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O D O N T O G L O S S U M (HYBRINL-MI W I LXKI -ANUM AVM /
VAR, ROTI ISCLILI .DIANLI M W,-.
^ ^Csnl. Chron., Mar, 8, 1884. ¡i. 306.
Car.1. Chron., May 31, i8go, p. 684 (in note)
ori^nnlly described in >880, from a ,,lant impo,wd by M„sni.
liûillonvMlc, Holgium, after ,vho«
•ly OdonloglosK. mc coiild imaKino, ju '
Itugh Low S Co., of Clapton, ivith a <iiiai,tily of O, crispittti.
ffardcncr, M. W.lcko, it (i'iis n.-micd. Prof. Uciclicnbach calkd It
iC portrait and history
IjTOglOSSUIll h
te unspotted form, wliicli appeared »'ilh ^r. Viiylutckc, of Gh. . Var.Ler.
ni plate.
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interesting', and it is ev
O F the
distinct and gorgeous is O. Wilckeaini
only .-is Single plants, and may be eonsiderc.l ly
every part of Ihe pi.-.nt. is very instnietive and
ind jn almost every degree of combination.
beautiful hybrid Odontoglossums which have been introduced within
/("/fi.
years, one of the most
attracted tlie attention off liis Rp.o,,y.a,)l . . ighne s s the Prince of Wa l e s and other <listinguished amateurs present. In'size.
O. The Sowers are round ,„ outlme, sepals . „ d peak broad and nmssi.e, labellnm «at a d a„,,,le .be . hole
r .he «o,,er marked „,d, v.r.ou, sized and „ r , dead, delined rid, er,„,s„n^l,oeola,e blo.ei.es, „„ a„ 1
delicate pnn,rose and ere.n.-colonred jronnd, tl.ns bringing „„, ,|,e stronger eolonring in Bne relief. The lip i, , n.iiarii
variegated, and elegantly frdied at the margins. In eons.itution the plant is like most hybrids-vigoron, irgro« I T„, l
hah,t, with strong, broad green ieaves. and tl.e speeinten „ierred to U u c e d a raeen.e [ « l e Z r The 1
one of a se,,es eollee.ed by onr Mr. Kerbaeh, in the neighbonrhood of Bogota, in ,883, and has been „ „ e d in
honour of B.aron Ferdinand Rothsehild, M.F., Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbnry
Hybrid Odontoglossums are evet j year bceoming mud, seareer, and forms possessing marked eirnraeter, of value
r very .sel,lorn seem, among ,n,porta,io„s of the present day; those „.,;„„ p„sLsing these treasures ,ay
f .1 .assured that hey „,li eonbnuc to .„crease in value. We have ascertained from experience in our own business Z
the .„.age num er of these d,s,i„etly mat ked hybrids doc, not exceed one in ten thousand plants imported T
Odontoglot may be grown ,n a cool .en,perature, such as is accorded to O. crispum, O. triumphans, O gloriosum e e
and should be potted .„ the best b,-own fibrous peat and s,,h.gnum moss, which should b rene .-ed as o t" as il
becomes e.,ha«sted, car. bd„g taken to remove all sour peat and tnoss, to which the root, are highly averse rt ing to
grow and ram,fy in it. Odontogloss„,ns may be potted with care at most seasons of the vear excenL, ! ! ,
months but this operation is best performed i„ the aututnn and early s p r i n g . r d ' ; ; ^ h " r j o h " r T ^ "
hrcc .nehes ,n length. A.r is at .11 times essential for the proper development and thorough ripenfng of t h e " ufc
bu bs but espeaai y so ,n hot weather. It is, however, =c,ually important to avoid draughts, which L s e t h e T e"
to fold over and shrtvd, retarding the proper and full development of the plant. In summer no lire-heat is eesTr^
ut .n wtnter care shot,Id be taken that the temperature does not fall below 50 deg. F. for many nights in succ onT;
the leaves w,l become .h,„ and long and probably spotted. It is not wise to keep a dry atmosphere for these plants e;en
,n w,nter, and it ,s not po.sstble to keep a successful humid one without heat and sufficient air.
Our plate was lakm trom a jiianl in the collet,lor of IL. Copjjin, li^i., Cooiogsby, fiymoo,!,.