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ODONTOGLOSSUM + HEIiRAICUM ÄM /
Odontoglossum cdomtum, Lindl., but is usually much
lossum Cfispum, Lindl, The sepals and petals gcnernlly
alius is thè chief point. It never consists simply of the
flen too with small lateral Iccth. The column is scarcely
THIS lias ihe genuine H.ibil of Otlontoglossuni crlspum,
;cr llian the last named. !t usu.illy lias longer leaves ¡md a ri
right yellow with dark brownish purple spots or lines (b. Hncoligcrum). Tlic lip has a
=aciim!nate lamin.-u This is also yellow and dotted, having usually a lai^ spot on disc,
imclla;, running parallel, showing a tooth at both ends. 1 have always found it aberrant,
bun<I to be exactly the same shspe as lliat of Odontoglossum odoratinn.
•hen that one happens to be developed alone it is abnormal in its breadth.
ODONTOCL0s.suM HELIKAICUII, Rchb. f. Card. CHRON. xi., April 12, 1879, p. 162.
J had this from Mr. W. Bull. It lias since appeared at various instances, sometimes showing a wondcrriil design,
and F. Sander. The plant we represent is remarkable for its very lai^o llowere.
on the border of the fovea under the chief loolh,
Analytical figures. The typical ftower from Mi
A LONG time elapsed before we acquired a positive knowledge of these curious Odontoglossa. We had to classify what we
saw, to put down the characters. These plants have innumerable disguises as to colours, which often appear more
constant than the characters Liken from the lip and column.
Owners of nurseries always liked distinct names for distinct looking plants, and the amateur himself was perhaps
never so particular as at the present day in expecting to have just the thing as he likes it. If somebody orders an
Odontoglossum Ruckerianum he may not be satisfied with an Odontoglossum hebraicum. I feel persuaded, therefore,
that' the system of naming the different varieties is really necessary. I have often declared that I do not regard these
plants as species, and my proposition to put a cross (+) before the name fully proves this.
Instances have occurred, however, which prove to us that, regular as those marks are, Nature does not admit them
without exceptions. Flowers have been seen of different colours on the same general peduncle, and the typical colours of
white, yellow, or mauve are not always adhered to as invariable ground colours, but they appear mixed. There are
yellow flowers with white discs, and ycllo\v or white ones washed with mauve.
As it is, we may now classify the Odontoglossa + Andcrsonianum, + Jenningsianum, + baphicanthum,
+ hebraicum, + Brassia, + deltoglossum, + Lceanum, + Ruckerianum, as so many secondary types of one primary type,
Odontoglossum lanceans. I may avail myself of another opportunity to give full quotations, adding several synonyms.
At the present I can only give a sketch of the whole so far as I know it, C. Rchb.f.
Ever since Mr. Bull flowered the first plant of this Odontoglossum it has been regarded as one of the
choicest and loveliest in the genus. It is considered to be a natural hybrid between O. crispum and O. gloriosum,
the essential characters of these two species being blended in its growth and flowers. In growth it most resembles