. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. lobes very ot)tuse,bordered with red: disk with a rounded, hairy and spring. Colombia. 5296. :367 (abnormal).—A large-fld., showy species. 2. grandiflora, Lindl. Fig. Pseudobulbs clus-tered, oval: Ivs erect, plane, keeled, ovate-oblong, 1
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches, and a synopsis of the vegetable kingdom. lobes very ot)tuse,bordered with red: disk with a rounded, hairy and spring. Colombia. 5296. :367 (abnormal).—A large-fld., showy species. 2. grandiflora, Lindl. Fig. Pseudobulbs clus-tered, oval: Ivs erect, plane, keeled, ovate-oblong, 1 : scapes erect, 3-6 in. long, bearing solitary, largewhite fls. .3-4 in. across; sepals broadly ovate to ob-long; petals ovate acute, suberect, with recurved tips;1-ibelluni saccate, white, much-striped with purple onthe sides; middle lobe tongue-like, white, bordered with MAXILLARIA 995 -\ very yellow. Aug. Peru and Colombia. 17 and beautiful plant. 3. Lehmanni, Reichb. f. nearly 1 ft. inlength, bearing white fls. nearly as large as those ofLycaste Skinneri: side lobes of the labellum light ochreoutside and light reddish brown with chestnut veinsinside ; middle lobe triangular, wavy, sulfur — Resembles M. grandiflora, but distinguishedby the character of the 1379 Maxillaria grandiflora (X nearly 14) 4. Sanderiana, Reich)), f. Pseudobulbs orbicular tobroadly oblong, 1-1).^ in. long: Ivs. few, 6-10 in. long,oblanceolate, Ilane, keeled; scapes2-3 in. long: fls. 4 , pure white, with the bases of the segments pur-plish red, broken upwards into blotches; dorsal sepalsoblong-obtuse, concave; lateral sepals triangular-ovate,forming a broad mentura at base; lateral lobes of thelabellum almost obsolete, middle lobe rounded, crisp,bright yellow, throat dark purple, with a club-shapedcallus. Ecuador. 7518. 1894:.526. :495. —The finest known species. 5. Lindeniae, Hort. {M. Lindeniiina, Rich & ).Plants re
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