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To increase the stock the plants must be divided during the early winter; this will give them a chance to reestablish themselves before the following summer. They must not be broken up into too small pieces, as it has a tendency to weaken them.
To increase the stock the plants must be divided during the early winter; this will give them a chance to reestablish themselves before the following summer. They must not be broken up into too small pieces, as it has a tendency to weaken them.
The following have been offered in Amer., but most of them are imperfectly known. M. cheirophora. — M. Chelsonii-M. amabilis X M. Veitchiana. — M. gibberosa -Scaphosepalun. — M. Hendersonii. — M. punctata-Scaphosepalum. — M. trificata.
M. Alceste-M. Veitchiana X M. Asmodia.— M. Arminii, Reichb. f. Fls. with whitish tube, the free portion of sepals crimson purple, the lateral with filiform yellowish tails 1-2 in. long. Colombia. J.H. III. 50:313; 61:577. — M. burfordiensis. O'Brien. Fls. white, profusely dotted with claret-color; petals white, with purple lobes; lip purple. — M. deorsum, Rolfe. Fls. yellow, blotched bright red; dorsal sepal reflexed, contracted suddenly into a tail 2-3 in. long; lateral sepals gradually narrowed into shorter tails. Colombia. B.M. 7766. G.C. III. 28:395. — M. Ortgiesiana, Hort. Scape 1-fld.; fls. pale greenish white. — M. peruviana, Rolfe. Petals white, tinged with lilac; sepals light brown. Peru. — M. Pourbaixii, Hort.-M. Veitchiana X M. Shuttleworthii. Fls. vermilion, flushed with orange-yellow, and marked with numerous brownish red dots. G.M. 47:373. Lind. 9:387. — M. Schroederiana, Hort. Sepals abruptly contracted into yellow tails, the dorsal arched, the lateral much recurved, thickly 3-nerved, bullate, white marked with red. Peru (?). B.M. 7859. — M. Tonduzii, Woolward. Peduncle slender, 1-fld.; sepals connate at base, whitish citron- colored inside, elongated into slender yellow tails. Costa Rica. — M. venosa. Rolfe. Perianth straw-yellow, densely spotted with dull purple; lip dull red-purple. Colombia. — M. Xipheres, Reichb. f. Allied to M. muscosa: fls. small, purple, on tall slender sts. Colombia.
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
