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ODONTOGLOSSUM RAMOSTSSIMUM LML
OnOKTOCLOSSUM
o pnullo brtvioribus, scp.-ilis tlnguicul!
U10SISSIMUM, Lindl, Fol, Orcli,, Odont, (1S53), p- iß; It
Ipö i id,, 1S80, pt. I, p, 298 ; R0C2I in Orcli¡dopilile, 1883, PVGUstatuì!,
Lindl, Orch, Linden. (184Ö), p. i; (non Bot. K
/oitcli Man. Ordì. J'l„ pt, i, p. 63,
II. f. in Card, Chton., 18S0, pt 1, p. 29SInlis
antica drrhMis quinqiic
f. in Bonpinndia, II., p. 12 ; i
; Lindi:nia, I., p. 39,1, 1; ; V
<XII], (1839), sub t I99Î); ä
. in Walp. Ann.', VI., p, 840; id, in
ilch Man, Orch. Hl., pl- 1,11, 63.
item, Monogr. Odone, t 20,
originally described by Lindley, in ;846, in his "OrchidacKC Lindenian.-c," u
.is earlier species of that name, collectcd In I'eru bj' Colonel Hall, and dcscrib
ntrary to Lindle/s practice), it is possibli: that Lindley overlooked the fad of I
;d the blunder in 1852, in Iiis "Folia Orchidncea," calling Ihc present -ipwics
le neighbourhood of Merida, al fi,500 fed clevalion, by M, Linden, but doM n
Baleman, who also fell into the error of calling it O. angusta
collectcd in the thick f
alive before the ycnr 1871, when it \
spring, when they were univereally
introduced bj' M. Linden, by
miied. Accoreling to Ueichcnbach these plants wcr.
remains coniparalivcly rnre. The typical fonn, whic
"\-cre, but in the variety xanthinum the white is replaced by yellow, while var. viride is said
! from New Granada, has pale rose-inirple flowers, with some uhite ocellated spots on tlic hi
«eics is recorded by RoezI, who states that he met with il near Mani>:al, on the high ra
\uca and Magdalena, at an elevation between llfXa and 13,000 feet, where Hie Icmperatur.
appears to be very variable, and also rather widely diffused. The section Isanthium, ho
modificaUonofourviewsrcsiKCtingthcm.
>1 half of If
Icones analytics;. Flos. Columna
or the name 0. anguslatum ; possibly in the
in the " lioianical Itegister." As that work
having alre.iily applied tlie name to another
ramosii-iiniiiiii. The species was originally
:s lhat'it docs not appear to have reachctl liurope
exhibited <il Soulh Kensington in the following
ly Gustav Wallis. Since that time it has been
tl at Merida, in Venezuela, lias while and purple
1 flowers. The v,iriety liliiflorum, which is raid to
sejrals and petals. An interesting habil.1t of Ihi.i
itains 01 tne weslcrn Cordillera, situated between the rivers
night sinks to a few degrees below Ihe freeiing point. Thus
or, to which it belongs, contains sovonil very closely allied
/<. A. Rolfc.
Pollin la.
We have imported this fine orchid at various times during the last twenty years, and the range of its native haunts
extends over an enormous distance. Roezi, Wallis, Klaboch, and Lehraann have scut it home to us from Peru and
Ecuadoi", where it grows near the town of I.oxa.
There are two distinct varieties or forms of Odontoglossum ramosissiimim—one with white sepals and petals,
spotted with red, and the other with yellow sepals and petals, spotted with red.
The Peruvian form has white sepals and petals, with red spots, and bears enormously long flower spikes, often
reaching a length of 6 or 8 feet.
Again, in the Western Cordilleras, near Medellin, in Columbia, are to be found both the yellow and the white
forms, the latter being finest, the branching spikes not growing above 3 feet in height- The variety with the yellow
sepals and petals is not nearly so beautiful as the white form.
AVe have also found this orchid in Venezuela, where it abounds in the mountains of the Sierra Ncva<la of
Merida ; and, curiously enough, both the white and the yellow forms, and again the white variety is more beautiful.
It has frequently been sent home to us by our collectors, Arnold, Bartho!oma;us. and others from the latter
localities thus it will be seen that its geographical range is great, indeed; and just as great is the difference ii
appearance of both bulb, flower, and spike ; hence, probably, arises the confusion that e
to this plant.
It is of easy culture, and should be placed at the warm end of the Odontoglossu
position.
Onr plate was taken from a plant in the collection of Herr Otlo Forstcr, Sheibbs, Austria.
s among botanists with regard
I house, in a moist and shady