Miltonia
To the species and varieties described on pp. 367-70, Vol. II., the following should now be added:
M. bicolor (two-coloured). A variety of M. spectabilis. M. Bluntii Lubbersiana (Lubbers'). fl., sepals and petals chestnut-spotted; lip very fine purple. 1887.
M. Moreliana (More's). A variety of M. spectabilis.
M. Peetersiana (Peeters'). fl. resembling those of M. spectabilis Moreliana, but the purplish-brown sepals and petals are narrower and more acute; lip narrower at the base, and dilated suddenly and acutely at the tip, rich purple, with five unequal, yellow keels at the base, the base and inside line of the disk occupied by numerous dark purple, pale-edged blotches. l. (and pseudo-bulbs) as in M. Clowesii. 1886. A handsome plant. M. P. concolor (one-coloured). A beautiful variety, with paler sepals and petals, and lacking the dark eye-spots on the lip. 1886. M. spectabilis aspersa (sprinkled). fl., sepals and petals cream-coloured, partly washed with mauve-lilac; lip light mauve-lilac, with a large keel. 1885.
M. s. lineata (lined). fl. having a large, purple blotch at the base of the lip, and seven purple veins radiating therefrom nearly to the margins. M. s. Moreliana atrorubens (dark red). fl. much darker than in Moreliana, often measuring 4in. across. September. Brazil. A scarce plant. M. s. radians (radiating). fl., petals tinted with very light purple, and covered with the warmest dark purple stripes, between which at the base there are some yellow stripes. 1887.
M. vexillaria alba (white). A beautiful, white-flowered variety. 1885. SYN. Odontoglossum vexillarium album (W. O. A. 227).
M. v. Cobbiana (Cobb's). fl., upper portion of the usual deep rose-pink, the large, expanded wings of a pure white. 1882.
M. v. Hilliana (Hill's). fl., sepals and petals rose, the equal sepals having two purple lines; lip spotted purple, margined rose, the base yellow, with three dark purple lines. New Grenada.
M. v. insignis (remarkable). fl. fine and richly coloured; lateral sepals having two parallel, crimson lines at the base; lip deep purplish-red, having a whitish basal area lined with crimson, and a band of bright yellow across the base. 1885.
M. v. Kienastiana (Kienast's). fl. very large; sepals and petals with a rose-coloured disk, and broad, white margins; lip light yellow at the very base, with three central purple lines, and having fine, rose-coloured, radiating lines all over it except on the pure white margin. 1885. A magnificent variety.
M. v. leucoglossa (white-lipped). fl., sepals and petals pale rose; lip pure white. New Grenada. A striking variety.
M. v. Measuresiana (Measures'). fl. of a purer white and smaller than those of the variety alba. 1885.
M. v. purpurea (purple). fl. rose-purple, the base of the lip white with the usual red lines. 1885. SYN Odontoglossum vexillarium purpureum (L. i. 13). M. v. rosea (rosy). fl. of a deeper rose-colour than in the type. M. v. rubella (reddish). fl. bright rose, with three crimson lines at the base of the lip. l. broader than usual. Pseudo-bulbs more blunt than in the type. 1882.
M. v. splendens (splendid). fl. intense rose, coloured to the margins, 4in. to 4 1/2in. in diameter; lateral sepals having a crimson stripe at base; lip with three short, radiating stripes below the calli. New Grenada. M. v. superba (superb). fl., sepals and petals rose, the former having a purplish-crimson stripe at base; lip magenta-rose, the white area at the base having a large, dark crimson-purple blotch veined with darker, radiating lines. Autumn. New Grenada. SYN. Odontoglossum vexillarium superbum (W. O. A. iv. 171).
M. Warscewiczii alba (white). fl. having a broad, white lip, marked in the centre with a conspicuous, lilac blotch. 1882.
M. W. xanthina (yellowish). fl. almost wholly yellow, the lip having a narrow, white border. Winter. Peru.