MASDEVALLIAS 



Among Masdevallias we have scarce varieties of Harryana, 

 as BulFs Blood, Mr. Bull's punning name for the darkest of all 

 crimsons, and Benisoniana, which keen eyes distinguish from 

 It by a shade of magenta ; splendens, pure magenta ; versi- 

 color, which has patches of deep crimson on a magenta 

 ground, and a bright yellow ' eye ' ; Armeniaca, large, apricot 

 in colour, also with a yellow ' eye ' ; Sander s Scarlet, which 

 speaks for itself. 



_ Bonplandii. — Greenish yellow, with a few purple marks. 

 Tails short and stiff. 



Caudata. — Upper sepal light yellow dotted with red ; 

 lower purplish rose, marbled with white. A dwarf species' 

 but the yellow tails are two to three inches long. 



Abbreviata. — Small, white speckled with purple. 



Ignea splendens. — Much larger than the normal form. 

 Fiery red. 



_ Amabilis. — Small, carmine, conspicuous by reason of its 

 ' tail,' an inch and a half long. 



Chelsoni. — A hybrid of the last-named with Veitchii, 

 orange-yellow, with mauve spots and two ' tails.' 



Veitchii grandiflora, a variety even larger than the common 

 type, seven inches across sometimes ; orange-red, suffused 

 with purple, 



Polysticta. — One of the lovely little 'curiosities' which 



