. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. 48'8 ORCHID-GROWERS MANUAL. bearing each a large flower, 4 ihclies long, with the dorsal sepal small, yellow, roundish, ending in a long reflexed yellow tail, and the two lateral sepals reddish or chestnut-brown, broad and cymbiform at the base, each abruptly attenuated into a long yellow tail; thus there is a purplish-brown pouch-like base, with a few paler streaks, and three divergent orange-yellow tails from 3 to 4 inches long. On the inside of the later
. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. 48'8 ORCHID-GROWERS MANUAL. bearing each a large flower, 4 ihclies long, with the dorsal sepal small, yellow, roundish, ending in a long reflexed yellow tail, and the two lateral sepals reddish or chestnut-brown, broad and cymbiform at the base, each abruptly attenuated into a long yellow tail; thus there is a purplish-brown pouch-like base, with a few paler streaks, and three divergent orange-yellow tails from 3 to 4 inches long. On the inside of the lateral sepals are five corrugated ribs, which meet at the apex and form corresponding ridges on the outer surface. The colours of the flowers are said to have a bluish metallic lustre, like the plumage of some of the humming birds. This plant is extremely rare.—New Grenada: Antioquia. Fm.—Xenia Orck., ii. : Hot. Mag.,'t. 6208 ; VJll. JTort., 3rd ser., t. \%Q>; moral Mag., 2nd ser., t. 413 ; VcUch's Man. Orch. PL, v. p. 41 ; \'a Masd,., i. t. 4. ^Ys.—M. TnchUus : M. Colibri. M. ESTRADAE, Bclih. /.—A little gem of profuse-blooming habit. Its densely-tufted leaves areelliptic oblong or spathulate, obtuse or bi-fid, coriaceous in texture, deep green, about 4 inches long including the petioles. The scapes are erect, slender, single-flowered; the sepals are combined at the base into a short campanulate tube, with a spreading limb, nearly equal in size, the dorsal one oblong boat-shaped, half an inch long, yellow in the lower and violet-purple in the upper half, suddenly contracted into a yellow filiform tail an inch long; the lateral sepals are similar, but flatter, violet- purple below and whitish above, each ending in a filiform tail. The general effect of the plant is very pleasing. This species was first observed in the garden of Dona Estrada, a lady of New Grenada, who is described as a skilful grower of Orchids; it was first introduced by us in 1873.—Ne
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