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339 



Mormodes, 



Cattleya-house, onl_\' sufficient water being given to pre\-ent 

 shrivelling. 



JVl. luxata (LiiiJL). — This species and its varielies are the 

 handsomest representatives of the genus as yet known in cultivation. 

 The pseudo-bulbs are 4in. to 6in. high, thick and rounded at the 

 base, tapering towards the top ; they bear four or five lance-shaped, 



long, of glaucous-green colour. The 



plaited leaves, ift. to 2ft. Ion 

 racemes of fragrant flowers 

 are produced from the 

 current season's growth 

 about July. Each flower 

 is 3in. in diameter, with 

 the fleshy sepals and petals 

 lemon-coloured, and the lip 

 yellow, with a streak of 

 dark brown down the 

 centre. The flowers are 

 remarkably distorted, and 

 show more plainly, perhaps, 

 than those of any other 

 species the peculiar char- 

 acter of the genus. The 

 lip is twisted obliquely, and, 

 being uppermost, projects 

 above the column. jNIexico, 

 1842. (B. R., 1S43, t. 33.) 



Var. eburnca is a much 

 superior plant, with simi- 

 larly-shaped flowers. These 

 are 3in. to 4in. in diameter, 

 very fragrant, and of a 

 uniform creamy-white. Few- 

 Orchids are more effective 

 than a weU-flowered speci- 

 men of this variety. 



Var. punctata has white 

 ilowers, the petals and 

 sepals of which are profusely spotted with red on the inner side. 



M. pardina {Batem?).—'}^ curious and rare species, with 

 stem-like pseudo-bulbs 4111. to yin. in height, and dark green 

 lanceolate, striated leaves. The scapes are over ift. long, with 

 the numerous flowers crowded on the upper half The sepals 

 and petals are ovate and pointed, spreading at the base, but 

 with the tips converging upwards. The lip is three-lobed, the 



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Fig. 106 



MORllODES PARDINA 

 (much reduced). 



