. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. 402 ORCHIDS Onciclium, placed in the cool intermediate-house, where it should have plenty of light and moisture when growing. It blossoms in May. Brazil, 1865. (B. M., t- 5725-) O. olivaceum (// B. A':).—This is referred to under O. cu- ciillatum. O. ornithorhynchum (//. B. K.).—K dwarf, compact, free - flowering plant, of easy culture. It has smooth, ovate, com- pressed pseudo-bulbs, 2in. long, each bearing a pair of grass-like leaves loin. long. The flower-scapes aie thin and arched, about I ft. long, branched, md many-flowered. The flowers a
. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. 402 ORCHIDS Onciclium, placed in the cool intermediate-house, where it should have plenty of light and moisture when growing. It blossoms in May. Brazil, 1865. (B. M., t- 5725-) O. olivaceum (// B. A':).—This is referred to under O. cu- ciillatum. O. ornithorhynchum (//. B. K.).—K dwarf, compact, free - flowering plant, of easy culture. It has smooth, ovate, com- pressed pseudo-bulbs, 2in. long, each bearing a pair of grass-like leaves loin. long. The flower-scapes aie thin and arched, about I ft. long, branched, md many-flowered. The flowers are barely lin. across ; sepals and petals small, oblong, wavy ; lip three- lobed or fiddle- shaped, the lateral lobes small and notched, the middle lobe much the largest, split at the apex, and bear- ing a conspicuous warty, five - ridged crest: column short, with a long, curved rostellum. The colour of the whole flower is soft rose-purple —a most unusual one in the genus. The flowers are developed during the autumn and winter, and exhale a sweet, hay-like perfume for the whole month or so during which they last. This species may be grown in the Odontoglossum-house. It likes shade. FlOWER OF oxciDiu^r Pahlio (nat. size).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Watson, William, 1858-1925; Chapman, H. J. , ed. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's sons
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