This species, said to be from Mexico, I have had for some 
time under cultivation, but Iam not aware from whence it was 
received. It is well worth growing, the scarlet flowers being 
produced in considerable numbers in a long spike, with dark 
green calyces. The plant requires the temperature of a warm 
well-ventilated greenhouse, and should be grown in a mixture of 
sandy loam, leaf-mould and peat, taking care that the pots be 
well drained, and supplied with little water during the winter 
months.—W. W. S. 
