522 oechid-geowee's manual. 



altogether superior in colour ; the sepals and petals are delicate rose, margined 

 ■with white, and the broad flat emarginate lip is of an intense magenta-crimson, 

 the three crests being white, and accompanied by several small pinkish stripes. 

 — Brazil. 



Yia.—Orcltid Album, ii. t. 72 ; Floral Mag., t. 490 ; 

 V OrcUdopUle, 1889, p. 113; Itcvue Hort. Beige, 1891, 

 p. 253, t. 21. 



M. ROEZLII, Nicliolson. — One of the most beau- 

 tiful of all the MiUonias, producing blossoms twice 

 a year ; it is a very near ally and a close rival of 

 M. vexillaria, and yet how different ! The plant 

 has small narrow ovate acutely margined pseudo- 

 bulbs, long linear-lanceolate light green leaves, and 

 large flat sweet-scented flowers from 2 to 3 inches 

 in diameter, and borne one to four on a scape ; the 

 '"^^"^puepue^ea'^^^^ obovate oblong acute sepals are pure white, and the 



broader petals are white with a bold purple spot at 

 the base ; the lip is obcordate, 2j inches in breadth, white with a yellowish 

 stain, tinged with red around the crest. The flowers, which are deliciously 

 sweet-scented, last from four to five weeks in perfection if kept free from 

 damp. There are numerous varieties of this charming species, many of which 

 make fine subjects as exhibition plants; some of them are much lighter than 

 the one here described, but they are all worth cultivating. It is best grown in 

 the Cattleya house, and requires an abundance of moisture. It is named in 

 honour of the late M. Roezl, being one of his own introductions. — Keiu Grenada. 



Fig. — Xeala OrcJt., i\. t. ^8S ; JSot. Mag., t. 6085; Batem. Mon. Odo>it.,t. 30: Floral 

 Mag., 2nd ser., t. 90 ; Orchid Album, ii. t. 64 '; Oard. Chron., 1873, p. 1302,f. 269 ; Lindenia, 

 ii. t. 78 ; BeiclionbaoMa, ii. t. 69 ; iRevne Hort. Beige, 1891, p. 132, 1. 12. 



Syn. — Odontoglossum Rocdil. 



M. ROEZLII ALBA, Bull. — A charming variety of the last-named sjjecies, 

 the flowers of which are pure white with the exception of a blotch of pale 

 lemon-yellow on the basal part or disk of the lip. This very desirable variety 

 lasts a long time in perfection, and requires the same treatment as O.Boe-/.lii. — 

 New Orenada. 



Fig. — Floral Mag., 2nd ser., t. 164 ; Veitch's Man. OrcJi. PL, viii. p. 105. 



IVI. ROSEA.— See M. spectabilis kosea. 



M. SPECIOSA.-See M. cuveata. 



M. SPECTABILIS, Lindl. — A beautiful and well-known popular Orchid, 

 which grows about 6 inches high, and produces its large solitary showy flowers 

 in July and August, lasting six weeks in beauty if kept in a cool house and free 

 from damp. The pseudobulbs are oval, ancipitous, and covered by a pair of 

 ligulate leaves, of a pale greenish-yellow colour, and the one-flowered scapes 

 are clothed with large fuscous keeled bracts ; the handsome flowers have the 

 spreading oblong sepals and the recurved petals all white, while the obovate 

 plicate lip, which is large, measuring 2 inches across, is of a deep violet-purple 

 at the base and along the deep furrows, the middle portion being of a fine deep 

 rosy-crimson, and the rest of the surface more or less flushed with pink; the 



