Paradisanthus
(from Paradeisos, park, Paradise, and anthos, a flower; in reference to the beauty of the plant). ORD. Orchideoe. A small genus, of uncertain affinity. Flowers white, curiously striped with deep purple; sepals oblong-lanceolate, acute, the two lateral ones slightly unequal at the base; lip shortly clawed, often pendulous; pollen masses four, depressed, pyriform. Leaves lanceolate, acute, green, sub-glaucous, twin. P. bahiensis and P. Mosenii are little, terrestrial, stemless orchids, rarely cultivated in England. P. Mosenii should be grown, suspended near the glass, in an intermediate house, and potted in a mixture of peat, sphagnum, and charcoal. During winter, very little water is required.
P. Mosenii (Dr. Mosen's). fl., peduncle longer than the leaves; sepals green, with a few brown bars; lips white, with mauve stripes in the basilar hollow, having angles beneath; anterior part of the column purple. l. oblong, acute, grass-like. Pseudobulbs oblong, compressed 2in. long. Brazil, 1881.