zy- 



ORCHIDS 



Miltonia. 



Var. hicolor has white and rosy-purple flowers. 



Var. radians has the habit and flowers of the type, but the 

 hp is white, with hnes of purple radiating from the crest. 



Var. rosea has narrower, longer pseudo-bulbs, and rose-tinted 

 sepals and petals ; the lip is banded with rose. 



Fig. 103. illLToNIA VEXILL.\RI.\ 

 (much reduced). 



Var. virgiualis is distinguished by its tall scapes, its large flowers, 

 and the deep crimson of its lip. 



M. speciabilis and its varieties should be grown in a shallow 

 teak basket, and require only a thin layer of compost about their 

 roots. The soil should be peat-fibre, leaf-soil, and sphagnum. 



