Rossioglossum grande

Read about Rossioglossum grande in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Odontoglossum grande, Lindl. Baby Orchid. Fig. 2561 (redrawn from "The Garden"). Pseudobulbs 2-lvd.: Lvs. broadly lanceolate: scape few-fld., twice as long as the Lvs.; sepals lanceolate, the lateral ones keeled, yellow, banded with rich reddish brown spots; petals oblong, broader, obtuse, subundulate, apex yellow; labellum almost rotund, apex slightly emarginate, yellow, banded and spotted with rusty blotches, and with a large-lobed tubercle on the claw. Autumn. Guatemala. B.M.3955. F.S. 1:24, 25. P.M.8:49. Gn. 48, p. 219; 51: 118. G.C. III. 17:41 (abnormal fls.); 42:387.—A magnificent species with half-drooping racemes a foot long, bearing few large, brilliantly colored fls. 5-6 in. diam. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.