AND THEIR UTANAGEMENT. 



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Miltonia. 



yellow, with revolute margins ; lip rose-purple at base, milk-white 

 at apex, subpandurate ; scapes erect, racemose, seven- to nine- 

 flowered. Leaves linear-oblong, 5in. to yin. long. Pseudo-bulbs 

 ovoid-oblong, two-leaved. Costa Rica. iSSg. The flowers are borne 

 in September. Syn. Odoiito- 



gloss um Sc/nwJt'n'aiaim. 

 M. spectabilis [^Lindl.). — 



The first-introduced species, 

 and still one of the 

 some of the varieties 

 exceptionally beautiful, 

 rhizomes are stout ; 

 pseudo - bulbs are 

 I in. apart, oblong, 

 very fiat, lin. to 3in. 

 long, yellowish, in- 

 closed in the sheath- 

 ing basal leaves 

 when young, and 

 bearing at the apex 

 a pair of pale apple- 

 green, oblong leaves, 

 varying in length 

 from 4in. to i2in. 

 Scapes erect, covered 

 with sheaths, 6in. to 

 Sin. long, one- 

 flowered ; flowers 

 4in. across ; sepals 

 and petals 2in. long, 

 |in. broad, pure 

 white, becoming 



cream-coloured be- 

 fore fading ; lip 2in. 

 long, and nearly as 

 broad, spreading, 

 rose-purple, almost 

 crimson, the veins 

 being darker in 

 colour ; crest of 

 three short, projecting 



Fig. 102. 



ridsres 



Flower of jNIiltonia spectabilis 



(nat. size). 



This plant blossoms in autumn, 

 and remains in perfection for a month or more. There is con- 

 siderable variation in the size and colour of the flowers, some 

 being much superior to others, although the poorest plant is a 

 good Orchid. Brazil, 1835. (Fig. 102; B. M., t. 4204.) 



