332 THE 
DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 
Masdevallia—continued. 
with the incurved, half-rounded column. Leaves cori- 
aceous, narrowed downwards into petioles. Until a few 
years ago, Masdevallias did not find favour with 
English orchid-growers. This may, perhaps, be accounted 
for by the fact that the earliest introduced kinds were 
amongst the least showy of the whole genus. There is, 
however, another reason why the culture of Masdevallias 
has not yet become general, and that is, the difficulty of 
transit. Gathered in the high and cool mountain ravines 
of the Andes of Peru and New Grenada, at from 7000ft. 
to 10,000ft. elevation, they are packed in boxes, and 
have, perchance, to make a journey upon a mule’s back 
for some two or three weeks before they reach the port 
of embarkation, every day’s journey bringing them into a 
hotter region. The effect of this is that the plants are 
soon shrivelled up; and, as they have no pseudo-bulbs, 
in which to store nourishment, they are, in many in- 
stances, found, upon arrival in this country, to be a 
mass of useless rubbish. The plants flower two or 
three times in the course of the season. Masdevallias 
are not difficult to cultivate; indeed, there is, probably, 
no other genus of orchids which can be grown with so 
little trouble as the one under notice, providing always 
they have a cool, moist atmosphere, and are well shaded 
from the sun in summer. The plants thrive in peat and 
sphagnum, with good drainage, and are propagated by 
division. 
M. abbreviata (shortened). fl. white, with a few 2 spots; 
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racemes few. flowered. l. spathula ia, 1878. 
te, obtuse. Co 
Closely allied to M. polysticta, but the flowers have usually far 
fewer dots. j 
M. amabilis (lovely).* fl. orange-carmine. l. oblong-ovate, about 
bin. long. h. 6in. Peru, 1874. A vi „ 
species. (I. H. n. s. 195.) , opi a 
M. anchorifera (anchor-bearing). f. purple; the borders of the 
side sepals ochre, with le spots; tails recurved rai 
distichous ; peduncle — 9 2 Rica, ce 
M. Arminii (Armin’s). fl. rose-coloured, tinged with purple 
when expanded. 
M. atteuuata (atten fl. greenish-white; sepaline tails 
orange-yellow ; petals white, with a middle nerve; li 
goer. l. long-stalked, linear-liguiate. Costa Bica, 1871. 
B. M. 6273.) 1 
nee 2’s).* A fine species or variety, 
closely related to M. — tee the colours are much brighter 
and the flower much larger. Columbia, 1879. 
M. Barleeana (Barla’s). scarlet, very freel P 
1876. 8 A n 
M. bella (handsome).* fl. dark purplish-brown, yellow inside, 
large; the odd sepal and the outer halves of the other sepals are 
densely blotched with dark p! sh-brown, the colour of the 
long 17 7 the apace non at paral wot ys agg and the base of 
e sepal are nearly ochre-yellow ur, Col 1878. 
(B. H. 1884, 57; G. C. n. &., xiii. p. 786.) ae 
M. brevis (short). f., upper sepal yellow, with three 
purple spots and a dark purple tail; lateral ones having the 
M. calura (beautiful-tailed). fl., petals and lip brownish- li 
the inner surface covered 2 — warts; D 
numerous purple freckles; tails long. 1883. 
M. campyloglossa (curved-lipped). A. nish-white, small 
than in M. coriacea, with ia pu lish-black A shy Tren the 
5 r kored 3 spit half 1 ength of the perigone; lip 
: hitish, hree violet stripes, long, narrow, acute, angled 
r 1878. 7 55 = 
chelsoni (Chelsea).* fl. white; lip pandurate, mauve at the 
border, brown at the blunt apex, white on the disk of the inner 
side, with a mauve line through the middle line beneath. . with 
3 aud eons petiolar part. 1880. A hybrid between M. Veitchiana 
and M. amabilis; i 
enti : * is believed to be the first Masdevallia 
Chestertoni (Chesterton's . greenish-sulphur, tted 
2 epals m, with blac tiis 3 petals orange, with two 
— 3 sa or Columbia, ed to M. 
Chimera This plant is distinguished from M. 
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Masdevallia—continued. 
M. civilis (civil). . greenish-yellow, spotted inside with brown; 
sepals fused into a tube, terminating in three slender tails. 
l. fleshy, Ain. to bin. long. Peru, 1864. (B. M. 5476.) 
M. coccinea (scarlet).“ fl., sepals yellow outside, and, to use the 
words of Dr. Lindley, as red as a soldier’s coat within; lower 
sepals expanded and folded back, whilst the upper sepal is narrow 
and inclined to reflex. Winter. Pamplona, New Grenada. A 
rare but handsome species. (R. G. 870; R. X. O. 74.) 
M. coriacea (leathery). fl. yellowish, spotted with brownish- 
purple. h. bin. Columbia, 1872. An interesting species, 
M. corniculata (horned). fl. dark cinnamon-brown, as large as 
those of M. coriacea; petals terminating in an ascending, 
columnar, warty body. Columbia, 1878 
M. crassicaudata (thick-tailed). A variety of M. polysticta. 
M. cucullata (hooded). f. glossy blackish-purple, whitish inside 
at base; tips of tails yellow. Columbia, 1883. A fine species. 
M. Davisii (Davis’).* fl. rich orange-yellow, solitary. J. about 
3 long. Peru, 1874. A distinct and handsome species. (B. M. 
6190.) 
M. Dayana (Day’s). fl., upper sepal yellowish-white, with seven 
membranous keels spotted with purple; inferior connate sepals 
orange, with some purple-brown spots and borders towards the 
apex. J. flat, dark green above, purple beneath, 44in. by Sin. 
Columbia, 1880. 
M. Denisoniana (Denison’s). fl. dark crimson, with a magenta 
flush, very brilliant. Columbia, 1873, Plant of dwarf tufted 
habit. (F. M. n. s. 79.) 
M. Eduardi (Edward Klaboch’s). fl. red, two or three, borne on 
eduncles nearly din. high. I., blades scarcely above gin. long and 
Kin. wide, produced at intervals of about lin. along the creeping 
rhizome. Columbia, 1880. A pretty species. 
M. 3 (saddle).* f. dark purplish-brown, with very long 
yellowish tails ; veins of lower sepals washed outside with yellow ; 
scape pluriflorous. J. oblong, obtuse, with long petioles. h. 1ft. 
Antioquia, 1874. Syn. M. Trochilus. (B. M. 6208 ; R. X. O. 195. 
M. erinacea (prickly). fl. light ochre, with a dark purple ri 
on the rough ovary, and a few scattered spots, small; tails an 
disks of lateral sepals orange. J. linear-spathulate, 2in. long, 
obscurely tridentate. 1881. A small species. 
M. erythrocheete (red-bristled).* jl. white and light yellow; 
sepals covered inside with styliform processes; tails reddish- 
purple ; peduncles 4in. tong J. lft. long, zin. broad. Central 
America, 1882. This resembles M. Houtteana, but is larger. 
M. Estrada (Estrada’s).* f. with a purplish-mauve ground colour, 
the Fara 9 — being pale yellow; scape erect, one-flowered. 
April. L. oblong-ovate, coriaceous, deep green, about din. long. 
New Grenada, 1874. dwarf and profuse-flowering species. 
(B. H. 1875, 21; B. M. 6171.) 
M. floribunda (bundle: flowered).“ 
corymb; petals white, with a triangular or square production 
on the inferior side, and a keel on the blade, retuse at its top, 
with three teeth; inferior sepals rounded at the top and suddenly 
extended into a short tail; the very small free part of the 
upper sepal is triangular, tapering into a tail; the tails are of a 
pretty yellow; lip nearly cordate at the base, constricted before 
the middle, whitish, with numerous brownish-purple spots. l. 
rather thick, spathulate, shining. Brazil, 1843. 
M. tua (Gargantua). fl. leather. yellow; lower part of 
tube velvet-purple, with three whitish stripes on each side ; li 
blackish-purple, rough; petals and column white, striped wi 
lake. Columbia, 1876. 
M. Gaskelliana (Gaskell’s).* /l. mauve-purple outside, with two 
yellow areas at the base and apex of the lateral sepals, and light 
1 spotted with mauve, inside; tails mauve - purple. 
narrow-lanceolate, acute, din. long. 1883. An elegant plant. 
M. gemmata (twin).* fl., dorsal sepal ochreous, triangular, with 
an orange tail of equal length; lateral sepals larger, oblique, 
ochreous at base, with orange nerves, the front part purple ; tails 
orange, nearly as long as the body of the sepal; lip purple, cor- 
date. l. linear-cuneate, 2in. long, obscurely tridentate at apex. 
1883. A pretty dwarf species. 
M. gibberosa (warted). l. dark reddish ; sepals connate at base, 
ascending, curved and bent when free, tails of lateral ones green; 
ointed to the ovaries; peduncle loosely racemose, 
covered with numerous warts. J. cuneate-ligulate, acute, very 
narrow above the articulation. k. 6in. Columbia, 1876. 
jl. in a terminal umbel or 
M. gracilenta (slender). fi. backiah-purple, solitary or in pai 
l. oblong, acute, minutely three-toothed. Stems slender, 5in. to 
Tin. high, including the leaves. Costa Rica, 1875. , 
M. Gustavi (Gustav Wallis’s). f. yellowish, with a profusion of 
port-wine-coloured dots, and yellow tails, zin. long, racemose. 
slender, lanceolate, on long petioles. New Grenada, 1875. 
M. (Mr. Harry Veitch’s). A synonym of M. Lindeni. 
M. o TOE AH. quite open; upper se 
yellow, transversely barred with blackish-purple, oblong, with a 
short yellow tail; lateral sepals blackish-purple, narrower, con- 
volute, with longer yellow tails; petals white; lip blackish- 
purple. New Grenada, 1875. A very pretty dwarf plant. a 
hieroglyphic). „ upper se erect, 
with three dark Aa pity . . ones 
