Epidendrum 



Medusae. Better known as Nanodes Medusce. 



Myrianthum (ten thousand flowers). So rare 

 that I should not name it were not the list of cool 

 species so short. Tall and slender, bearing a pyramid 

 of small but most brilliant red flowers at the top 

 of its reed-like stems in summer. Guatemala. 21s. 



Nemorale. I name this among cool species only 

 because it is named in all other books. My own 

 experience teaches that it should rather have a 

 place in the stove. But, as I have often said, 

 circumstances differ and those great authorities 

 cannot be wrong. At least, it should be hung close 

 to the glass, and shaded only during the hottest 

 hours of the day. The reader must understand 

 that I do not advise him to purchase this species 

 for the cool house. 



Virgatum (twig-like, alluding to the flower- 

 spikes). So like E. vitellinum in growth that they 

 are easily mistaken, but very different in bloom. 

 It bears a multitude of small flowers, green and 

 brown, on tall branching spikes. June. Mexico. 5s. 

 Vitellinum majus (resembling yoke of egg in 

 hue ; one of the feeblest shots in orchid nomen- 

 clature, which is an amusing record of bad marks- 

 manship). This variety is distinguished from the 

 plain, old-fashioned vitellinum by greater size and 

 importance, and also by the season of flowering. 



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