384 oechid-grower's manual. 



M. Petola, Lindleij.— One of the finest of the Ancectochiloid 

 group, which has the further merit of being very free-grow- 

 ing, and easy to increase. Of this there are two varieties, 

 one inferior to the other, but both of them handsome. It 

 grows about four inches high, 

 and has oval acute leaves three 

 inches long, and two inches 

 broad, the ground colour lus- 

 trous, and resembling light- 

 coloured green velvet, enriched 

 with well-defined netted lines 

 and bands of a pale or yellow- 

 MAC0DE3 PETOLA. ish huc, deepening to a golden 



hue, and covering the whole 

 surface. The flowers grow in racemes, terminating an erect 

 scape eight to ten inches high, and are pale reddish brown 

 outside, whitish within. It is a very charming species, and 

 rare in collections. — Java ; Borneo. 



'PlG.—Xenia Orch., i. t. 96, fig. 1 : Blume, Orch. Arch. Ind., t. 31, fiff. 

 2 ; Id., t. 36. 



SYS.—Ajicectochilus Petola; Anmctochilus Veitchii; Neottia Petola. 



MaSDEVALLIA, Buiz et Pavon. 

 {Tribe EpidendrejB, subtrihe Pleurothallese.) 



Of this very interesting genus of cool Orchids, we have 

 many charming and beautiful species, thanks to the efforts of 

 our Orchid collectors. Some of the species are very distinct 

 and brilliant in colour, which renders them especially valuable 

 for decorative or exhibition purposes —we refer to such sorts 

 as M. Limleni, M. VeitcJdi, M. Harryana, M. Davisii, and 

 others, which furnish colours that add much to the brilliancy 

 of the display in our Orchid houses when they are in flower, 

 and enrich our collections by the contrast they afford to 

 other types of this wonderfully varied family. The plants are 

 tufted-growing epiphytes without pseudobulbs, but having a 

 creeping rhizome, from which the short one-leaved stems 

 grow up, the leaves being thick and leathery in texture, and 



