LIST OF ORCHIDEiE. 
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LIST OF ORCHIDE^E. 
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233. Miltonia Candida var. grandiflora. This is a most beautiful variety, and 
ought to be in every collection. Its manner of growth is much similar to that 
of M. Candida , as also its flowers, but they are larger, and the colours brighter. 
It requires a little elevation above the pot, and a good drainage, with a mix¬ 
ture of turfy peat, sphagnum, and a few small potsherds, mixed together. 
Water will be required but sparingly at the first, but increasing it as the 
plant becomes stronger. A temperature of 65° to 70°. — Native of Brazil. 
234. Miltonia Candida var. flavescens. This is another variety of M. Can¬ 
dida, similar in growth and flowering, except that this is larger, and 
varying a little in the colour of the sepals and petals, which are of a deep 
yellow veined nearly all over with brown ; the labellum is white, with a 
slight stain of purple in the throat. The same treatment and temperature as 
for the others will do for this. — Native of Brazil. 
235. Miltonia Clowesiana. (Named in compliment to the Rev. J. Clowes, 
of Broughton Hall, near Manchester, a successful cultivator of these plants.) 
Plant pseudo-bulbous, and very similar to M. Candida, except that the leaves 
of the former are rather more tapering, and a trifle greener ; the sepals and 
petals of the flowers are yellow veined and barred with brown, and the base 
where it joins the column tinged with purple, the column has also a slight 
tinge of purple on each side towards the helmet. The structure of the labellum 
is altogether different, and its lines are peculiar ; it has a deep stain of purple 
across the breast, gradually becoming lighter as it approaches the apex, 
which is considerably compressed in the middle by the folding of the edges, 
and at first is nearly white, but afterwards acquires towards the base a 
pleasing violet and pinkish tint. The same treatment and temperature as the 
others. — Native of Brazil. This plant is also known as Brassia Clowesiana, 
it being correctly referred to that genus. 
236. Miltonia Cloioesiana var. nebulosa. (From nebula, a cloud.) This 
plant is also similar to the others in growth, except that the bulbs are 
rather flatter and slightly furrowed; the leaves scarcely so long, but the 
flowers are produced the same way. The sepals and petals are brownish 
yellow blotched (clouded) with dark brown, while the others are barred; the 
column has also a darker stain of purple towards the helmet. The labellum 
is fiddle-shaped, and the edges not compressed as in the other, which makes 
it quite distinct in form as well as colour, which at the base where it joins 
the column is white, having a broad band of dark purple across the breast, 
with the rest gradually shading to a white. The same temperature as well as 
treatment will do for it. This is quite new, having lately expanded its 
flowers in the rich collection of Messrs. Rollisson, Tooting. — Native of 
Brazil. 
237. Miltonia Russelliana. Another beautiful species well deserving 
attention. In growth and flowering it is similar to M. Candida, producing a 
spike of flowers from 12 in. to 16 in. long, and requiring the same treat¬ 
ment and temperature. — Native of Brazil. 
238. Miltonia cuneata. This is another handsome pseudo-bulbous species, 
bearing a resemblance in growth to the rest. The same treatment and tem¬ 
perature as the others. 
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