194 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



MOOREA 



The one known species of this Colombian genus, Moorea 

 IRRORATA, is represented in British gardens by very few specimens, 

 and the plant is not offered in catalogues. It grows about eighteen 

 inches high, and bears tall spikes of fleshy, red-brown flowers, the 

 yellow lip being marked with purple. It is more remarkable for 

 its rarity than its beauty. The species first flowered at the Glas- 

 nevin Botanic Gardens, Dublin, and bears the name of the clever 

 Curator of that famous establishment, Mr F. W. Moore. 



MORMODES 



The Mormodes have much in common with the Catasetums, 

 and require similar cultural conditions, though they will succeed in 

 a slightly lower temperature. The most striking species are M. 

 BADiuM, M. Buccinator, M. luxata, M. Ocan^, M. pardina, 

 and M. Rolfeana. 



NEOBENTHAMIA 



This genus is at present represented by one species, N. 

 GRACILIS, and it has slender, reed-like stems, five or six feet high, 

 and pretty, white flowers in which the lip is white with purple 

 spots and a central yellow band. The plants require an abundance 

 of water, a high temperature, and a compost of peat and sphagnum, 



ORNITHOCEPHALUS 



Ornithocephalus grandiflorus is occasionally met with in 

 collections, but it has little to recommend it. It grows about six 



