328 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
MILTONIA WARSCEWICZII XANTHINA. 
A VERY pretty variety of Miltonia Warscewiczii has just flowered with 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co., Heaton, Bradford, in which the usual brown 
and purple markings have completely vanished, leaving the flower a 
ccmbination of lightest yellow and white. Two varieties of this kind have 
been described. The first appeared in the collection of C. Winn, Esq., 
Selly Hill, Birmingham, in 1881, and was described by Reichenbach as 
var. ztherea (Gard. Chron., 1881, xv., p. 428) as ‘‘a curious variety whose 
colours are nearly lost—all blended in the slightest tinge. Sepals and petals 
of the lightest yellow with white tips; the lip white, area lightest yellow, 
bordered and based with lightest mauve-lilac ; keels white, column white.” 
The author added, ‘‘ Nothing comparable to it had ever come before me,” 
but this remark he subsequently modified, for about a year later, in alluding to 
it, he observed, ‘‘ and yet I had a fine, wild-grown specimen which had been 
in my herbarium since 1879, collected by Mr. Falkenberg, as ‘a variety 
with a white lip,’ and kindly presented to me by Mr. Sander. It is now in 
flower at St. Albans, and proves to be quite identical with Mr. C. Winn’s 
plant—a fact which I could not guess from Mr. Falkenberg’s dried speci- 
men” (Gard. Chron., 1882, xvii., p. 732). The author afterwards added a 
variety xanthina, as ‘‘a delightful new variety, near var. ztherea, but with 
much deeper yellow sepals and petals, a light yellow lip, with narrow 
white border, and no purple at all. The column is pure white. It was 
kindly sent by Mr. William Lee, of Leatherhead” (Gard. Chron., 1883, Xx. 
p. 812). Messrs. Charlesworth’s plant apparently agrees with the latter, 
and it forms a very striking contrast with the typical form, which is really 
one of the most beautiful species in cultivation, though rather rare, and not 
always one of the easiest to grow. The species was originally discovered 
by Poeppig, in 1830, near Cachiro, in Peru, and was again found by 
Warscewicz, who brought dried specimens to Europe. It was introduced 
to cultivation by Gustav Wallis, who sent specimens to Messrs. Linden, in 
1868, one of which was exhibited at a meeting of the R. H. S. in October, 
1869. Messrs. Veitch remark that more recently it was found by their 
collector Burke, growing on small trees and shrubs close to the ground, and 
on moss-covered stones, at 2000 to 3000 feet elevation, near the Rio Verde, 
in the province of Antioquia, and this should furnish a very good clue to 
its cultural requirements, for Cattleya Dowiana aurea grows in the same 
province. It is said to require more heat and more shade than either 
the Brazilian or Columbian species, except M. Roezlii, and a moderately 
shady position in the Cattleya house should prove suitable. It is one of the 
most beautiful species in the genus, and, when well grown, its panicled 
inflorescences of richly-coloured Howers form an imposing sight. 
Rk. Ac ke 
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