Botanical Magazine 106 - 1880.pdf - hibiscus.org

TAB. 6502.
ODONTOGLOSSUM ODORATUM.
Native of Venezuela.
Nat. Ord. ORCHIDEE •Tribe VAN DE m.
Genus ODONTOGLOSSUM, II. B. et K. ; (Lindl. Fol. Orchid. Odontoglossum.)
ODONTOGLOSSUM (Euodontoglossum) odoratum; pseudobulbis ovoideis compressa
marginibus aeutis sulcatis, foliis anhuste ensiformibus pergamaceis, panícula
amplissima multiflora. bracteis parvis, floribus l|-2 poli, expans, luteis rubro-
fusco maculatis, sepalis petalisque consimilibus anguste lanceolatis longe
acuminatis incurvis undulatis v. subcrispatis, labello bast ato lobis lateral i bua
brevibus rotundatis intermedio elongato late subulato longe attenuato puberulo
disco 4-dentato, columna supra medium anhuste alata alis dentatis apice cirrhia
2 divaricatis incurvis margine interiore 1-dentatis aucta.
0. odoratum, Lindl. Orchid. Linden. No. 86 ; Fol. Orchid. Odontoglossum, p. 3.
A many-flowered sweet-scented species of Odontoglossum,
discovered in the humid and gloomy forests of the Sierra
Nevada of Merida, at an elevation of 7000 to 8000 _ feet,
by linden. It belongs to the section with O. Hallii, Lindl. ;
0. n•vium, Lindl. ; and others which constitute the genus
Odontoglossum as first known and described. All have
slender spreading ears at the top of the column, which
sometimes end in bristle-like appendages. The specimen
figured flowers in the Eoyal Gardens in March, and,
though not previously figured, is well known in cultivation.
DESCR. Pseudo-hnlbs two to three inches long, narrowly
ovoid, compressed, two-edged, grooved. Leaves a foot
long and under, by one inch broad, narrowly ensiform,
acute, hardly coriaceous, rather the consistence of parch-
ment, pale green. Panicle stalked, sometimes three feet
long by one and a half broad, copiously branched, many-
flowered ; bracts small, membranous. Flowers one and a
half to two inches broad, dull golden-yellow, blotched with
brownish-red. Sepals and petals similar, narrowly lanceo-
JULY 1ST, L880.