DESCRIPTIVE LIST. 315 



Masdevallia Peristeria. New Granada . . B. M., 6159. 

 Flowers yellow, deeply spotted with amethyst-crimson. 

 Not as showy as the other species. 



Masdevallia tovarensis. Colombia . B. M., 5505. 



Bat. 2d Cen., 120. 

 A very neat and pretty plant. Flowers white, in pairs. 



Masdevallia Trochilus. New Granada . . I. H., 3, 180. 

 SYNS. Masdevallia Colubri. 



M. Ephippium. B. M., 6208. 



Flowers hooded, with long tails, color purple, suffused 

 with brown, tails bright yellow. 



Masdevallia Veitchii. Peru . . . . F. M., 481. 



B. M., 5739. 



War. Orch., 2, 33. 



Fl. des Ser., 1803. 



Flowers six inches in diameter, bright orange-scarlet. 

 A very showy species. 



Masdevallia Wagneriana. Central America. 



Bot. Mag., 4921. 

 A small-growing species, with yellow and red flowers. 



All the species are free-growing and free-blooming, but 

 are soon destroyed if kept too hot. They are natives of 

 high tropical mountains, and require cool treatment and 

 free air. They should be grown in pots, in peat and 

 moss, with good drainage, and must never be allowed to 

 dry up. They flower almost continuously. 



At present many of the species are very rare, but they 

 will soon be attainable. 



