. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. ORCHIDS Miltonia. the plants were sent to M. Linden, who, however, failed to keep them alive. Living specimens were soon afterwards brought to England by jNIr. Chesterton, and established in Messrs. Veitch's collection. Mr. Bull was also successful in the early days of its introduction. The original description by Professor Reichenbach, in the "Ciardeners' Chronicle" for 1867, amusingly records the secrecy with which this plant was guarded on its introduction to. Fig. 105. Flowers of Miltonia Warscewiczii (nat. size). Europe. He s
. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. ORCHIDS Miltonia. the plants were sent to M. Linden, who, however, failed to keep them alive. Living specimens were soon afterwards brought to England by jNIr. Chesterton, and established in Messrs. Veitch's collection. Mr. Bull was also successful in the early days of its introduction. The original description by Professor Reichenbach, in the "Ciardeners' Chronicle" for 1867, amusingly records the secrecy with which this plant was guarded on its introduction to. Fig. 105. Flowers of Miltonia Warscewiczii (nat. size). Europe. He says that the flower from which the description was drawn up was borrowed for him by a friend, "after having given his promise (i) not to show it to anybody else, (2) not to speak much about it, (3) not to take a drawing, (4) not to have a photo- graph made, (5) not to look oftener than three times at it! " M. Warscewiczii (AV///'./).—This extraordinary plant differs from most Miltonias in its many-flowered, branching scapes, and Jn the fantastic colours of its flowers. The pseudo-bulbs are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Watson, William, 1858-1925; Chapman, H. J. , ed. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's sons
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