Tab. 5843. 

 MILTONIA Warscewiczii. 



M. Warscewicz s Miltonia. 



Nat. Ord. Orchide^;. — Gynandria Monandria. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 5572.) 



Miltonia Warscewiczii ; pseudobulbis 3-5-pollicaribus viridibus, foliia 

 5-6-pollicaribus, panicula inclinata longe pedunculata multiflora, 

 bracteis brevibus scariosis acuminatis, floribus lj poll, latis, sepalis 

 petalisque obovato-spatbulatis undulato-crispatis, labello late sub- 

 cuneato oblongo v. quadrato 2-lobo planiusculo basi obscure cristato 

 et bidentato, columna brevissima purpurea. 



Miltonia Warscewiczii, Reichb. fil. Xen. Orchid, v. i. p. 132. — Gard. 

 Chron., 1869, pp. 277 and 1067. 



This appears to be one of the most copious flowering 

 species of Miltonia in cultivation ; it was discovered by 

 Pueppig, in Peru, and has been collected by Warscewicz and 

 others. It was flowered first by Mr. Linden of Brussels, 

 whose specimens were described by Reichenbach, under the 

 above name of Warscewiczii ; these, however, only bore six to 

 eight flowers, but more recently as many as twenty to thirty 

 have been produced, and as we find the same number in dried 

 specimens, this must be regarded as the normal number. In 

 this country it has flowered repeatedly within the last two 

 years ; the flowers being, as I am informed, exceedingly 

 variable in colour and markings. For the specimen here 

 figured I am indebted to Mr. Bull, F.L.S., of Chelsea, from 

 whose plant the drawing was made by Mr. Fitch, in March 

 of the present year. 



Descr. Pseudcbulbs three to five inches long, one inch 

 broad, green, much flattened. Leaves, linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 bright pale-green, five to six inches long. Scape slender, in- 



jcne 1st, 1870. 



