OcTOBER, 1916.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 241 
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ee MILTONIA SPECTABILIS AND ITS VARIETIES. ae 
HE varieties of Miltonia spectabilis are among. the most distinct and 
attractive of autumn-flowering Orchids, and two of the best:are shown 
in the annexed illustration, which represents plants in the collection of Dr. 
‘A. W. Hoisholt, Stockton, California. Some years ago Dr. Hoisholt 
purchased a clump from Messrs. Lager & Hurrell, which it was thought 
belonged to M. spectabilis Moreliana. It proved to consist of three distinct 
plants, one the ordinary M. spectabilis, the second a fine dark Moreliana, 
44. M. s. MORELIANA. 
Fig. 43. M. SPECTABILIS VAR. RADIANS. 
and the third the variety radians, the two latter being those here figured. 
This seems to suggest that the forms grow together, a point on which 
further evidence would be useful. It will be noticed that there are marked 
differences in shape as well as in colour between the two varieties. 
Miltonia spectabilis is the original species of the genus, and was sent 
from Brazil to the Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society in 
1835. It first flowered in the collection of Messrs. Loddiges some two 
years later, and shortly afterwards with Mr. George Barker, of Birmingham. 
It is very variable in colour, and several distinct varieties have been 
