wide and dark green in colour. Scapes up to a foot long, bearing a solitary flower. 
The sepals form a short tube, the upper one being about 14 inches long and 
tailed. The lower ones are joined about halfway down, are sharp pointed and 
broadly ovate in shape. They are fleshy in substance, and orange-red in colour, 
decorated with five or six broad crimson lines. Flowers in Spring and lasts about 
six weeks. This is a very variable species, the chief varieties being:— 
(1) Awurantica.—Flowers orange-yellow. 
(2) Boddaertii.—Rose-tinted, yellow underneath. 
(3) Eckhautii—Rich crimson. 
(4) Marshalliana.—Yellow. 
(5) Stobartiana.—Mauve tinted. 
MASDEVALLIA MOOREANA. Native of Venezuela. 
This species is also a robust one much akin to M. macrura. The stalked bases of 
the leaves are noded and broaden into thick, fleshy, dark green leaves up to about 
8 inches long and 14 inches wide, the bottom half being spotted with purple, 
while the base is sheathed. The erect, purplish scapes are only 4 inches long and 
carry a single flower which lies horizontally across the top. The flowers are 
cup-shaped in the centre, the sepals being continued into tails. In colour they are 
a flat white, the tube being flecked with purple and the lower sepals blotched 
with magenta, the tails being a lighter shade of the same colour. The small 
petals are white, while the lip is dark purple and hairy. Flowers in Winter and 
lasts well. 
MASDEVALLIA RACEMOSA. Native of Colombia, 
A very attractive and distinctive species. It grows from long, creeping stems. 
The leaves, rising on slender stems, are spoon-shaped, about 4 inches long by 3 
inch wide, and are fleshy in substance and dark green in colour. The flowers are 
borne on long, branching racemes which carry up to twenty blooms. The flowers 
are about an inch across and are a brilliant orange lined with dark red. This 
species requires cool treatment at all times, and does best in a basket. Flowers in 
early Spring and lasts for about four weeks. 
MASDEVALLIA ROSEA. Native of Peru. 
A pretty, free-flowering species. Leaves are semi-erect and are carried on slender 
2-inch stems. The leaf is spoon-shaped and dark green in colour. The flowers 
are borne singly on slender scapes. They are a brilliant pink tinged with purple. 
They have a short, narrow tube formed by the bases of the sepals which are 
extended into short tails. Although small growing, it flowers prolifically when 
properly established. It requires rather warmer treatment than most of the 
Masdevallias, and should be grown in a glasshouse. Flowers in Winter, the blooms 
lasting for six or seven weeks. 
MASDEVALLIA TOVARENSIS. Native of Colombia. 
An attractive species with erect, brittle leaves, fleshy in substance and glossy 
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