MAXILLARIA 



MAXIMILIANA 



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orange spotted with purple within, white with deep 

 purple spots outside; labellum oblong, whitish, spotted; 

 side lobes small, rounded; midlobe recurved, apiculate. 

 Winter. Brazil, Colombia. B.M. 3154. B.R. 1802. 

 Handsome. 



7. rufescens, Lindl. (M.fuscdta, Reichb. f.). Pseudo- 

 bulbs ovate, subtetragonal, 1-lvd.: Ivs. lanceolate, 

 acuminate: scape short, with 1 small fl.; sepals and 

 petals oblong-obtuse, yellow-tinged and spotted with 

 reddish orange; side lobes of labellum small, sharp; 

 middle lobe elongate, sub-quadrate, emarginate; all 

 yellow, spotted with crimson. Trinidad. B.R. 1848. 

 Not valuable. 



8. elegantula, Rolfe. The bases of the segms. white, 

 the outer halves pale yellow, marked with chocolate- 

 color. Nov. G.C. III. 22:420. From the illustration, 

 the sepals are ovate-lanceolate, wavy and recurved, the 

 lower pair broader; petals smaller, pointing forward, 

 concave, wavy, with reflexed tips: Ivs. lanceolate- 

 acute. 



9. Iftteo-alba, Lindl. Pseudobulbs long-ovate, 1-lvd., 

 2^4 m - high: Ivs. broad, obtuse, narrowed at the base, 

 1 ft. long: scapes 6 in. long; sepals 3 in. long, J^in. 

 wide, tawny yellow fading to white at the base, brown 

 on the back, the lower pair drooping; petals erect, 

 pointing forward, one-half as long, white to brown and 

 yellow above ; side lobes of the labellum yellow with pur- 

 ple streaks; middle lobe recurved, hairy, yellow, with 

 white margins. Colombia. G.C. III. 43:165. A robust 

 species, which soon fills large-sized pans, making very 

 ornamental plants. 



10. striata, Rolfe. Scapes 6-8 in. long, bearing soli- 

 tary fls. 4-5 in. across the sepals; dorsal sepals ovate- 

 oblong; lateral sepals ovate - attenuate, forming a 

 broad mentum at the base, often twisted and recurved; 

 petals narrower, wavy; both sepals and petals are yel- 

 low, striped with red-brown; lobes of the labellum cre- 

 nate-wavy, white with purple veins, the lateral ones 

 recurved. Aug. Peru. G.C. III. 20:631. G.M. 41:705. 



11. Houtteana, Reichb. f. Fig. 2338. Rhizome erect 

 or ascending, clothed with brown sheaths: pseudobulbs 

 2-2 ^2 m - l n g> linear-oblong, compressed: Ivs. solitary, 

 6 in. long, linear, obtuse, keeled: scape 1^-2 in. long; 

 fls. nearly 2 in. across; sepals ovate-lanceolate, dirty 

 yellow outside, red-purple within, with a yellow margin 

 and spotted below; petals smaller, colored like the 

 sepals; labellum without lateral lobes, oblong-obtuse, 

 yellow with red-brown spots, and an ill-defined callus 

 on the base. April. Guatemala and Venezuela. B.M. 

 7533. Fls. last about a month in the coolhouse. 



12. variabilis, Batem. (M. angustifolia, Hook.). 

 Pseudobulbs oval, compressed: Ivs. solitary, plane, 

 linear-oblong, obtuse or emarginate: fls. solitary, small, 

 deep purple; sepals linear-oblong, acute, the lateral 

 ones produced at the base; petals subsimilar; labellum 

 oblong, retuse, fleshy, membranous at the base; disk 

 with a small callus. Midwinter. Mex. B.M. 3614 (as 

 M. Henchmanni). A small plant, of interest only to 

 collectors. 



13. tenuifdlia, Lindl. Rhizomes erect, bearing ovate- 

 compressed pseudobulbs at irregular intervals: Ivs. 

 linear-lanceolate, acute, recurved, grass-like, plane: fls 

 small, spotted and shaded with purple and yellow; 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate, margins revolute, reflexed; 

 petals ovate, acute, erect; labellum oblong, reflexed, 

 with an entire, oblong callus. Spring. Mex. B.R. 

 25:8. Not valuable. 



M. abbrevi&ta, Reichb. f. Fls. solitary, on long bracted peduncles, 

 copper-colored. O. 1911: 106. M. Bindtii, De Wild. Peduncles 

 solitary or geminate: fls. yellow; lip densely purple-dotted toward 

 the middle. Brazil. M. dichrdma, Rolfe. Related to M. venusta, 

 but the petals suffused on the lower half with light pinkish purple, 

 the lip margined, with same color; sepals white. M. Fletcheriana, 

 Rolfe. A new species intermediate between M. Sanderiana and M. 

 grandiflora in the form and size of fl. : fls. large, cream-white, with 

 purple lines; lip yellow. Peru. M. fractiflexa, Reichb. f. Sepals 



yellow, bronzy-tinged, twisted; petals cream-colored, twisted and 

 coiled, warty-margined; lip white, purple-marked. Ecuador. G.C. 

 III. 31:359. M. funerea, Lindl. "Fls. with broad purple-brown 

 sepals and petals, and a darker shining lip, having a broad crest." 

 Brazil. M. Fuerstenbergiana, Schlecht. Fls. large, snow-white, 

 front part of sepals orange-yellow; middle lobe of lip bordered 

 with [red. Peru. O. 1912:116, desc. M. Henniseana, Schlecht. 

 Fls. yellowish white, fragrant. Colombia. O. 1912: 117, desc. M. 

 incarndta, offered by Lager & Hurrell, a trade name only. M. 

 iridifdlia, Reichb. f. Lvs. distichous, equitant, lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate; sepals triangular; lip ligulate-pandurate. Colombia. M. 

 Johniaiia, Kranzl. Scape 1-fld. ; fls. widely expanded, white; sepals 

 and petals deep lilac in upper half; lip yellowish, edged with lilac. 

 Peru. M. phaenicdtUhera, Rodrig. Fls. white or pale yellow, 

 dotted with purple. Brazil. M. piilla, Lind. & Reichb. f. Plant 

 small: fls. straw-yellow, striped with red-brown. Colombia. M. 

 pusilla, Rolfe. Scapes solitary, short ; sepals and petals brownish 

 green; lip dark purple, shiny. M. scurrilis, Rolfe. Sepals and 

 petals elongated, narrow, curved, dark-spotted, 5-6 in. long. G.C. 

 III. 28:65; 32:243, 245. H EINRICH HASSELBRING. 



GEORGE V. NASH.! 



MAXIMILIANA (after Maximilian Joseph, first 

 king of Bavaria, 1756-1825, not Prince Maximilian 

 Alexander Philipp, as said by some). Palmaceae, tribe 

 Attdleae. Tall pinnate -leaved palms, spineless, with 

 ringed trunks. Known also as Englerophcenix ; see 

 Maximilianea, below. 



Leaves with linear pinnae in groups, the midveins and 

 transverse nerves prominent; rachis bifacial, strongly 



2338. Maxillaria Houtteana. 



compressed; petiole plano-convex. This genus is dis- 

 tinguished from Attalea as follows: petals of the male 

 fls. minute, much shorter than the 6 exserted stamens: 

 fr. 1-seeded: pinnae in groups instead of equidistant. 

 From Cocos and Scheelia it differs in the above floral 

 characters and in the plano-convex instead of concavo- 

 convex petioles. Fr. yellow or brown, ovoid, with 

 fibrous or fleshy pericarp and bony endocarp, the latter 

 3-pored at the base, acuminate at the apex. Species 3, 

 St. Kitts, Trinidad and S. Amer. For cult., see Palms. 



