318 ORCHIDS. 
February, and remain fresh more than a month. This 
species thrives best when planted in a pot or pan, in a 
compost of peat-fibre and sphagnum, and placed in the 
Cattleya-house, or even where Vandas are grown. It likes 
plenty of light and moisture. Introduced from Brazil in 
1843. Syn. MZ. speciosa. 
Botanical Register, 1845, t. 8. 
M. Moreliana.— Although usually called a variety of 
M. spectabilis, this fine Orchid is sufficiently distinct in 
colour alone to deserve to rank as a species. It has 
ovate, much-flattened pseudo-bulbs from 2in. to gin. long, 
shining, apple-green in colour, becoming bright yellow 
when old, and bearing two short, strap-shaped leaves, 
rarely more than 6in. long, with several shorter basal 
leaves. The rhizome is stout, and creeps along the sur- 
face of the soil; the pseudo-bulbs are developed about 
isin. apart. The scape is erect, 6in. long, clothed with 
sheathing bracts 14in. long, and bears a single flower, 
from 2in. to 44in. across; sepals and petals rin. to 2in. 
long, deep vinous purple; lip rin. to 2in. long, nearly as 
broad, spreading, purple, lighter in colour than the other 
parts of the flower, and veined with deep purple. The 
flowers expand in October or November, and remain fresh 
at least six weeks. This is one of the most beautiful of all 
Orchids. The flowers vary in size and colour; the largest 
measurements here given are from a very fine variety at 
Kew. It requires the same treatment as M. spectabilis. 
Introduced from Brazil in 1847. Syn. M7. purpureo-violacea. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 4425. 
M. Phalenopsis.—This is a delightful little Orchid when 
well grown. The pseudo-bulbs are clustered, ovate, only 
slightly compressed, about rin. long, when young sheathed 
in the bases of the lower leaves, with a pair of leaves 
