OECHIDS. 



577 



L. Callistoglossa. 

 L. Canhamiana, 



L. purpurata x C. "W arscewiczii. 

 L. purpurata x C. Mossise. 1885. 



1884. 



Fig. 701.— Masdevallia Chimaera. 



L. Clive. L. prsestans x C. Dowiana aurea. 1896. 



L. Digbyano-Mossice. L. Digbyana x C. Mossiae. 1889. 



L. Ernestii. L. flava x C. Percivaliana. 



L. eximia. L. purpurata x C. labiata 

 Warnerii. 1890. 



L. Hippolyta. L.cinnabarina x C.Mossise. 

 1890. 



L. Lady Rothschild. L. Perrini x C. 

 "Warscewiczii. 1895. 



L. Nysa. L. crispa x C. Warscewiczii. 

 1893. 



L. Pallas. L. crispa x C. Dowiana. 1889. 



L. Veitchiana. L. crispa x C. labiata. 

 1874. 



L. Wellsice. L. purpurata x C. labiata. 

 1894. 



L. Zephyra. L. xanthina x C. Mendelii. 

 1894. 



Lycaste. — A useful genus from 

 tropical America, requiring to be 

 grown in the cool end of the interme- 

 diate house. 



L. aromatica. Yellow. Mexico. I. 



L. costata. Ivory-white. Peru. I. 



L omenta. Yellow. Guatemala. I. 



L. Deppei. Green, brown, and yellow. 

 Mexico. I. 



L. plana. Green, brown, crimson. Bo- 

 livia. I. 



L Skinneri. White to rose and crimson. 

 Guatemala. I. 



ing some of the most quaint and singular as well as the 

 most brilliant-flowered of Orchids. All require to be 

 kept moist all the year. The Ohimcera class grow best in 

 baskets. 



M. bella. Cream, white, purple. Colombia. I. 



M. Chimcera (fig. 701). Yellow and purple. Colombia. I. 



M. coccinea (Harryana). Scarlet. Pamplona. C. 



M. Davisii. Yellow. Peru. C. 



if. Ephippium. Yellow, purple. Ecuador. C. 



M. Estradce. Yellow and mauve. Colombia. C. 



M. hieroglyphica. Purple. Colombia. C. 



M. ignea (fig. 702). Orange-scarlet. Colombia. C. 



M. macrura. Yellow and purple. Colombia. C. 



M. Mooreana. Green and purple. Colombia. C. 



M. O' Brieniana. Yellow and crimson. C. 



M. racemosa (Crossii). Bright-scarlet. Popayan. O. 



M. rosea. Rose. Ecuador. C. 



M. Schlimii. Yellow and red. Colombia. C. 



M. Tovarensis. White. Venezuela. C. 



M. Veitchiana. Orange and mauve. Peru. C. 



Hybrids of garden origin : — 



M. Chelsoni. Veitchiana x amabilis. 1880. 



M. Courtauldiana. Rosea x caudata. 1889. 



M. Curlei. Macrura x Tovarensis. 1896. 



M. Gairiana. Veitchiana x Davisii. 1884. 



M. Kimballiana. Veitchiana x Shuttleworthii. 1893. 



M. Rushtonii. Ignea x racemosa. 1893. 



M. Veitchiano- Estradce. Veitchiana x Estradse. 1893. 



Maxillaria. — A large genus, very easy to cultivate. 

 The following are the showiest and most useful: — 



M. grandiflora. White. Ecuador. I. 

 M. picta. Cream, white, and purple. Brazil. I. 

 M. prcestans. Yellow and red. Guatemala. I. 

 M. Sandeiiana. White and purple. Ecuador. I. 

 M. tenuifolia. Red-brown. South America. I. 

 M. venusta. White. Colombia. I. 



Miltonia. — Now that this genus includes Odontoglos- 

 sum vexillarium, O. Roezlii, and O. Phalcenopsis, it em- 

 braces a very varied group of decorative Orchids. The 

 Brazilian species require the shady side of the Cattleya 



Masdevallia ignea. 



Masdevallia. — A dwarf leafy evergreen genus, chiefly | house in a position near the roof-glass. Those from 

 inhabiting the mountains of South America, and includ- | Colombia prefer a more moist and less airy situation. 

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