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MILTONIA KARWINSKII. 
It should be potted in a rough sandy peat, well drained with potsherds, and requires to 
be kept in a cool greenhouse, and treated like other moderate growing species ; and cuttings 
root freely planted in pots of sand, and covered with a glass. 
The generic name is derived from ereico , to break. 
MILTONIA KARWINSKII. (Count Karwinski’s Miltonia.) 
Class, Gynandria. Order, Monandria. Nat . Order , Orchidacb^e. (Orchids, V eg. King.) 
Generic Character. — Perianth showy. Petals and sepals 
revolute, lateral ones connate at the base, sessile, similar. 
Labellum largest, dilated, undivided, sessile, connate with 
the column, lanceolate at the base. Column short, semi- 
cylindrical, eared at the summit. Pollen Masses two, with 
an oblong, adnate caudicula. 
Specific Character. — Plant an epiphyte. Pseudo-bulbs 
oval. Leaves ensiform, narrow. Scape three feet high, 
rigid, nearly erect, many -flowered. Flowers large, showy, 
usually two and a half inches in diameter. Bracts small. 
Sepals and Petals lanceolate, nearly equal, of a bright 
yellow, barred and spotted with rich brown. Labellum cor- 
date, contracted in the middle, two-lobed; lobes round, 
extremity pure white, middle pale-rose, base deep-violet. 
Column white, tinged with pale-rose, two-winged; wings 
serrated. 
Authorities and Synonymes. — Miltonia Karwinskii, 
Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc., vol. iv., p. 83. Cyrtochilum 
Karwinskii, Bot. Reg., sub t. 1992. Oncidium Karwinskii, 
Sertum Orchidaceum, sub t. 25. 
This very beautiful species of Miltonia was, according to Dr Lindley, first described from 
a small dried specimen, brought from Mexico, by Count Karwinski, and was then referred 
to the Genus Cyrtochilum, and subse- 
quently to Oncidium; it has, however, 
since proved itself to be a true Miltonia. 
The honour of introducing it in a 
living state to this country is due to the 
London Horticultural Society, who re- 
ceived it from their collector, Mr. Hart- 
weg, who is supposed to have gathered 
it at Oaxaca in 1839. In habit and 
several of its important characters, it 
approaches Miltonia Clowesii ; the pseudo- 
bulbs and leaves are somewhat similar, 
also the sepals and petals both in colours 
and markings, but the markings are of a 
much deeper and richer brown ; the struc- 
ture of the lip, too, is altogether dif- 
ferent, and by which, and the column, it 
is easily distinguished. The scape grows 
nearly upright, rising to the height of 3 
feet or more, being clothed with flowers 
from the extreme point to within 8 inches 
of the base. 
It is said to require the same kind 
fof treatment as Oncids, and thrives best 
in rather a cool temperature, and to be 
placed in pots filled with fibry peat 
and half-decayed leaves. Propagation 
is effected by division of the pseudo- 
bulbs. 
The generic name is given in honour 
of the Earl Fitzwilliam, one of the 
greatest friends of science, and a great 
lover of Orchids. 
