. O. blandum Rossianum (Ross'). fl., sepals and petals spotted brown; lip yellow, with red spots at base, the blade spotted and streaked purple, the crests yellow. 1886.
O. Boddaertianum (Dr. Boddaert van Cutsem's). fl., sepals and petals yellow, marked dark cinnamon, lanceolate, acuminate; lip white, the basilar lobes semi-ovate, erect, dotted mauve-purple, the median lobe with small, spreading basilar angles; column whitish-yellow, spotted brownish-purple. Venezuela. O. Bowmanni (Bowmann's). A form of O. crispum.
O. brachypterum (short-winged). fl., sepals and petals light yellow, with a few cinnamon blotches; lamina of the lip yellow, with a large cinnamon blotch in front of the crest, which consists of five parallel keels, the stalk channelled, adpressed on the column, which is streaked and blotched cinnamon. Ocana. New Grenada, 1882. A natural hybrid.
O. Brassia (Brassia-like). A synonym of O. odoratum deltoglossum. O. caerulescens (bluish). A synonym of O. Rosii.
O. Cervantesii Andersoni (Anderson's). fl. white, with broken bars of reddish-brown at the base of the sepals and petals; lip bordered with reddish-brown spots. Mexico. The type is shown in Fig. 45. O. C. roseum (rosy). fl. pale rose-coloured.
O. chaetostroma (bristled-lip). fl., sepals blackish-purple, tipped yellow, lanceolate, acuminate; petals yellow, spotted blackish-purple; lip yellow, marked cinnamon, pandurate, narrow at base, suddenly dilated and acuminate in the anterior part, which is fringed; column wings very narrow. l. and pseudo-bulbs reddish-brown. 1883. Said to be a natural hybrid between O. Hallii and O. cristatum.
O. chiriquense (Chiriqui). A variety of O. coronarium. O. cinnamomeum (cinnamon). fl. strongly scented, resembling those of O. odoratum, but with broader and more densely marked sepals and petals; lip yellow, downy, with a large, brownish-crimson spot on the disk, the margin faintly spotted with crimson. 1885.
O. constrictum castaneum (chestnut-brown). fl., sepals and petals brown, having one or two greenish-white lines at the base. 1885. O. c. pallens (pale). fl., sepals and petals sulphur; lip whitish, with a very light yellowish hue.
O. cordatum Kienastianum (Kienast's). A variety remarkable for the few broad blotches on the sepals and petals; the lip is very dark brown in front. 1886. O. c. superbum (superb). fl. more richly coloured, and larger than in the type; scape upwards of 2ft. high, much branched. Mexico. O. coronarium chiriquense (Chiriqui). fl. paler and larger than in the type; sepals chestnut-brown; petals yellow, with some brown markings; lip yellow, with a brown blotch on the disk. Chiriqui. SYN. O. chiriquense. O. c. miniatum (scarlet). fl. smaller than in the type; sepals and petals chestnut-brown, bordered yellow; lip yellow; inflorescence denser. Pseudo-bulbs more closely placed. Ecuador. SYN. O. miniatum (of gardens). O. crinitum sapphiratum (sapphire). A fine variety, having the white lip covered with light mauve-bluish spots. 1886.
O. crispum Andersonianum. According to Messrs. Veitch, the following are merely colour forms of this variety: angustatum, Josephineae, lobatum, Pollettianum, and tenue; but for convenience of reference they are kept distinct in this work.
O. c. angustatum (narrowed). fl., sepals and petals narrower and more pointed than in O. c. Andersonianum, the petals having larger blotches. O. c. apiatum (bee-like). fl., all the segments marked with one large brown blotch and two smaller ones, the sepals stained violet-purple. 1886. O. c. aureum magnificum (golden, magnificent). fl. creamy-yellow, 3in. across; sepals and petals blotched chocolate-red; spikes stout, erect, branched at base. 1883.
O. c. Ballantynei (Ballantyne's). fl., sepals and petals having a large, sanguineous-purple blotch in the centre; lip with large, reddish-brown spots around the crest.
O. c. Bowmanni (Bowmann's). fl., sepals white, flushed and blotched deep rose; petals white, spotted rose towards the base; lip broadly hastate, with four or five reddish-brown spots and a large yellow disk. New Grenada. SYN. O. Bowmanni.
O. c. Cutsemianum (Cutsem's). fl., white, spotted red, large, with broad, toothed petals.
O. c. Dayanum (Day's). fl., sepals with an irregular, central, mauve-purple blotch; petals with one or two circular spots and a streak at the base; lip white.
O. c. Edithiae (Edith's). fl. yellow, blotched brown; sepals suffused rose; petals white in the centre. Columbia. SYN. O. Edithiae. O. c. Hrubyanum (Hruby's). fl. large, the whole of the central area of the very broad sepals and petals occupied by a brown blotch. Columbia. O. c. hyperxanthum (extra-yellow). fl., sepals with a few light yellow spots; petals white, rhomboid, serrated; lip and column yellow. 1887. O. c. Josephineae (Josephine's). fl., sepals and petals blush-white, spotted reddish-chocolate; lip recurved at tip, having a yellow disk. Winter. SYN. O. Josephineae (W. O. A. iv. 188).
O. c. lobatum (lobed). fl. numerous, 2 1/2in. across; sepals and petals creamy-white, spotted chestnut-brown at base; lip spotted chestnut, and with two lines of the same colour. New Grenada. SYN. O. Andersonianum lobatum. O. c. Pollettianum (Pollett's). fl., sepals and petals tinted purple, margined creamy-white, spotted reddish-brown; lip with a brown blotch in the middle. New Grenada. (M. O. i. 26.) SYN. O. Pollettianum.
O. c. Reginae (queenly). fl. white, evenly spotted reddish-brown, the disk of the lip yellow. New Grenada. (W. O. A. vi. 264.) O. c. Ruckerianum. (M. O. i. 27.) According to Messrs. Veitch, the following are mere colour forms of this variety: apiatum, Ballantynei, Cooksoni, Dayanum, fastuosum, flaveolum, guttatum, Hrubyanum, Reginae, Schroederi, and Wilsoni.
O. c. Schroederi (Baron von Schroeder's). fl., all the segments with one deep, large, reddish-brown blotch (or sometimes two) and two or three smaller ones; in addition to these, several reddish-brown spots are scattered over the remaining white area.
O. c. Scottii (Scott's). fl. creamy-yellow, large and showy; sepals entire, with large, bold spots of chestnut-brown; petals coarsely toothed, with fewer and smaller spots near the base; lip having prominent, yellow crests. l. ligulate. Pseudo-bulbs flat, ovate. 1883.
O. c. splendens (splendid). fl. white, tinged rose; sepals with a brown blotch in the centre and several smaller ones at base; petals spotted brown at base; lip with a large, central, brown blotch and some small brown spots on each side of the base, which is yellow, with some radiating, dark red lines. SYN. O. Andersonianum splendens.
O. c. tenue (slender). fl. smaller than in O. c. Andersonianum, milk-white, with a brown blotch on each sepal. SYN. O. Andersonianum tenue. O. c. virginale (virgin-white). fl. pure white, the lip marked with one or two small dots and having yellow on the disk. 1882. A handsome variety. O. c. Wilsoni (Wilson's). fl. very delicate blush, very large; petals broad, fringed; sepals and lip having a few chocolate spots. 1882. O. c. Wolstenholmiae (Mrs. Wolstenholme's). fl., sepals and petals pure white, spotted ochre-brown in the centre, bordered mauve, very acuminate, the petals lobed and toothed; lip having a brown, ligulate disk and yellow calli; column yellow at base. 1887.
O. cristatellum (slightly crested). A variety of O. cristatum. O. cuspidatum (cuspidate). A variety of O. luteo-purpureum. O. Dawsonianum (Dawson's). A garden synonym of O. Rossii Ehrenbergii. O. deltoglossum (deltoid-lipped). A variety of O. odoratum. O. Denisoniae (Lady Londesborough's). fl. over 4in. across; sepals white, with a few pale purplish spots, lanceolate, acuminate; petals pure white, rather broader, acuminate; lip oblong, blunt, denticulate, with a pale yellow stain over the disk and a few purple spots; all the parts undulated at the edges; racemes elongated. l. two, oblong-lanceolate. Pseudo-bulbs ovate. New Grenada. Supposed to be a natural hybrid between O. crispum and O. luteo-purpureum. O. dicranophorum (two-pronged). fl. as large as those of O. triumphans; sepals light yellow, linear-ligulate, acute, marked with two large, brown areas; petals broader at base, acuminate, with a brown blotch in the middle and several brown spots at base; lip very light yellow, unguiculate, a depressed callosity projecting from the centre, and extending into two rather thick lamellae, which, with the superior callus, give the appearance of a two-pronged fork, whence the name; column yellow at base, white at top; raceme loose. Possibly a hybrid.
O. Edithiae (Edith's). A variety of O. crispum.
O. Ehrenbergii (Ehrenberg's). A variety of O. Rossii. O. elegans chrysomelanum (deep-golden). A variety in which there is no white disk on the upper sepal nor on the petals, while the lip and column are also yellow. 1888.
O. euastrum (beautiful star). fl., sepals white, marked mauve and spotted cinnamon; lip heart-shaped over its stalk, nearly semicircular, an abrupt, long-lanceolate lacinia projecting from its centre, and sepia-brown, denticulate, indurate, sessile lamellae standing at the base, the disk spotted brown, the base of the anterior lacinia white. 1887. Hybrid. O. eugenes (illustrious). fl., sepals pale yellow, with brown blotches, usually arranged in three groups; petals with a broad, pale yellow margin, the base and centre white, with some brown spots; lip as in O. triumphans, with a crest similar to that of O. Pescatorei. l. as in O. Pescatorei. Columbia. A handsome plant, supposed to be a hybrid between the species named. O. excellens (excellent). fl., sepals yellow, blotched purple, the dorsal one with a white centre; petals white, margined yellow, broader; lip white, blotched purple, pandurate, emarginate. apiculate, the crests yellow. Summer. Supposed to be a natural hybrid between O. Pescatorei and O. tripudians (or O. triumphans). (Gn. xxi. 330; I. H. 1886, 591.) O. facetum (elegant). A variety of O. luteo-purpureum. O. ferrugineum (rusty). fl., sepals and petals dark cinnamon, tipped yellow, rather broad, the lateral sepals standing under the lip, the petals toothed; lip whitish-yellow, with a brown spot on the disk, sub-cordate over the stalk, narrow-oblong for half the length of the blade, then suddenly dilated into a nearly reniform, apiculate, toothed, fringed body; column wings small, with teeth. 1883. Probably a natural hybrid.
O. gracile (slender). fl. reddish-brown, about 1in. in diameter; lip fleshy, with two whitish crests; peduncle blackish, paniculately branched, the branches two or three-flowered, l. and pseudo-bulbs tinged blackish. Ecuador. A distinct-looking species.
O. grande magnificum (magnificent). fl. 7in. in diameter, brilliantly marked; scape about sixteen-flowered. Guatemala.
O. Harryanum (Harry Veitch's).dagger?? fl., sepals and petals brown, with transverse, greenish-yellow lines, the petals projecting straight forward; lip very large, divided across the middle into two pieces, the one pure white, the other brownish-lake, with bright yellow, fringe-like crests. l. leathery, oblong, obtuse, 7in. to 10in. long. Pseudo-bulbs oval-oblong, compressed, 2 1/2in. to 3in. long, two-leaved. Habitat unknown. 1887. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. ii., p. 169; M. O. i. 37.) O. hebraicum (Hebrew-marked). A variety of O. odoratum. O. Hinnus (mule). A variety of O. luteo-purpureum.
O. Hrubyanum (Hruby's). A garden synonym of O. cirrosum. O. Humeanum (Hume's). A variety of O. Rossii.
O. ioplocon (violet-woven). This is closely allied to O. Edwardi, but it differs as follows: sepals longer, narrower, and more undulated; lip much smaller; and in the forms of the calli and column wings--"differences that seem to indicate a hybrid origin" (Veitch).
O. Jenningsianum (Jennings'). A variety of O. crispum. O. Josephineae (Josephine's). A variety of O. crispum. O. laeve auratum (golden). fl., lip very narrow, a little dilated at the apex and acute at the top. 1885.
O. Leeanum (Lee's). A variety of O. odoratum.
O. ligulare (strap-like). A variety of O. Lindleyanum. O. liliiflorum (Lily-flowered), of gardens. A variety of O. ramosissimum. O. limbatum (bordered). A variety of O. crispum.
O. Lindleyanum albidulum (whitish). fl. yellowish-white, with some light sulphur at the base of the lip. 1885.
O. L. Coradinei grandiflorum (large-flowered). fl. light yellow, blotched and spotted chestnut-brown, large and handsome. New Grenada, 1887. O. L. Kindlesidianum (Kindlesid's). fl., sepals and petals white, bordered with yellow. 1885.
O. L. mirandum breve (short). fl. unusually short; sepals and petals conspicuously blotched purplish-brown; disk of the front part of the lip flushed sepia. 1885.
O. Lucianianum (Lucien Linden's). fl. white, blotched with reddish-purple, racemose; sepals and petals lanceolate, acuminate; lip velvety, the epichil oblong-ligulate, cuspidate, with crenulate margins; wings of the column linear-aristate, very narrow. Pseudo-bulbs pyriform, attenuated, smooth. Venezuela, 1887. (I. H. ser. v. 7.) O. luteo-purpureum Hinnus (mule). fl., sepals and petals narrower than in the commoner forms, and undulated; lip sub-rhomboidal, with many-toothed calli. SYN. O. Hinnus.
O. l.-p. magnificum (magnificent). fl. large; sepals chestnut-brown except at base and apex; petals and lip heavily blotched chestnut-brown. New Grenada, 1887. (W. O. A. vi. 254.) O. l.-p. Vuylstekeanum (Vuylsteke's). fl. sulphur, with a few blotches of the deepest and richest orange on the odd sepal, the petals, and the lip (which is much dilated at the top); lateral sepals orange, except at their base. New Grenada. A grand variety. The form maculatum has the disk of petals and base of lip whitish-sulphur, the other parts deep yellow, a few conspicuous, cinnamon blotches being scattered over sepals, petals, and lip. 1884. O. macrospilum (large-blotched). fl., sepals and petals light sulphur, or white and light mauve, with deep blotches of dark cinnamon, cuneate-lanceolate, acute; lip broadly triangular-cordate, apiculate or acute, with numerous lateral keels and a central one; wings of the column denticulate, entire or lacerate. 1885. Probably a natural hybrid. O. maculatum integrale (entire). fl., sepals light brown; petals white, transversely barred brown at base; lip white, with a yellow crest. Guatemala. The type is shown at Fig. 46.
O. Marriottianum (Marriott's).dagger?? fl. large; segments white, spotted pale purple, narrow, reflexed at the tips; crest of the lip yellow, streaked pale purple. l. (and pseudo-bulbs) approaching those of O. Halli. O. miniatum (scarlet), of gardens. A variety of O. coronarium O. mirandum (extraordinary). A variety of O. Lindleyanum O. Mulus (mule). A variety of O. luteo-purpureum.
O. odoratum hemileucum (half-white). fl. having the disk of the petals and nearly the whole of the lip white. 1883. A beautiful variety. O. Pescatorei Germinyanum (Comte de Germiny's). fl. white, flushed rosy-purple on the sepals, and marked with a few rose-purple spots, chiefly on the mid-line of the sepals, and one at the apex of the petals; basal part of the lip broadly margined purple round a yellow disk, which has some radiating, purple lines and a figured blotch in front, the front lobe spotted purple. (W. O. A. vii. 305.) O. P. leucoxanthum (white-and-yellow). fl. of a pure white, except some orange on the crests of the lip, the wings, and the base of the column. 1887. A remarkable form. (G. C. ser. iii., vol. i., p. 606.) O. P. melanocentrum (dark-spurred). fl. white, having the column and the base of the lip blackish-purple. 1885.
O. P. stupendum (stupendous). fl., dorsal sepal with a bright mauve-purple disk, the lateral ones of the same colour on the outer halves, the inner halves white; petals white, with a few mauve spots; borders of the side laciniae of the lip marked mauve; column white, orange, and mauve, 1887. O. Pollottlanum (Pollett's). A variety of O. crispum. O. polyxanthum grandiflorum (large flowered). fl. large; sepals and petals deep yellow, the former marked with a few large, brown blotches, the latter with smaller blotches confined to the base; lip chocolate-brown, edged whitish, yellow at base. Ecuador, 1887. (W. O. A. vi. 258.) O. prionopetalum (serrate-petaled). fl., sepals and petals rich yellow, heavily spotted and barred chestnut-brown, the petals deeply serrate; lip white in front, pale yellow behind, with a large, transverse, brown blotch in the centre. Spring. New Grenada. A handsome plant, allied to O. luteo-purpureum.
O. pulchellum Dormannianum (Dorman's). fl. white, 1 1/2in. to 1 3/4in. in diameter; sepals and petals 1/2in. broad. Pseudo-bulbs stronger, stouter, and rounder than in the type. Guatemala.
O. ramosissimum liliiflorum (Lily-flowered). fl. pale rose-purple, larger than in the type, the sepals and petals less wavy, the basal part marked with some white, ocellated spots. New Grenada. SYN. O. liliiflorum (of gardens). O. retusum (retuse). fl., sepals and petals orange-red, tinged yellow, lanceolate, acute; lip yellow, or the same colour as the sepals and petals, oblong, retuse, bilamellate at base; panicle branched, 100 to 150-flowered. l. linear-lanceolate, papery. Ecuador, 1846. A dwarf, small-flowered species. O. rhynchanthum (beak-flowered). fl., sepals and petals yellow, ligulate, acute, with a brown line and a few brown spots at the base of the petals; lip with a narrow, acuminate front lobe, two or four keels, and no bristles; raceme lax. 1887. This plant is something in the way of O. Lindleyanum. O. rigidum (rigid). fl. bright canary-yellow, on long footstalks; sepals and petals oblong, acute; lip deeper in colour than the other segments, with a long claw and sub-quadrate blade that has an apiculus in the centre of the anterior margin; crest bidentate; column three-angled, green at base, yellow at apex; inflorescence tall, paniculate. l. linear. Pseudo-bulbs ovate. O. roseum (rosy). A synonym of Cochlioda rosea.
O. Rossii majus (larger). A synonym of O. R. rubescens. O. R. Smeeanum (Smee's). fl. large; sepals chestnut-brown, dotted white; petals white, with a lobed, chestnut disk and mid-base; lip white, with a yellow callus. 1887.
O. R. virescens (greenish). fl. white, spotted green. O. rubescens (reddish). A variety of O. Rossii.
O. Ruckerianum (Rucker's). A variety of O. crispum.
O. Sanderianum (Sander's). A variety of O. constrictum. O. Schroederianum. This is now regarded as a form of O. crispum; but the plant described in G. C. ser. iii., vol. ii., p. 364, under this name, is Miltonia Clowesii.
O. spectatissimum most splendid). A synonym of O. triumphans. O. Staurastrum (cross-star). fl., sepals and petals light yellowish-green, with square, sepia-brown blotches; side lobes of lip obtuse-angled, the middle one ligulate, acute, white, sepia-brown, and mauve. l. broader than in O. Lindleyanum. 1887. Supposed to be a hybrid between O. Lindleyanum and O. tripudians.
O. S. Gravesianum (Graves'). fl., sepals and petals ochreous-sulphur, lined and spotted purplish-brown at base; lip white, the centre and some lines and spots at the base purplish-brown, the crests yellow. 1887. O. stellimicans (glittering star). fl., sepals and petals clear yellow, lanceolate, stellate, the petals with a brown line at the base, the sepals washed reddish-mauve outside and blotched brownish-purple within; lip having a well-developed stalk, pandurate, with triangular base and lobes, and a reniform front lobe, some small spots at the base, and a broad-lobed blotch on the stalk. 1884. Natural hybrid.
O. tripudians leucoglossum (white-lipped). fl., ground-colour of the lip white.
O. viminale (twiggy). fl., sepals and petals brown, with whitish-sulphur borders, and linear spots around the margin, which are scarcely visible; lip light sulphur at base, deep yellow in front, with an angle at each side of the base and the lanceolate anterior part; column pale green, bordered mauve at top. l. linear, acute, more than 1ft. long. Pseudo-bulbs the size of a large hen's-egg. Columbia, 1885.
O. Vuylstekeanum (Vuylsteke's). A variety of O. luteo-purpureum. O. Warneri purpuratum (Warner's purple). A synonym of Oncidium Warneri. O. Warnerianum (Warner's). A variety of O. Rossii.
O. Warscewiczii (Warscewicz'). A synonym of Miltonia Endresii. O. Wilckeanum albens (whitish). fl. white, blotched and spotted reddish-brown, 2 1/2in. to 3in. across; sepals lanceolate, acute; petals broadly ovate, very acute, toothed on the margins; lip pandurate, having a yellow area at the base, the margins crisped. 1886. A handsome garden hybrid. O. W. pallens (pale). fl. whitish, blotched with brown. Columbia, 1885. A showy variety.
O. Williamsianum (Williams'). A variety of O. grande.
