. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . riety was namedin honour of M. Massange, Chateau de Baillonville, Marche,Belgium.—New Grenada. M. ignea grandiflora, Williams.—A very large and hand-some variety, having circular flowers of great substance ;the lateral sepals are bright vermilion lined with crimsonand sufiused with purple.—New Grenada. 894 OKCHID-GROWER S MANUAL. M. inseqiialis, —This, although one of the smaller-flowered species, is nevertheless extremely pretty. It isallied to M. triangularis, and like tha
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . riety was namedin honour of M. Massange, Chateau de Baillonville, Marche,Belgium.—New Grenada. M. ignea grandiflora, Williams.—A very large and hand-some variety, having circular flowers of great substance ;the lateral sepals are bright vermilion lined with crimsonand sufiused with purple.—New Grenada. 894 OKCHID-GROWER S MANUAL. M. inseqiialis, —This, although one of the smaller-flowered species, is nevertheless extremely pretty. It isallied to M. triangularis, and like that has thin-texturedflowers. The leaves are of the usual character. The flowershave a somewhat cup-shaped tube, and well-expanded sepals,ornamented with three slender tails upwards of an inch inlength, the ground colour being yellowish white prettilyspotted with purple. It is a desirable species for basketculture.—New Grenada. M. Lindeni, Andre.—A very handsome and brilliant species,evidently closely related to M. Harryana, as some of thevarieties run so near to that species as to be scarcely dis-. MASDEVALLIA LINDENI.
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