Meiracylium
(from meirakyllion, a small boy; probably in reference to the size of the plants). ORD. Orchideae. A small genus of stove epiphytal Orchids, natives of Mexico and Central America. Flowers small, pedicellate; peduncles one or two-flowered; sepals erecto-patent, sub-equal; petals similar; lip continuous with the base of the short, thickish column. Leaves short, broad, sessile, thickly fleshy. The undermentioned species is a very pretty and interesting little orchid. It should be grown on a block of wood. For general culture, see Pleurothallis.
M. gemma (gem). fl. amethyst-coloured, solitary, few, shortly pedicellate. l. sessile, broad-cordate. Stems very short, from a creeping rhizome. Mexico.