ii6 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



tube and the upper sepal ; it, too, has numerous varieties, which 

 show some difference of colour and marking, but all are very 

 attractive and bright ; the best are M. c. acanthifolia, M. c. 



ATROPURPUREA, M. C. ATROSANGUINEA, M. C. BuLl's BlOOD, 



M. c. Dennisoniana, M. c. grandiflora, M. c. Harryana, 

 one of the finest ; M. c. Lindenii ; M. c. rosea ; and M. c. 

 vioLACEA. M. Davisii, bright yellow and orange. M. ignea, 

 red with crimson veins, allied to M. coccinea, and well represented 

 by the varieties M. i. aurantiaca, M. i. Boddaertiana, and 

 M, I. MiLiTARis. M. MACRURA, the giant of the family, has 

 erect stems, and leaves over a foot high, and large, bright, tawny- 

 yellow flowers that are dotted freely with blackish purple. M. 

 Reichenbachiana, red tube, yellow upper sepal, with whitish 

 lower sepals and green tails ; an attractive and free-flowering 

 species. M. tovarensis, a little gem, with pure white flowers 

 borne several together on six-inch stems ; this does well in the 

 cool house, and when the flowers have faded they should be 

 removed, but the spike or stem must not be cut, as such spikes 

 frequently flower a second time. M. Veitchiana, large, vermilion, 

 with tiny purple hairs that give a pretty flush to the flowers ; one 

 of the best for general cultivation. 



Other Species and Hybrids 



The following are all interesting and have a peculiar beauty 

 of their own : — M. calura, M. Carderi, M. caudata-Estrad^ 

 M. Court AULDiANA, M. cucullata, M. demissa, M. Ephippium 

 M. Estrada, M. floribunda, M. ionocharis, M. ludibunda 

 M. Mooreana, M. Measuresiana, M. muscosa, M. Rolfeana 

 M. rosea, M. Schlimii, M. Schrcederiana, M. triangularis 

 M. triaristella, M. Troglodytes, M. Wageneriana, and 

 M. xanthina. 



