ORCHID SPECIES 



endeavour to bring a consignment home, in which he succeeded, and the 

 first flowers opened at Chelsea in June 1873. 



There are several natural varieties, and many in cultivation, that differ 

 from the species in colour only. 



MOEMODES FEACTIFLEXUM, Echb. f. 



Echb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1872, p. 141. 



Imported from Costa Eica. 



Professor Eeichenbach says of it (loc. cit.), " It would be Mormodes 

 Buccinator if only it had a strict and compact raceme." The sepals and 

 petals are of a whitish-green with purplish streaks and dots, the lip white 

 with radiating purple streaks. 



MOEMODES OC AISLE, Rchb. f. 



Echb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1879, vol. xii. pp. 582 and 178, figs. 133, 134 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6496; 

 Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ix. p. 137, fig. p. 138. 



Originally discovered by Schlim on the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, 

 near Ocana. Professor Eeichenbach described it in Walper's " Annales 

 Botanices," from his specimens. 



Subsequently gathered by Kalbreyer in the same region, it was success- 

 fully introduced, flowering for the first time in October 1879. 



The flowers are of a peculiar shape, orange-yellow in colour, closely 

 speckled with red-brown spots. 



MOEMODES SKINNEEI, Echb. f. 



Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 50. 



An interesting species obtained from Central America through the 

 late Mr. G. Ure-Skinner, to whose memory it is dedicated. 



The sepals and petals are honey-coloured with five longitudinal bars or 

 lines of a dragon's blood colour. The lip is deep yellow with red spots 

 and white hairs. 



MOEMODES WENDLANDI, Echb. f. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1881, p. 22. 



A singular orchid, native of New Grenada, introduced through 

 Kalbreyer. 



The flowers are delightfully fragrant, and bright yellow in colour. The 

 lip is peculiar and not inaptly described as resembling a cocked hat ; the 

 column has the characteristic twist of all species of Mormodes. 



NASONIA PUNCTATA, Hook. f. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5718. 



A curious little orchid of botanical interest only, originally discovered 



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