138 A FEW HINTS ON THE MANAGEMENT OF ORCHIDEOUS EPIPHYTES. 
a quantity of curious coloured flowers. Our plant does well potted in turfy peat, 
and placed in a hot damp stove. 
Maxillaria tetragona is a native of Brazil, and although the flowers are 
not so gay as those of many other species, yet they possess a most delightful fra- 
grance. The flower stem arises from the root and produces threejor four flowers ; 
the sepals and petals of these flowers are yellow green, and the labellum white. 
