IVatk XXXII. 



MILTON I A MOIiKLIANA. 



\ n^nrkibly "how, epiphyte, haying, on a crocking rhizome, imooth oval-oblong and two-crfged pstudobulbs, 

 wljirh War at top ;■ pnir of strap^haped acute leave*, while fawn their bug rite tlic ono-flowered eompnwd 

 peduncle which arc clothed with iimuctmu largn |c«,lod Aarp-pointcd yellowish-brown timet* -,] up 

 the largo show) ii«ttvfK The icpnb im.l ,,-^Ts arr nbloiucHWite, alm<*l uniform, the latter reflate at the 



^int,imcibothorinintcn»pun>lc, Thelipisbiwdlyobomoand- what anduluted. longitudinally veined, 



the Ituw centra) win* crested at the base, *> a* to form three lamcllr. The base b eubungufculatc and 

 white, the remainder of n deep rwxwlour, boldly marked with darker longitudinal veiu The column i* 

 white, it* two wing* being purple. 



Miu.v;v HTOTABiustw. Mwubjaka, //«,/r^ II, with a plate; Ujm%, Folia 



0/vAAftww,wt Miltonia, J ; A ..■/;: AWa OtaUfaw, L ISO. 



This tine plant, which is undoubtedly a variety of Miltonta spetfabiti*. was introduced from Brazil 

 to (lie French gardens by M. Morel, and subsequently found its way to ihc Exotic Nursery, King's Road, 

 Ohckca, then occupied by Messrs. Knighl and Perry, whence was derived the original Bgure published in 

 the * Gardeners* UagaziM of Botany.' According to one botanical authority, the puiple-flowcrcd plant 

 figured in the 'Botanical Marine/ t. M25, tinder the name of Mitioma ipectoMIh jmrjmreo-wfoeto* tfl 

 the same variety as oars; but as that i* described as " uniooloribns/' and is represented as of two scarcely 

 differing shades of purple, wc hesitate to regard them a* identical. 



Oar present subject belongs to n small group of the Orchid family remarkable for tin* handsome flower* 

 home by some of the species, and for the compact growth, evergreen foliage, and (Vec-blooming character of 

 n - t or Ihcni. That now (inured a most showy plan! -may be reckoned amongst the finest. Our drawing 

 was liken from a very fine specimen grown by Mr. Baker, gardener to A. Bassett, Esq., of Stamford HOI, 

 a gentleman whose collection of Orchids U well known ihrough the noble specimens which have been 



exhibited by hitn at the Regent's Park and Kensington Flower Shows during the hut thrive \eare f 



specimens which have won some of th** highest rewards distributed amongsl this class of plants. 



The particular plant now in question was e» dingly well grown, and bore annually upwards of three 

 dozen expanded flowers of a large size and good colour Ii has been grown in a pan rusj ended from the roof 

 of the house, and b in perfect health, which is nol oflen the case with Miiiomm t as growers generally manage 

 I" ImTC their foliage of a yellowish colour. Several other J/itto/itas, namely, JA speclaliti* and its varieties, 

 are grown in the same way in this collection. 



There arc several different forms of 3T. Sforeliam to be mel with In cultivation, not all so fine as the 

 one we have figured, though all of them are sltowy and beautiful It is a plant wliich crery grower 

 , as it i* not oxpensire; and indeed, it is one that ought to lw in every collection, as it bloc 



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al n time when Orchid flowers arc scarce, and it is, moreover, very distinct in colour. 



Miltonia MareUiMtii then, is a compact-growing evergreen plant, with small pseudobulbs about three 

 inehes high, bearing two leaves, about eight inches in length, of a light green colour, and producing It-. 

 (lowers from the side of the bulbs on flattened stalks about eight inehes in length, each (lower being three 

 inches in diameter. The colour is a rich decp-purplc in the sepals and petal* and a beautiful veiny-rose in 

 ilit- broad expanded lip* It blossoms in September and October, and wiD continue in [lower for six weeks, 



