October, 1913- 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



MESSRS. JAMES VEITCH & SONS 

 ORCHID SPECIES. 



(Conihuied from Vol. III., page 280.) 



EpidENDRUM WALLISII. — Introduced 

 through Gustav WalHs in 1874, from New 

 Grenada, where it grows in Hght situations at 

 an elevation of 4,000-7,000 feet. It is of 

 horticultural value on account of its flowers, 

 which, considering the genus, are compara- 

 tively large, being about two inches across, 

 of a yellow colour with purple spots and 

 streaks. It is the parent of E. Endresio- 

 Wallisii, a well-known hybrid. 



HouLLETiA Brocklehurstiana. — This 

 species first flowered in the collection of 

 Mr. Brocklehurst in the year 1841, but was 

 very scarce until William Lobb found plants 

 on the Organ Mountains, and sent some to 

 Exeter in 1842. 



Lycaste Locusta. — An interesting 

 species with dull green flowers having a 

 white fringe extending round the front of 

 the lip. Found by Walter Davis in Peru, 

 and first flowered at Chelsea in 1879. 

 Subsequently lost sight of, but during recent 

 years it has been re-discovered. 



MasDEVALLIA HarrYANA. — This very fine 

 flower, really a variety of M. coccinea, was 

 discovered by Chesterton in 1871 on the 

 eastern side of the Cordillera, near Sogamosa, 

 where it has a vertical range of from 7,000- 

 10,000 feet. The flowers are extremely 

 variable in colour, almost every shade from 

 deep crimson-purple, through magenta- 

 crimson, crimson-scarlet, orange, yellow, to 

 cream-white being represented. 



MASDEVALLIA DavISIL — This species, 

 remarkable for its size and the colour of its 

 flowers, was discovered by Walter Davis near 

 the city of Cuzco on the eastern Cordillera 

 of Peru, and flowered for the first time in 

 England, August, 1874. It is found in the 

 crevices of rocks on the slopes of the 

 mountains at an immense elevation, probably 

 not less than 10,500 to 12,000 feet, but 

 within a restricted area, extending a few miles 

 only along the flanks of the mountains, and 

 within the vertical limits above mentioned. 



MASDEVALLIA POLYSTICTA. — This species 

 flowered for the first time in England at 

 Chelsea in the spring of 1875, and is a 

 native of Peru. The specific name refers to 

 the spotted perianth. 



MASDEVALLIA SIMULA. — Introduced in 

 1874 from New Grenada through Chesterton. 

 It is a tufted, minute plant, but producing very 

 small flowers of exquisite beauty, especially 

 when viewed through a magnifying glass. 



MASDEVALLIA VeiTCHIANA. — This was 

 discovered in the lofty Andes of Peru by 

 Pearce in 1866, and successfully introduced 

 by him. A few years later it was 

 re-discovered in the same locality by Davis, 

 who states that it grows in the crevices and 

 hollows of the rocks with but little soil, at 

 an altitude of 11,000 to 13,000 feet. The 

 large flowered form, grandiflora, may usually 

 be distinguished by having the upper sepal 

 densely and uniformly covered with purple 

 papillae, while in the lateral two this covering 

 is confined entirely to the outer half, the inner 

 being of the purest orange-scarlet and 

 destitute of papillae. 



MiLTONiA Endresii. — This species was 

 originally discovered by Warscewicz in 1849, 

 in restricted numbers, growing in only two 

 localities on leguminous trees. Twenty-two 

 years later it was re-discovered by Linden's 

 collector. Walks, who tried to introduce it, 

 but failed. In 1873 it was found by Endres 

 in Central America, and through him, after 

 several attempts, Messrs. Veitch succeeded 

 in introducing it. The first flowers were 

 produced at Chelsea in 1875. 



MiLTONIA VEXILLARIA. — This beautiful 

 Orchid was probably discovered by the 

 unfortunate Bowman, when collecting in New 

 Grenada. Subsequently found by Wallis, 

 and again later by W. Roezl ; both sent home 

 plants, which arrived dead or in a dying 

 condition. Chesterton, however, succeeded 

 in bringing a consignment home, the first 

 plants flowering at Chelsea in June, 1873. 



