flowers in the wild state in March and April; sometimes it 
flowers again in November; the mean temperature of its 
habitat ranges from 59° to 64° Fahrenheit. The plant 
erows well and flowers freely under the treatment suitable 
for most Masdevallias; a cool moist greenhouse, shade from 
direct sunshine and a compost of sphagnum and peat. The 
specimen from which our illustration has been derived 
flowered in January. 
Description.—HLerb, epiphytic, dwarf and tufted, without 
pseudobulbs. Leaves clustered, spathulate-oblong, coriaceous, 
recurved and rather acute at the tip, narrowed to the base, 
3-4 in. long, 2-1 in. wide; petiole 2-3 in. long, with mem- 
branous sheaths at the base. Scapes slender, erect, 6-9 in. 
long; racemes lax, 5-7-flowered; bracts ovate, somewhat 
blunt, membranous, }—1} in. long; pedicels about 1 in. long. 
Flowers rather large, straw-coloured with reddish dots, the 
tails and midribs of the lateral sepals yellow. Szpals united 
at the base in a short tube, the upper wide elliptic-ovate, 
hooded, shortly tailed, about 2 in. long; lateral pair spread- 
ing, narrow ovate, shortly tailed, the tails recurved. Petals 
oblong, 3-toothed at the tip, about } in. long. Lip pandu- 
rate-oblong, obtuse, 3-keeled almost to the tip. Column 
clavate, under } in. long. | a 
Fig. 1, flower; 2, petals and column; 3, column and lip; 4, anther-cap; 
5, pollinia :—all enlarged, 
