ODONTOGLOSSUM REICHENHEIMII.
M . R E I C H E N H E I M ' S O D O N T O G L O S S U M.
O. (ISANTHIUM, Lindl.) pseudobulbis oblongis aggregatis diphyllis vix sulcatis, foliis oblongolanceolatis
acutis scapo macidato laxe paniculate 3-plo brevioribus, bracteis brevibus
membranaceis, sepalis petalisque subfequalibus oblongo-lanceolatis apiculatis, labello
obi on go basi cordato apice obtusato lobulato, callo tumido utrinque ante basin, carina
gemina in ima basi.
ODOHTOGLOSSUM KEICHENIIEIMII, Reichenbach fil. in Bonpl iii. 214; idem in Pescatorca.su/, t. 19; Walpers, Annates, vi. fasc. 6.
Lemaire in lllustr. IIortic.pt. 213.
Habitat in MEXICO, Gliiesbreght.
DESCRIPTION.
An epiphyte. PSEUDOBULBS oblong, slightly furrowed, from 2 to 4 inches long, clustered together. LEAVES 2 on each
pseudobulb, shining and leathery, oblong-lanceolate, pointed, about a foot long, much shorter than the scape. SCAPE
upright or nodding, from 2 feel to a yard high, spotted, loosely panicled, bearing from 10 to sometimes probab'y
50 flowers. BRACTS few, short, and membranous, filling close to the stem. SEPALS and PETALS nearly equal, oblonglanceolate,
apiculate, about an inch long, greenish-yellow, barred with dark purplish-brown. LIP purple in some
varieties, in others white, with a horseshoe-shaped band of purple on its dish, oblong, rather blunt, and slightly Med
at the apex, somewhat heart-shaped at the base, where there is a callosity on either side, and a double carina.
COLUMN very slightly winged.
This pretty species is well figured in 'Pescatorca,' where it is stated to he a native of Mexico, whence it was
introduced by M. Linden, of Brussels. It was from his establishment that I derived the plant that is represented on
lyperslcv in May last (1865). It appears to be very easily managed, requiring
the other side, and which flowered al
the same temperature and treatment as 0. lave, tc
Plate. It is also very closely related to 0. Karwinskii; and
to be united. At present, however, so few plants of either kind
necessary for an extensive comparison are not forthcoming.
, which it is nearly allied, and which forms the subject of the following
The specific) name was given by Professor Reichenbach in
of Orchids and other plants has long been celebrated.
do not feel ccrtain that the two may not eventually have
n the collections of this country, that the materials
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r of M. Beichcnheim, of Berlin, whose collec