AXn THEIR MAXAGE.MENT. 



309 



Masdeuallia. 



somewhat from those here given. Syn. J/. SJiitHlcivortlni. 

 (Fig. 94: B. M., t. by, 2.) 



M. Chestertoni {Rclib. /.). — One of the most distinct kinds 

 of the Jf. C/ii/ihcrd group, though differing very \Yidely in 

 the form and size of its flowers from J/. C/i/z/nnuh The leaves 

 are tufted, 5in. long, lin. wide, broadest above the middle, 

 pointed, channelled, scarcely stalked, pale dull green. The 

 scapes are pendulous, 4in. long, with numerous sheaths, one- 

 flowered. Flowers 

 2liin. across ; sepals 

 spreading, ovate, lin. 

 long, yellowish-green, 

 with spots and 

 streaks of purple, 

 each having a tail- 

 like appendage, tin. 

 long, curved at the 

 point ; petals very 

 small, and club- 

 shaped, yellow, with 

 black tips; lip kid- 

 ney-shaped, conca\'e, 

 ^in. across, with red 

 veins on a pale red 

 ground. This spe- 

 cies requires the 

 same treatment as 

 advised for the 

 A/. Chimara section. 

 Colombia, 1S97. 

 (B. M., t. 6971.) 



M. Chjmaera 



{Rchb. /).— One of 

 the most wonderful 

 of Orchids. Some 

 would call its flowers 



ugly : none would deny the extraordinary character of their 

 shapes and colours. '' No name more applicable could be 

 found for it than that of the offspring of Typhon and Echidna, 

 which had the body of a goat, the head of a lion, and 

 the tail of a dragon, and which vomited forth flames of fire" 

 (Reichenbach). There are several other species very similar 

 to it, and one or two of them are sometimes known as 

 M. Chimcera. The true plant has leaves 9in. to ift. long. 



J-iG. 95. 



:MasijEV.'\llia CHiM.y.k.v AVali isii 

 (much reduced). 



