MASDEVALLIA WENDLANDIANA Rchb. f. 
Masprvart1a Wenpranprana Rchb. f. Gard. Chron. 1887, pt. I, p. 174; 1888, pt. L., p. 563; 1889, 
pt. L., p. 587 ; Orchidophile (Godefroy) 1888, p. 259 ; Veitch Manual Orch. pt. V. (1889), p. 72. 
Leaf about 2 inches long, linear, coriaceous, apex tridenticulate, bright green, narrowing below into a 
grooved petiole sheathed at the base. 
Peduncle a little longer than the leaves, very slender, terete, with two sheathing bracts, very pale 
green, ascending from within the sheath at the base of the petiole; flowering bract } inch long, mem- 
branous, apiculate, sheathing below, pale brownish-green. 
Ovary nearly § inch long, with six grooves, pale green. 
Sepals: dorsal sepal united to the lateral sepals for about } inch, forming a narrow tube, gibbous 
below, free portion oblong-triangular, 3-nerved, narrowing into a flattened tail nearly 2 inch long ; lateral 
sepals cohering for about 4 inch, free portion triangular, very minute, 3-nerved, tapering into flattened 
tails nearly } inch long, white, streaked below with rose-purple, tails tipped with pale yellow. 
Petals a little more than 4 inch long, oblong, apiculate, slightly thickened and angled on the anterior 
margin, white. 
Lip a little longer than the petals, oblong, grooved, united to the foot of the column by a flexible 
hinge, with two longitudinal keels near the centre, dull white, semi-transparent, with minute crimson spots, 
apex yellow spotted with crimson. 
Column not quite so long as the petals, white, margined with crimson, apex denticulate, foot crimson. 
MM ASPEVALLIA WENDLANDIANA was imported by Mr. F. Sander from Fron- 
tino, in Antioquia, and was first described by Professor Reichenbach in 1887. 
I have no information as to the elevation or temperature of its habitat, but in cultivation 
it is found to require greater heat than most Masdevallias, with an equal amount of 
moisture. It appears to be very nearly allied to M. pumila, M. tubulosa, and M. minuta, 
and may ultimately prove to be identical with at least one of these species. 
Explanation of Plate, drawn from a plant at Newbattle Abbey : 
Fig. 1, petal, lip, and column ;—1a, section of ovary ;—2, petal, inner side ;—3, lip ;—4, column ;— 
4a, apex of column ;—5, apex and section of leaf, all enlarged. 
