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attractive than B. striata, and the flowers different in shape. Rolfe says 

 of it, " B. antennifera, H.B.K., not the plant usually so called in 

 gardens, which is B. maculata Lindl." In the " Orchid Review," August 



1891, he deals critically with these species of Bestrepia, and says, " It is 

 curious what confusion has been introduced into the histories of some 

 of our garden orchids. Bestrepia antennifera, the type of the genus, 

 furnishes a very good example. This species is supposed to be well 



