. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. AND THEIR UTANAGEMENT. 1 -I T 1 â ) 1 Miltonia. yellow, with revolute margins ; lip rose-purple at base, milk-white at apex, subpandurate; scapes erect, racemose, seven- to nine- flowered. Leaves linear-oblong, 5in. to yin. long. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid-oblong, two-leaved. Costa Rica. iSSg. The flowers are borne in September. Syn. Odoiito- glossum Sc/nwJt'n'aiaim. M. spectabilis [^Lindl.).â The first-introduced species, and still one of the some of the varieties exceptionally beautiful, rhizomes are stout ; pseudo - bulbs are I in. apart, oblong, ve
. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. AND THEIR UTANAGEMENT. 1 -I T 1 â ) 1 Miltonia. yellow, with revolute margins ; lip rose-purple at base, milk-white at apex, subpandurate; scapes erect, racemose, seven- to nine- flowered. Leaves linear-oblong, 5in. to yin. long. Pseudo-bulbs ovoid-oblong, two-leaved. Costa Rica. iSSg. The flowers are borne in September. Syn. Odoiito- glossum Sc/nwJt'n'aiaim. M. spectabilis [^Lindl.).â The first-introduced species, and still one of the some of the varieties exceptionally beautiful, rhizomes are stout ; pseudo - bulbs are I in. apart, oblong, very fiat, lin. to 3in. long, yellowish, in- closed in the sheath- ing basal leaves when young, and bearing at the apex a pair of pale apple- green, oblong leaves, varying in length from 4in. to i2in. Scapes erect, covered with sheaths, 6in. to Sin. long, one- flowered ; flowers 4in. across ; sepals and petals 2in. long, |in. broad, pure white, becoming cream-coloured be- fore fading ; lip 2in. long, and nearly as broad, spreading, rose-purple, almost crimson, the veins being darker in colour ; crest of three short, projecting. Fig. 102. ridsres Flower of jNIiltonia spectabilis (nat. size). This plant blossoms in autumn, and remains in perfection for a month or more. There is con- siderable variation in the size and colour of the flowers, some being much superior to others, although the poorest plant is a good Orchid. Brazil, 1835. (Fig. 102; B. M., t. 4204.). 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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