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THE FLOWER GROWER'S GUIDE. 



Fig. 92. Zyoopetalum Mackayi. 



Kepresentative Species. 



Zygopetaltjm Clayi. — Hybrid between Z. 

 maxillare and Z. crinitum. 



Z. crinitum . — Sepals and petals green, with 

 pale brownish bars ; lip white, lined with 

 purple. Brazil, 1834 (;')• 



Z. Gautieri. — Very pretty plant, of medium 

 growth. Sepals and petals brown and 

 green ; lip deep blue, with blackish- 

 purple centre. Brazil, 1868 (/). 



Z. intermedium.— Sepals and petals yellow- 

 ish green with large blotches of brown ; 

 lip whitish with purple lines. Brazil, 

 1S44 (/). 



Z. Mackayi.— Very like the last-named, but 

 with blue lines on the lip. Brazil, 1827 

 (*")• (Fig. 92.) 



Z. maxillare.— Pseudo-bulbs small, from 



creeping rhizomes. Flowers 1£ inches across ; 

 sepals and petals greenish with brown spots ; lip 

 of differing shades of purple. Brazil, 1844 {h). 



Z. rostratum. — Sepals and petals white ; lip with a 

 rosy purple centre and radiating lines of the same 

 tint. Demerara, 1830 (?'). 



Z. Sedeni. — Hybrid between Z. maxillare and 

 Z. Mackayi, and pleasingly combining the charac- 

 ters of both. 



zygocolax. — A genus founded for 

 the reception of hybrids between Zygo- 

 petalum and Colax, of which Veitchi is 

 a most beautiful example (Fig. 93). 



Fig. 93. Zygocolax Veitchi. 



