293 



ORCHID A CEAE : LAELTA. 



294 



15. LAELIA PURPURATA Lindl. pseudobulbis elon- 

 gatis, robustis, fusiformibus, compressis, inferne pluriarti- 

 culatis, primum laevibus et vaginis majusculis vestitis demuin 

 denudatis etprofunde sulcatis, apice monophyllis; foliis magnis, 

 erectis, valde coriaceis, oblongo-ligulatis, apice obtusis vel 

 subemarginatis; pedunculo comniuni terminali, robustiusculo, 

 3— 7-floro, foliis paulo breviore, basi spatha longissima apice 

 oblique rotundata incluso; bracteis rainutis; floribus amplis, 

 breviuscule pedicellatis, segmentis patentissimis, superne satis 

 recurvis ; sepalis carnosulis, subaequilongis, oblongo-lanceolatis, 

 acutis, margine revolutis leviter undulatis, lateralibus paulo 

 obliquis; petalis ovato-oblongis, apice obtusiusculis , margine 

 plus minusve revolutis undulato-crispulis, sepalo dorsali aequi- 

 longis et duplo latioribus; labello subcoriaceo, sepalis late- 

 ralibus paulo breviore, usque ad basin libero, ambitu late 

 elliptico-obovato , leviter vel obscure trilobato, sinubus inter 

 lobos latissirais, lobis lateralibus latis, apice rotundatis, 

 margine undulatis, convolutis, columnam oinnino involventibus, 

 lobo terminali leviter producto, lato, apice leviter emarginato, 

 margine undulato-crispo, disco glaberrimo et gracillime multi- 

 costato ; columna robusta, longiuscula, clavata, paulo incurva. 



Laelia purpurata Lindl. in Paxt. Flow. Gard. III. 112 

 cum ic. et tab. 96 (1852 — 53); Ch. Lem. in III. Hart. I. 54 

 cum ic. (1854), III. 54. tab. 83 (1856); J. E. Planch, in 

 Fl. des Serres, XI. 133. tab. 1138—1139; Duchartre, Man. 

 Gen. des PI. IV. 440; Florist, 1859. tab. 153; Linden, 

 Pescatorea, tab. 37 ; Warner, Sel. Orch. I. tab. 40; Jennings, 

 Orch. tab. 22; Du Buy 88. L' Orchid. 361; Gard. Chron. new 

 ser. XIV. 45. fig. 12 (1880), XX. 530. fig. 90; Williams in 

 Orch. Alb. III. sub tab. 98, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 443; 

 Lindenia, II. p. 88; Nichols. Diet, of Gard. II. 229; Veitch, 

 Man. Orch. PI. II. 80 cum ic; Rev. Hort. Belg. 1888. p. 201 

 cum tab. col.; VOrchidoph. 1889. p. 373; Rolfe in Gard. 

 Chron. ser. 3. VIIL 653 (1890), in Lindenia, VI. 87. tab. 282; 

 Watson, Orch. 266; Eeichenbachia , ser. 2. I. 53. tab. 25; 

 Stein, Orchideenb. 301; Journ. des Orch. I. 241, III. 170. 

 fig. 21, IV. 101; Bois, Orch. 102. fig. 82; Kerch. Livre des 

 Orch. 391. fig. 250 et tab. 2; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 509. 

 fig. 78 et p. 802; Autr. et Bur. Hort. Boiss. 309; Cogn. Bid. 

 Ic. des Orch., Lael. tab. 1; The Garden, 1898. II. 17 cum ic; 



Orch. Rev. VII. 170 et 228. 



Cattleya Brysiana Ch. Lem. Jard. Fleur. III. Misc. 

 p. 50 et tab. 275—276 (1852); Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. 



Orch. 208. 



Cattleya purpurata Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 213 



(1854). 



Cattleya crispa var. purpurata Hort. ex Reichb. f. Xenia 



Orch. I. 176 (1856). 



Laelia Gasper iana Reichb. f. in C. Koch, Wochenschr. II. 



336 (1859). 



Bletia purpurata Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. Bot. VI. 

 423 (1862), Xenia Orch. II. 52 (1863). 



Laelia Wyattiana Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. 

 XX. 426 (1883); Flor. and Pom. 1883. p. 169; VOrchidoph. 

 1883. p. 760; Nichols. Bid. of Gard. II. 230; Veitch, Man. 

 Orch. PI. II. 89; Stein, Orchideenb. 303; Wi 



tarns 



Orchid. IT. 



Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 447; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 806; Tlie 

 Garden, 1898. II. 34; Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 231. 



Pseudobulbi aggregate , erecti vel ascendentes, stricti vel paulo 

 arcuati, iuferne longe valde attenuati, nitidi, intense virides demnm 

 fuscescentes, 30—40 cm. lougi, 2—4 cm. crassi; vaginae membranaceae, 

 arete adpressae, apice oblique truncatae et acutae, pallidae, 4—8 cm. 

 longae. Folia rigida, stricta, leviter concava vel snbplana, supra nitida 

 et intense viridia, subtus paulo pallidiora, 25—40 cm. longa, 4 — 8 cm. 

 lata, nervo mediano supra profunde impresso, subtus satis prominente, 

 nervulis lateralibus numerosis, tenuissimis. Peduncui.ub communis erectus, 

 strietus vel paulo flexuosus, teretiusculus, laevis, intense viridis, 15 ad 

 30 cm. longus; spatha basilaris coriacea, lineari-ligulata, lateraliter valde 

 compressa, dorso acute cariuata, subtiliter raultistriata, pallide viridis, 

 10—17 cm. longa. Pedicelli robusti, erecto-patuli, teretiusculi, recti vel 

 leviter flexuosi, laete virides, cum ovario 4—6 cm. longi. Bractkae 

 carnosae, adpressae, satis concavae, late triangulares, acutissimae, virides, 

 3—4 mm. longae. Fi.oues patuli, candidi vel interdum plus minusve 

 dilute rosei. Skpala convexa, inferue longe attenuata, tenuiter multi- 

 nervulosa, 8—10 cm. longa, l ! /t— 2 l /« cm. lata. Petala submembranacea, 

 convexa, subfalcata, inferne lougiuseule cuneata, subtiliter mnltinervulosa 

 nervulis satis ramosis, 8— 10 cm. longa, 3— 5 cm. lata. Labklum inferne 

 rigidiusculum erecto-patulum, superne satis recurvum, basi subtruncatum 

 vel subcordatum, tenuiter multinervulosum nervulis ramosissimis, 7 ad 

 8V« cm. longum, 6 — 7 cm. latum, intense purpureum et atropurpureo 

 venosum, apice ad medium pallidum, disco aureo-luteo et intense purpureo- 

 lineato. Columna erecta, trigona, inferne valde attenuata, antice concava, 

 albido-virescens, 2 — 2 1 /* cm. longa. Capsula perfecta ignota. 



Forraae hortenses numerosissimae ; principales sunt: 



Var. alba Veitch in Gard. Chron. 1869. p. 561; Nichols. Diet 

 of Gard. II. 229; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VIIL 653 (1890), in 

 Lindenia, VL. 89. tab. 283 et p. 94; L'Orchidoph. 1891. p. 173; Stein, 

 Orchideenb. 301 ; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 444 ; Sent. Hort. 

 1897. p. 230. — Laelia Schroederi var. delicata O'Brien in Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3. VIIL 451 (1890) ; Journ. des Orch. L 278; IB. Hort. XXXVIII. 



tab. 139. 



Var. Albanensis Hort; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XVII. 580 (1895); 



Kew Bull, Addit Ser. IV. 229. 



Var. albo-lilacina Williams , Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 444 



(1894). 



Var. albo-purpurea L. Lind.; Journ. des Orch. IV. 106 (1893); 



Kew Bull, Addit Ser. IV. 229. 



Var. Aliciae L. Lind. in Journ. des Orch. IV. 104 (1893), Orch. 



Exot 802; Kew Bull Addit Ser. IV. 229. 



Var. amokna L. Lind. in Journ. des Orch. IV. 104 (1893); Kew 



Bull. Addit. Ser. IV. 229. 



Var. Annae L. Lind. in Journ. des Orch. IV. 104 (1893); Kew 



Bull, Addit Ser. IV. 229. 



Var. „ Annie-Louise" Hort; Orch. Rev. V. 346 (1897), VI. 253, 

 VII. 196. 197. 218 et 228; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXV. 362 et 389 ( 1899) ; 

 The Garden, 1899. I. 415; Chron. Orch. n. 31. p. 244; Journ. of Hort 



1899. I. 514. fig. 113. 



Var. „ Arthur Wigan" Hort; Journ. des Orch. VII. 107 (1896). 



Var. Ashtonae Hort; Orch. Rev. VII. 221 (1899). 



Var. Ashwortiiiana Hort.; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XX. 39. fig. 10 

 (1896), XXI. 354; Journ. des Orch. VII. 164; Rev. Hort 1897. p. 431; 

 The Garden, 1897. I. 418; Orch. Rev. V. 168 et 189; Kew Bull, Addit 



Ser. IV. 229. 



Var. atroporpurea Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 6. p. 636 



(1885), edit 7. p. 444; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VIIL 653 et in 



Lindenia, VI. 94; Stein, Orchideenb. 301. — Laelia purpurata var. 



fastuosa L. Lind. ex Gower in Garden, 1893. I. 477 (1893); Journ. des 



Orch. IV. 102. fig. 57; Lindenia, VIIL 86; Rolfe in Lindenia, IX. 5. 



tub. 385, in Orch. Rev. V. 189; L. Lind. Orch. Exot 803; Sem. Hort 



1897. p. 250; The Garden, 1897. I. p. 418; Chron. Orch. n. 8. p. 61; 



Kew Bull, Addit Ser. LV. 230. 



Var. auuorea Reichb. f. in Bonplandia, IV. 328 (1856); Bull 

 Soc. Tosc. di Ortiv.. XL 297. tab. 12 (1886); Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3. VIIL 653 (1890) et in Lindenia, VI. 94; L'Orchidoph. 1891. 

 p. 174; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit 7. p. 444; Cogn. Diet Lc. des 

 Orch., Lael tab. 1A. — Bletia purpurata var. aurorea Reichb. f. Xenia 

 Orch. II. 53 (1863). 



38 



