Odontoglossum Alexandræ.
Plate XIV.
ODONTOGLOSSUM ALEXANDRÆ.
PRINCESS OF WALES' ODONTOGLOSSUM (BLUNT'S VARIETY).
O. (Isanthium, Lindl.) pseudobulbis ovatis compressis 1- vel 2-phyllis, racemo simplici multifloro foliis subæquali, bracteis minoribus cochleatis acutis, floribus membranaceis pedicellis æquantibus, sepalis petalisque sæpius subæqualibus (interdum petalis multo latioribus), sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis petalis ovato-lanceolatis acutis undulato-laceris, labello breviore unguiculato formâ diversissimâ, nunc sepalis conformi nunc subpanduriformi, apice emarginato (sæpius mucrone adjecto) margine undulato integro vel sæpius dentato acuto apice recurvo, disco maculato, cristâ simplici bilamellatâ. Columna arcuata clavata, alata, alis laceris.
Odontoglossum Alexandræ, Bateman in Gardeners' Chronicle, 1864; et in Proceedings R. Hort. Soc. p. 186 (1864).
Odontoglossum Bluntii, Reichenbach fil.
Habitat in Nov. Granada, prope Pacho, 7-8000 p., Weir, Blunt.
DESCRIPTION.