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M A S D F . V A I J J A HAkR\ANA AVM. /
\ ' A R . S l 'LI 'NDENS iWm
pcUlìs pnrvis lincnri-oblungis (
i, Kclib. r. Cniilibin rnsciculalis. folii
is, sütpis gocilibus Toliis lorgioribus ¡
ilcr connatls, ilursnli e brusi lriannii[arj i
longc pctiolaiis crasse corinccii anpuslc ubovalo-spaibuliitls in |jclioliiin amiccibflcxuosk
V, Rclib. f. in Gard. Chron., 1871, p, 14
noribiis dccurvis, sc)>alis sanfiimci» iiircrnc in lubiiin subcylin.lricura
ong.ito-subiil.ito rcilcxo crocio, lulcralibus ninxirii« semiovali^ allenuatu-aciiminaiis,
l(ì un¡cutato iiniiu.-uforin! basi cordato intcgcrriiro, coluinna exalatn, aiidioeliiiin
I ; FI. Mag., |8?I, t. 555 ; FI. & !W.l., 1873, p. ift); IW,;. Ilorl., 1873. L 21 ; R
1. LINDI
•<11, Hook. f.
K. HARRYANA, f
V/>R. SI'LENUIiXS, Sander, i/'fra.
Ma«lcvallia Hanyana deseri
990, non l.ind. ft
lort, 1873, p. 167,
• in Card. Cbroii.,
in 1871, fn
incipal locality is
t after Mr, Harry J. Voitcli, re marked
iogamosa, Messrs. Vcitcb rcraark that I
-10,000 feet; and tliat it is particularly i
•>r miles, covering acrcs upon acrcs of Ui
he.« masses of Masdcvallia.i are said to ,
extremely variable, the colour ranging from
5. PI'- : . 35.
It by Mewre. Jair
IS if n.
Co^Iillcra, b(
Dunaant on that part 01 the Cordillera callcd the
upland slopes, growing in the partial aliadc affoi
" the moat striking (loral sight.« «
•piirijlc, through inagciita-criinson, sc
ìvada <Ie Cliila, where il 'sprcads in unintenupled mawe?
le low .shrubs tfiat aboun.l in tlie place. U'hcn in flower
IMssible to behold, even 111 ilie tropica. The spt-cfcs i«
jrange, an<l ycllow, to cream-whlte, Ilio lightcr sli;ulcs of
yellow being tlie r^irest, and only occiMTing in the higher .•iltitu<lc5, It'is chicfiy <lislinguislicd from
dorsal one, and although far superior frum a horticultur;d point of view, yet it is with difficulty separated
M. Lindcni with the original M. coccínea, and the cniifusioii in the early history uf this /.nrl r„- i.v,, nf
1889 (Gard. Chron., i88g, pt.2, p. 230), but thci ' —
I-Ian-yana is more than a geographica! varietv of
the latter, but the original M. coccinea
conclusively settled at jiresent.
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l i l THIS is one of the largest and most beautiful of the dazzling- group to which it Ixlongs, anti has llou-crccl from among
Ihe many thousands of M. Ilnrryana, introduced by us from New Grenada. Wc know of no Masclevallin that is more
variable in colouring than M. Harryana, or more useful and showy as a dccorativc plant. y\ table of Masdcvallia
Harryana in variety, with ferns intermixed, is one of the loveliest sights imaginable, and for richness and brilliancy of
colouring, and also in the size of the blo-ssonis, M. Harryana splcndens is unsurpassable; its magenta and erimsonscarlcl
hues are truly astonishing. Many of our readers will remember the gorgeous specimens in variety that used to Ix;
met with at our exhibitions, and regret that these easily cultivated, naming, floral subjects have been somewhat neglccted
of late years. Our o\vn collectors describe these Masdevallias as growing in Columbia, near Bogota, in |)atches—acres in
extent—from 8,000 to 12,000 feet elevation, sometimes under shrubs, but often in the open in a fog-ladcn atmosphere,
blooming in the greatest profusion in almost cveiy conceivable shade of colour—scarlet, crimson, purple, and magenta
being most prevalent, lighting up the whole landscape with the abundance and marvellous brilliancy of their i-ainbowhued
blossoms. No orchids with which we are acquainted are more easily cultivated than Masdevallias, nor are there
any subjects of the whole order that better repay the care bestowed u])on them. A north aspect is necessary, and
abundant humidity, with plenty of water when growing, with a temperature in winter of 55 deg. P., and in summer as
near 60 deg, as possible ; they u-ill not bear a hot, di-y, sunny position. We have rcceivcd dried flowers of a pure white
form of M. Harryana.
Geographical position alters colour and form in every species of orchid. M. coccinea grows near OcaiTa, in
Columbia, and nowhere near it is .M, Marryana ever found—moreover, M. coccinea never varies in colour. M. Marryana
inhabits the mountain slopes near Bogota—a vast distance from ücaiía—in Columbia, and its variations of colour and
shape of llower also arc endless. But even if we place locality, form, colour, and habit of growth cjuite aside, the two are,
botanically, easily distinguished, for M. coccinea has its doi'sal sepal //n'f/-, M. Harryana ahuays, reflexed. The name of
M. Lindeni does not exi.st, that of coccinea having priority, and we congratulate Mr, Harry Vcitch on the fact that his
name is associated with a plant which will be cultivated "as long as men last," antJ which was his collectors best
discovery. Strange confusion about these two Masdevallias has crept into botanical works and compilations of late.
Our plate taken from a plant no«' in the Riiy.il itulanic Gardens, Glasnevin, co. tJublin. (F. W. Moore, Curator),
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