CHAPTER -LXAGE 
WARSCEWICZELLA. 
THE six or seven species included in this genus are all 
good garden plants, which have been in cultivation in 
recent times, and probably may still be found in a few 
special collections. They possess the same kind of beauty 
that characterises their near relatives the Pescatoreas and 
Bolleas, and their cultivation presents the same difficulties 
as are experienced with those genera. When well managed, 
such species as W. marginata and W. Wendlandii are 
charming Orchids, their flowers being large, bright in 
colour, and fragrant; they also remain in bloom several 
weeks. Their distinctive character is their not possessing 
any pseudo-bulbs, the lanceolate leaves springing in tufts 
direct from the rootstock. The texture of the leaves is 
herbaceous, and they soon show the effects of bad treat- 
ment by “spotting” or falling off. The flowers are borne 
singly on short, erect scapes. The sepals and petals are 
lanceolate, and almost alike; whilst the lip is large, folded 
at the sides, spreading in front, and conspicuously coloured. 
The disc is flat, ribbed or toothed, and the column is short 
and thick. All the species of this genus are natives of 
Central or South America, where they are found growing 
in moist, shaded situations on the moss-covered trunks of 
trees. 
