M2 



ORCHIDS 



Masdeuallia. 



long, including the tails ; upper sepal small, concave, round, 

 yellow and hrown, terminated by a long, reflexed, slender, yellow 

 tail ; lower sepals united, and forming a concave, bowl-shaped, 

 ril)bed body of irregular shape, lin. across, deep rufous-brown, 

 the tails joined at the base, and then curving away to a length 

 of from 3in. to 5in. The plant blossoms in spring, and requires 

 the treatment recommended for the M. Chimcera section, except 

 that it thrives better in piots than in baskets. It is a very 

 remarkable Orchid, almost equalling yl/. Chiiihcra in its fantastic 

 shape. Introduced in 1S73 bom Colomljia. .Syn. J/. Trocliilus. 

 (I'lg. i;7, for which we are indebted to the Editor of "The 



Garden": B. M., t. 620S.) 



M. ery throchaste 



(Rclih. /.).— A pretty and 

 free-flowering plant of the 

 M. C/iiiiiirra group. The 

 leaves are erect, channelled, 

 gin. long, ^in. wide, nar- 

 rowed to a stalk-like base. 

 The flower-scapes are 

 usually horizontal, 4in. long, 

 one-flowered, with numerous 

 sheaths. The flowers are 

 lin. across, with triangular 

 papillose sepals, almost flat, 

 white, with yellowish spots, 

 the apices lengthened into 

 thin, dull red tails 2in. long; 

 the petals are small, and 

 the lip is narrow, saccate, 

 and whitish. An easily- 

 grown plant, which should 

 be treated as recommended 

 for the M. Chiuucra section. 

 It blossoms in summer, and 

 Central America, 1882. 



Fit. 



;\I.\SI)EVALLIA El'HIPPir.M 

 (much rciiuced). 



remains in beauty a month or more 

 Syns. M. astiita and AI. Gaskelliana. 



M. Estradaj (Rihb. f. ). — A small species, with grotesquely- 

 formed and richly-coloured flowers. The leaves are in dense tufts, 

 and are 3in. long, spoon-shaped, the blade being fleshy, flat, 

 ^in. across, keeled, bifid at the apex. The scapes are 4in. long, 

 erect, one-flowered ; flowers with a short, bent tube, from which 

 the three equal sepals diverge, one upwards, the other two 

 downwards ; they are oval in shape, ^in. long, violet-purple in 



