ORCHID SPECIES 



The labellum is singularly coloured, and covered with numerous 

 amethystine papillae. 



MASDEVALLIA POLYSTICTA, Rchb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1874, vol. i. p. 338, 290 ; id. 1875, vol. iii. p. 656, fig. ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 6368 ; Veitchs' Man. Oroh. PI. pt. v. p. 58. 



This species, flowered for the first time in England at Chelsea in the 

 spring of 1875, is a native of Peru, and is said by Eeichenbach to have 

 been imported thence to the Botanic Gardens of Zurich by Mr. Ortiges. 



The specific name, meaning "much spotted," refers to the spotted 

 perianth. 



MASDEVALLIA BADIOSA, Rchb. f. 



Echb. in Gard. Chron. 1877, vol. vii. p. 684 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. v. p. 59, fig. 



opposite. 



Introduced from New Grenada in 1873-1874 through Gustav Wallis, by 

 whom it was discovered near Prontino at an elevation of 8,000 ft. The 

 flower is remarkable, tawny yellow in colour, densely spotted with 

 blackish-purple, while the tails, 2 to 3 in. in length, are dull blackish- 

 purple, paler towards the tips. 



MASDEVALLIA EEICHENBACHIANA, Endres. 



Syns. N. Normani, Hort. Norman. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1875, vol. iv. p. 257; id. 1881, vol. xvi. p. 230; Lindenia, vi. 

 t. 250 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. v. p. 60. 



Introduced from Costa Rica through Endres in 1873 and named at his 

 request in compliment to Professor Beichenbach of Hamburg. 



The nodding flowers are purple-brown above, yellowish -white beneath, 

 and the three yellow tails reflex. 



MASDEVALLIA SIMULA, Rchb. /. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1875, p. 8 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. v. p. 63. 



Introduced in 1874 from New Grenada through Chesterton. 



It is a minute csespitose plant, with gem-like flowers not more than 

 | in. in diameter, but of surprising beauty when closely examined or seen 

 through a magnifying glass. 



MASDEVALLIA TBIABISTELLA, Rchb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1876, vol. vi. pp. 226, 559, fig. ; Bot. Mag. t. 6268 ; Veitchs' 



Man. Orch. PI. pt. v. p. 66. 



Introduced through Endres, by whom it was discovered in Costa Bica 

 in 1875. 



It is the type species of Beichenbach's section of the genus, called 

 TriaristellsB, which approach in their structure the genus Bestrepia. 



They are of value as botanical curiosities. 



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