MILTONIA. 



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MILTOSIA PHALAEXOPSIS. 



M. PEETERSIANA CONCOLOR, jRchb.f.-A variety with lighter sepals and 

 petals, and lip without the characteristic blotches of the type. 



M. PHALAENOPSIS, Niclwlson.—A most lovely compact-habited, elegant- 

 growing species, whose large showy flowers are in strong contrast to the slender 

 foliage ; it has oblong compressed pseudobulbs 

 narrowed upwards, bearing each one linear aiutc 

 grassy leaf 8 inches to a foot long ; the floivurs, 

 which are generally two or more together on a 

 spike, are flat and very distinct from those of 

 any other kind ; the petals are obovate obtuse, 

 the sepals oblong-ligulate and more acute, both 

 white; and the lip, which is panduriform, broader 

 in front, and emarginate, is also white with two 

 great crimson blotches, one on each side of the 

 centre, where occurs a broken bar or two of the 

 same colour, the front edge of the blotches being 

 extended into stripes. The plant blooms in 

 summer, and will last in bloom four or five weeks. 

 This is a free plant to cultivate, but it requires 

 the heat of the Caitleya house in winter to 

 grow it well ; it also requires a well-drained 

 pot, and good fibrous peat soil. — Xea- Gremida. 



Fig.— Pescaton-a, t. 44 ; M'arner, Scl. Orcli. PI., i. t. 30 ; Jiatcm . Mon. Odont., t. 3 ; 

 Gard. C/iron., 1872, p. 832, f. 191 (specimen plant) ; Liiidcnht, vii. t. 334 ; 6ard. Oiroii., 

 y.S. 1886, XXV. p. 364, f. 69 ; VeitcK's Man. Orcli. PL, viii. p. 103. 



Syn. — MiUonia jjulchella ; Odontoglossum Phalaeiwpsh. 



M. PINELLII.— See M. anceps. 



M. PULCHELLA.-See M. Piialaexopsis. 



M. PURPUREA VIOLACEA.— See M. spectabilis Mokeliaxa kosea. 



M. REGNELLI, jRclib.f. — A very distinct and pretty species, which grows in 

 the way of M.cuiieuta. The pseudobulbs are ancipitous narrow oblong, tapering 

 to the apex, the leaves linear ligulate, light green, and about 12 inches long, 

 and the soapes erect from the axils of accessory leaves, and producing from 

 three to six flowers, which are about 2^ inches across, the lanceolate sepals and 

 the oblong petals white, and the sub-pandurate lip cuneatc at the base, quadrate 

 and emarginate in front, and of a pale rosy-pink streaked with darker rose in 

 the centre, white at the edge and along the median line ; there are three 

 lamellae at the base of the lip, the middle one shorter than the others. The 

 plant generally produces its blossoms in September or October, and lasts in 

 bloom for some four or five weeks. It is best grown in a pot, with peat and 

 moss. — Brazil. 



Fig.— Bot. Jlatj.. t. 5436 ; Bateiii. Sfcuiid Cent. Orch. PL. t. 182 ; Xenia Orclt.. i. 

 t. 47 ; Puydt, Lvs Oi-clt., t. 26. 



M. REGNELLI PURPUREA, Hort. — This is a most charming form of 

 J/. Eegnelli, and very rare. The habit of growth is the same in both, but in 

 the form here referred to the spike is longer, and the flowers are larger, and 



