287 



OBCHIDACEAE : LAELIA. 



288 



13. LAELIA PUMILA Keiciib. f. pseudobulbis bre- 

 vibus, robustis, fusiformibus vel subclavatis, paulo compressis, 

 inferne 2— 3-articulatis, primum vaginis majusculis vestitis 

 demum denudatis et profundiuscule pluricostatis, apice raono- 

 phyllis; foliis satis parvis, crasse coriaceis, oblongis vel 

 elliptico-oblongis, acutis; pedunculo terminali, satis gracili, 

 unifloro, foliis satis breviore, basi spatha parva acuta incluso ; 

 floribus majusculis, segmentis patulis, superne plus minusve 

 recurvis; sepalis carnosulis, subaequilongis , oblongis vel ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis, acutis, margine non undulatis, lateralibus 

 paulo obliquis; petalis anguste ovatis vel ovato- oblongis, 

 apice acutiusculis , margine leviter undulatis, sepalo dorsali 

 paulo longioi ibus et duplo latioribus ; labello carnoso, sepalis 

 lateralibus subaequilongo , basi cum columna brevissime 

 connato, ambitu late obovato vel obovato-rotundato , leviter 

 trilobato, sinubus inter lobos latissimis, lobis lateralibus latis, 

 apice rotundatis, margine leviter undulatis, columnam omnino 

 involventibus tubo recto, lobo terminali late rotundato vel 



subquadrato , 



margine 



undulato subcrenulato , apice plus 



minusve emarginato, disco longitudinaliter 3— 5-cristato, 

 cristis superne dilatatis, mediana longiore; columna longius- 

 cula, clavata, leviter incurva. 



Reichb. f. in Fl 



IX. 102 



(1853), in Berl. Allg. Gartenz. XXV. 337 (1857), Xenia 

 Orch. II. tab. 115. fig. 3—10; Warner, Set. Orch. II. tab. 32; 

 Gard. Chron. new ser. II. 488 (1874), ser. 3. XXVIII. 220 

 (1900); Du Buyss. L Orchid. 361; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. 

 11. 77 cum ic; IJOrchidoph. 1889. p. 350, 1890. p. 50 cum 

 tab. col; Watson, Orch. 265; Bolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 

 VIII. 242 (1890), in Orch. Bev. IV. 275-277, V. 354, 

 VI. 321; Stein, Orchideenb. 300; Bvis, Orch. 102; Journ. des 

 Orch. I. 297 et 298, III. 190, VI. 293; Gartenflora, XXXIX. 

 169. tab. 1319; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 802; Autr. et Bur. 

 Hort. Boiss. 308; Sem. Hort. 1898. p. 304. 



Cattleya pitnrila Hook, in Bot. Mag. tab. 3656 (1838) ; 

 Drapiez, Encycl. Begn. Veyet. VI. Juin 1838 (Bot. Mag.), 

 fig. 1; Lindl. in Bot. Begist. XXX. tab. 5 (1844); Gard. 

 Chron. 1854. p. 804, new ser. XXIII. 596. 597. fig. 110 

 (1885); Beer, Pralf. Stud. Fam. Orch. 214; Duchartre, Man. 

 Gen. des PI. IV. 444; Nichols. Did. of Gard. 1. 283; 



nitidi, intense virides, 4—6 era. longi, 12—17 mm. erassi; vaginae 

 tenniter raembranaceae, arete adpressae, apice oblique truncatae et acutae, 

 albescentes, inferiores 1 — l l /» cm. longae, superiores 3—5 era. longae. Foua 

 rigida, basi subconduplicata caeterum paulo concava, supra nitida et intense 

 viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 8 — 12 cm. looga, 3 1 /*— 5 cm. lata, nervo 

 mediano supra leviter canaliculato, subtus satis prorainente, nervulis 

 lateralibus indistinctis. Pedunculus erectns, strictus vel leviter flexuosns, 

 teretiusculus, laevis, intense viridis, 5—8 era. longus. Flores patuli vel 

 subpenduli, laete roseo-purpurei vel pnrpureo-amethystini. Sepala leviter 

 convexa, inferne paulo attenuata, 6—7 cm. longa, 12—15 mm. lata. 

 Petala submemhranacea, satis obliqua, basi valde constricta, 6—7 cm. 

 longa, circiter 3 cm. lata. Labellum inferne erecto-patulum, superne satis 

 recurvnm, basi subrotundatum, 5—6 cm. longum, inferne roseom vel 

 purpureo-violaceum, antice album vel all>o-luteurn margine roseum, disco 

 flavo-aurantiaco. Columna erecta, trigona, inferne satis attenuata, antice 

 paulo concava, albida vel pallide roseo- purpurea, 27a— 3 era. longa. 

 Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Habitat in arbor ibus ad Serra de Itabira prov. Minas Geraes: Libon. 



Douglas in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. IV. 475 (1888); Williams, 

 Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 183. 



Cattleya marginata Paxt. Mag. Bot. X. 265 cam tab. 

 (1843); The Florist, 1850. p. 91. tab. 34, 1851 p. 25 et 98 

 cum tab.; Beer, PraJct. Stud. Fam. Orch. 212 ; Floral World, 

 1874. p. 353 cum tab.; Nichols. Diet, of Gard. I. 282; 

 Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 173. 



Cattleya Pinellii Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XXX. tab. 5. 

 fig. 1 et text. n. 9 (1844); Hensh. Cult. Orch. 108 (C. Pinella) 

 (1845); The Florist, 1851. tab. 44; Beer, PraJct. Stud. Fam. 



Orch. 214. 



Cattleya spectabilis Paxt. in The Florist, III. 89 et 91 

 cum tab. (1850); Lindl. in Paxt. Flow. Gard. I. 44 (1851). 



Cattleya Pinellii var. marginata Beer, PraJct. Stud. Fam. 

 Orch. 214 (1854). 



Bletia pumila BeicJib. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 421 

 (1862), Xenia Orch. II. 44 (Juli 1862). 



Laelia praestans Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. tab. 5498 

 (excl. text.) (1865). 



Laelia Pinellii (Pineli) Du Buyss. L 1 Orchid. 361 (1878) 



Rhizoma repens, robustum, flexuosum, creberrirae articulatura. 

 Pseudobulbi dense aggregati, erecti vel ascendentes, recti vel leviter 

 arcuati, nitidi, intense virides vel interdum dilute fuscesceutes, juniores 

 laeves, 6 — 10 cm. longi, 1—2 cm. erassi; vaginae tenuiter membranaceae, 

 arete adpressae, apice oblique truncatae et acutiusculae , pallide virides 

 vel albidae, 1—3 cm. longae. Folia rigida, leviter obliqua, basi sub- 

 conduplicata caeterum paulo concava vel subplana, supra nitida et intense 

 viridia, subtus satis pallidiora, 7—11 cm. longa, 2—4 era. lata, nervo 

 mediano supra profundiuscule canaliculato, subtus satis prominente, 

 nervulis lateralibus gracillimis. Pedcnculus erectus, plus minusve 

 arcuatus, teretiusculus, laevis, laete viridis, 3 — 8 era. longus; spatha 

 basilaris subcoriacea, lateraliter valde compressa, oblongo-ligulata, apice 

 oblique truncata et obtusiuscula, pallide viridis, 1 — 3 cm. longa. Flores 

 patuli vel subpenduli, saepius intense roseo-purpurei. Sepala leviter 

 convexa, inferne paulo attenuata, tenuiter 7— 9-nervia, 4 l /a —5 cm. longa, 

 1— l 1 /* cm. lata. Petala submembranacea, satis obliqua, basi valde 

 constricta, subtiliter multinervulosa nervulis satis ramosis, 5— 572 cm » 

 longa, 2 — 3 1 /* cm. lata. Labellum rigidum, inferne rectum, apice leviter 

 recurvum, basi rotundatum, tenuiter mnltinervium nervis satis ramosis, 

 4—5 cm. longum, 3—4 cm. latum, lobis lateralibus roseo-purpureis, antice 

 purpureis, marginibus exterioribus confluentibus, lobo terminali intense 

 purpureo apice ad medium pallido, disco flavo. Columna erecta, satis 

 gracilis, inferne satis attenuata, trigona, albida, 2— 2 l /a cm. longa. Capsula 

 perfecta ignota. 



Formae hortenses satis nnmerosae; principales sunt: 



Var. albens Hort; Orch. Rev. V. 349 (1897). 

 Var. Ashworthiae Hort. ; Le Jardin, 1899. p. 350. 

 Var. „BusH Hill" Hort.; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXVIII. 281 

 (1900); The Garden, 1900. II. 294. 



Var. Colemani Hor£.; Orch. Rev. VI. 350 (1898); The Garden, 1898. 

 II. 359; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXIV. 326 (var. Colmani); Chron. Orch. 

 n. 23. p. 182; Sem. Hort. 1893. p. 504. 



Var. Curleana Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. XXVI. 712 

 (1886); L'Orchidoph. 1888. p. 353; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 229. 



Var. delicata Hort; Orch. Rev. II. 319 (1894); Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3. XX. 471 (1896) ; Kao Bull. Addit. Ser. I V. 229. 



Var. „Gaston Park" Hort; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXII. 262. 

 fig. 79 (1897): Americ. Gard. 1S97. p. 412. 



Var. „Low's" Hort ; Orch. Rev. V. 349 (1897). 



Var. magnifica Hort; Orch. Rev. V. 351 (1897). 



Var. spbctabilis Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. XII. 489 

 (1879); Williams, Orch. Alb. IV. sub tab. 170; Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. 

 IV. 229. — Cattleya spectabilis Paxt. in The Florist, III. 89 et 91 cum 

 tab. (1850). 



Var. supbrba Stein, Orchideenb. 301 (1892): Orch. Rev. IV. 30 



(1898). 



