524 oechid-geowee's. manual. 



flowers, are about 3 inclies across and over 4 inches in depth, the sepals and 

 petals being of a creamy white, and the lip pandurately-obovate retuse and 

 slightly wavy, .pure white, with a crest of three yellow linear lamellae blunt 

 and thicTiened in front, and close npon-these a aeries of about six club-shaped 

 slightly, curved bars finch long of -magenta-purple radiating from the base, 

 two thin purple lines running back through the crest. The white column is 

 bordered with nlagenta. — Brazil. 

 Fig.— Orchm Alhiim, iv. t. 164. 



M. SPECTABILIS ROSEA, Hbri.— This very handsome and rare plant 

 resembles M. spectabilis in its habit of growth, but the pseudobulbs are narrower 

 and longer, as also are the leaves. The flowers, which are large, have the sepals' 

 and petals white tinted with light rose, and the lip white irregularly striped 

 with rich deep rosy lake in broad unequal bands with a few detached blotches. 

 It flowers during summer, and remains in perfection for several weeks. — Brazil. 



Pig.— i'iZZ. So7-t.. t. 524. 



Syn. — M. rosea ; M. Warnerl. 



M. VEXILLARIA, BentJiam. — This magnificent Orchid ranks among the most 

 beautiful of all Orchids. It has been known for about thirty years, but it is 

 only after numerous futile efforts, it has been imported in a living state. It 

 now proves to be a most valuable addition to the genus on account of the large, 

 size and distinct ; colour of its flowers, which measure as much as 4 inches in 

 depth and 3 inches across. The plant has small narrow oblong compressed 

 pseudobulbs, and light green elliptic-lanceolate acuminate leaves 8 to 10 inches 

 long and 1 inch broad ; the slender scapes are produced from the sides of the 

 bulbs, and.bear from five to seven flowers each, the sepals and petals being 

 oblong obtuse, of a, bright rosy pink, and the large orbicular two-lobed lip of 

 the same colour. There are many varieties of this charming species, some 

 much lighter than others, varying from pure white to deep shades of rosy 

 purple. We .find this plant succeeds best in the OattUya house during the 

 winter months and up to the time of flowering, after which it should be placed 

 in the Odontoglossum house; it delights in an abundant supply of moisture 

 during the growing period. This is a plant that should be in every collection 

 as it is one of the most useful free flowering Orchids. There are two forms, 

 one producing its flowersin spring, and the' other with smaller flowers blooms 

 in autumn. — New Orenada. 



Fig. — Xenia OrcJi., ii. t. 182 ; Jennings, Orcli., t. 36 ; Bot. Mag., t. 6037 ; Batetn. 

 Mon. Odont., t. 29 ; i'loral Mag., 2nd ser., t. 73 ; Id., t. 461 {i-ubrmri) ; VIll. HoH., 

 3rd ser., t. 113 ; i!Ure des Serves, t. 2058 ; Warner, Sel. Oreh. PI., ii. t. 38 ; Bard. Cliron., 

 1872, p. 667, f. 163 ; Id., 1873, p. 644, f. 1.23 ; Id., sr.s., 1886, xxvi. p. 145, f. 27 ; Orchid 

 Growers' Manual, 5th ed. (frontispiece) ; BeicJienbachia, 2nd ser., i. t. 29 ; Veitch's 

 Man. Orch. PI., viii. p. 112. 



Syn. — Odontoglossmn wmillarium, Echb. f. 



M. VEXILLARIA ALBA, Finet. — A very beautiful' and distinct variety, with 

 white flowers having only the faintest tinge of rose towards the lower portions 

 of the sepals, aiid .petals. This was first fiowered by M. 'Finet, of Argenteuil, 

 France, an ardent .admirer of Orchids. — l>te%v Grenada. 



FlGf. — Orchid Alhum, v. t. 227 ; Lindenia, viii. t. 354. 



Syn. — M. vexillaria virginalis. 



