Odontoglossum maculatum

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Read about Odontoglossum maculatum in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture 

Odontoglossum maculatum, La Llave & Lex. Pseudobulbs ovate, 1-lvd.: Lvs. lanceolate, acute, 6-8 in. long: raceme pendulous, loosely many-fld., longer than the Lvs.; sepals narrowly linear or lance-oblong, acuminate, brown; petals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, undulate, yellow, spotted with brown; labellum wide triangular, acuminate, crisp, yellow, brown-spotted, claw short, 2-crested; column white. Mex. B.M. 6455 (not 4878, which is O. cordatum, Lindl.). B.R. 26:30.—Fls. freely in June. Racemes a foot long, with stellate fls. 3 in. diam. Var. Thompsonianum, Hort. Infl. vigorous, the fls. 3-3½ in. across; sepals salmon-brown, yellow-margined; petals and lip pale yellow, brown-blotched. G.C. III. 30:77. G.M. 44:547. Var. splendens and var. superbum are recommended.


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