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ORCHID-GROWER S MANUAL. 



sepals are however only united at the extreme base to form 

 the very short mentum in M. vulcanicum. The species are 

 natives of the Peruvian Andes. 



Culture. — The plants of this genus are evergreens, requiring 

 cool treatment, and are best grown in baskets suspended from 

 the roof, as they produce drooping spikes of flower from the 

 sides of the pseudobulbs. They should be placed in a com- 

 post of peat and moss, giving them a liberal supply of water 

 during the growing season. They are propagated by dividing 

 the pseudobulbs. 



M. sangumeuin, Rchb. f. — This very pretty plant, though 

 known long since, was not brought in a living state to this 

 country until a few years ago. In habit it resembles the smaller 



MESOSPINIDITJM SANGTTINETJM. 



Odontofjlossums. The pseudobulbs are oval compressed, 

 clouded with prettily mottled bands of brown, and bearing 

 two cuneate ligulate leaves. The flowers come in slender 



