GENERA AND SPECIES 97 
the showier M. Harryana (coccinea) and M. Veitchiana 
sections, being placed in the cool end of the intermediate 
house in winter. MM. tridactylites, M. O’Brieniana, M. iono- 
charis, and many others form an interesting section of 
dwarf Orchids, with singular, insect-like flowers. The 
Masdevallias require to be kept moist all the year, and are 
benefited by occasional division when being repotted in 
spring or late summer. 
Maxillaria—An extensive genus, widely distributed 
in South America, and extending to the West Indies. All 
the species are intermediate-house plants, requiring the 
ordinary potting material for epiphytes. The flowers are 
varied in form and colour from the white M. grandiflora 
and M, venusta to the large claret-blotched M. Sanderiana. 
Many of the species have fragrant flowers. 
Megaclinium.—A singular genus from Tropical Africa, 
closely allied to Bulbophyllum, their chief characteristic 
being the singular flat rachis of the inflorescence, which 
bears a single row of insect-like, brownish flowers on each 
side. M, Bufo, the type species, is probably not now in 
gardens. M. falcatum is the commonest, and M. purpureo- 
rachis, M. triste, and several other species are sometimes seen. 
They should be grown in the warm house in baskets or pans. 
Microstylis.—The species of Microstylis should be 
grown as terrestrial Orchids in Sphagnum-moss and peat, 
with fine crocks added. Rest the deciduous species in 
dry and cooler conditions. 
Miltonia.—The Miltonias are compact-growing South 
American epiphytes, to be grown in pans elevated in a 
sheltered corner of the intermediate house. Pot the plants 
in ordinary material for epiphytal Orchids, and surface 
G 
