Masdevallia 



the colouring a rich brown in the general effect, 

 mottled with lighter and darker tints. But on 

 examination we perceive that the ground is creamy- 

 yellow, almost obscured by the brown blotches. 

 The lip has slender white edges, which show 

 prettily on that dark surface. The tails are 

 purple. 



N.B. If the spike be not cut, it will often throw 

 up another flower, or even two, in succession. 



This must be grown in a basket or pan, and kept 

 at a minimum of 50 through the winter. It 

 should be repotted every spring. Spring. New 

 Granada. 1872. 7*. 6rf. 



The largest variety by far, and the best, is 

 Chimcera Sanderiana. Including the tails, it is two 

 feet long, or even more. And the brown mottling 

 is changed to dark crimson. 



Coccinea (red). A species so much like a small 

 variety of the common ignea that the name is often 

 applied to the latter. Small. Scarlet, tipped with 

 rose. Winter. New Granada. 1878. 5s. 



Colibri (humming-bird). The discoverer observed 

 a bluish sheen upon the flowers comparable to the 

 lustre of a humming-bird. It has vanished in cul- 

 tivation. Kather curious than beautiful. Large, 

 deep red-brown, touched with yellow ; yellow 

 tails. Spring. New Granada. 1875 Warm end. 



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