. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. M2 ORCHIDS Masdeuallia. long, including the tails ; upper sepal small, concave, round, yellow and hrown, terminated by a long, reflexed, slender, yellow tail ; lower sepals united, and forming a concave, bowl-shaped, ril)bed body of irregular shape, lin. across, deep rufous-brown, the tails joined at the base, and then curving away to a length of from 3in. to 5in. The plant blossoms in spring, and requires the treatment recommended for the M. Chimcera section, except that it thrives better in piots than in baskets. It is a very remarkable Orchi
. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. M2 ORCHIDS Masdeuallia. long, including the tails ; upper sepal small, concave, round, yellow and hrown, terminated by a long, reflexed, slender, yellow tail ; lower sepals united, and forming a concave, bowl-shaped, ril)bed body of irregular shape, lin. across, deep rufous-brown, the tails joined at the base, and then curving away to a length of from 3in. to 5in. The plant blossoms in spring, and requires the treatment recommended for the M. Chimcera section, except that it thrives better in piots than in baskets. It is a very remarkable Orchid, almost equalling yl/. Chiiihcra in its fantastic shape. Introduced in 1S73 bom Colomljia. .Syn. J/. Trocliilus. (I'lg. i;7, for which we are indebted to the Editor of "The Garden": B. M., t. 620S.) M. ery throchaste (Rclih. /.).—A pretty and free-flowering plant of the M. C/iiiiiirra group. The leaves are erect, channelled, gin. long, ^in. wide, nar- rowed to a stalk-like base. The flower-scapes are usually horizontal, 4in. long, one-flowered, with numerous sheaths. The flowers are lin. across, with triangular papillose sepals, almost flat, white, with yellowish spots, the apices lengthened into thin, dull red tails 2in. long; the petals are small, and the lip is narrow, saccate, and whitish. An easily- grown plant, which should be treated as recommended for the M. Chiuucra section. It blossoms in summer, and Central America, Fit. ;\I.\SI)EVALLIA El' (much rciiuced). remains in beauty a month or more Syns. M. astiita and AI. Gaskelliana. M. Estradaj (Rihb. f.).—A small species, with grotesquely- formed and richly-coloured flowers. The leaves are in dense tufts, and are 3in. long, spoon-shaped, the blade being fleshy, flat, ^in. across, keeled, bifid at the apex. The scapes are 4in. long, erect, one-flowered; flowers with a short, bent tube, from which the three equal sepals diverge, one upwards, the other two downwards; they are oval in shape, ^i
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