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M. MoreUana atrorubens. — A magnificent variety of the 

 preceding from Brazil; flowers very large, often measuring 

 four inches across, with the colour much darker than that of 

 M. MoreUana. It- blooms in September, and lasts a consider- 

 able time in beauty. A scarce plant. 



M. Regnelli. — A charming Brazihan species, which grows in 

 the way of M. cmieata. The leaves are light green, and about 

 twelve inches long ; spikes erect, producing from three to six 

 flowers ; sepals and petals white ; lip light rose. A very 

 distinct kind, which generally blossoms in September or 

 October, and lasts in bloom four or five weeks. It is 

 best gi'own in a pot, with peat and moss. Also a rare 

 Orchid. 



M. Regnelli purpurea. — This is a very superior foim of the 

 preceding, and very rare ; the habit of growth is the same, but 

 the spike is longer, and the flowers are larger, and vastly 

 superior in colour, which in the sepals and petals is dehcate 

 rose, margined with white, and in the large, flat lip of an 

 intense crimson-purple, the crests being white. Native of 

 Brazil. 



M. spectaUlis. — A beautiful Orchid from Brazil. It grows 

 about six inches high, and produces its large solitary flowers 

 in July and August, lasting six weeks in beauty if kept in a 

 cool-house and free from damp ; sepals and petals white ; the 

 lip large, sometimes measuring four inches across, violet, 

 edged with dull white. Of this beautiful species there are 

 some varieties much better than others. It is a most desirable 

 old plant, and easily grown into a good specimen. Native of 

 Brazil. 



M. spectaUlis rosea. — This very handsome plant, though 

 rare, has been for some time in cultivation under this name, 

 and also under that of M. Warneri ; in habit of gi'owth it 

 resembles M. spectaUlis, but the pseudobulbs are narrower 



