Archive image from page 43 of Descriptive catalogue and price list. Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants descriptivecata1891seve_0 Year: 1891 4° R. D. HOYT, SEVEN OAKS NURSERIES, BAY VIEW, FLORIDA. ONGIDIUM, Continned. O. incurvum. Mexico. Flowers pure white, streaked and blotched with purple and brown; very fragrant. A very elegant and free-flowering species. $ to $2 each. O. luridum. West Indies. Flowers dull yellow, blotched and spotted with brown or dark orange ; from one to two hundr
Archive image from page 43 of Descriptive catalogue and price list. Descriptive catalogue and price list : tropical and semi-tropical, fruit trees, palms, ornamental plants, orchids and greenhouse plants descriptivecata1891seve_0 Year: 1891 4° R. D. HOYT, SEVEN OAKS NURSERIES, BAY VIEW, FLORIDA. ONGIDIUM, Continned. O. incurvum. Mexico. Flowers pure white, streaked and blotched with purple and brown; very fragrant. A very elegant and free-flowering species. $ to $2 each. O. luridum. West Indies. Flowers dull yellow, blotched and spotted with brown or dark orange ; from one to two hundred flowers are produced on the panicle, which attains a height of six to nine feet. 50 cents to $ each. O. oraithorhynchum. Mexico. A very distinct species. Flowers soft rosy purple, with a perfume resembling heliotrope. 50 cents to $2 each. O. Papilio. Trinidad. The Butterfly Orchid, Flowers large, bright yellow, barred with brown. The resemblance to a large butterfly is striking. $ to $ each. O. Papilio Kramei'i. A distinct and very beau- tiful variety of the above. $3 each. O. tigrinuin. Mexico. One of the finest of the genus. Flowers very large, with violet perfume ; bright brown, transversely barred with yellow ; lip very broad and of the richest clear golden yellow. 75 cents to $2 each. O. varicosum. Brazil. Flowers green, banded with brown. $2 each. PERISTERIA ELATA. Panama. The Dove or Holy Ghost Flower; the Espirtu Santo of the Spaniards. In this species the waxy white flowers are produced on strong spikes, the central portion or column of the flower appearing like a white dove, with wings partially extended, f to $3 each. PALAENOPSIS SCHILLERIANA. Manilla. A very elegant plant, producing large spikes of rose colored flowers, and remarkable for the beauty of its foliage, which is marbled with light green on a rich green ground. $7 to |io each. PLATANTHERA CILIARIS. Native. A very handsome, hardy, terrestrial or- chid, producing large spikes ot bright
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