297 



ORCHTDACEAE : LAELTA. 



298 



(„ Williams ") ; UOrchidoph. 1889. p. 374, 1891. p. 174; Rolfe in Gard. 

 Chron. ser. 3. VIII. 653 et in Lindenia, Vl 96; Stein, Orchideenb 302- 

 Orch. Rev. III. 194. ' 



Habitat in rupibus et in arboribus prov. S. Catharina : Fr. Devos 

 Backhouse; in ins. S. Catharina: Gaudichaud n. 137. 



16. LAELIA PERRINII Lindl. pseudobulbis longius- 

 culis, robustis, clavatis', inferne longe valde constrictis 

 cylindraceis et 2— 3-articulatis, superne valde compressis, 

 primum laevibus et vaginis pluribus majusculis vestitis demum 

 denudatis et profundi uscule sulcatis, apice monophyllis; foliis 

 majusculis, erectis, crasse coriaceis, oblongo-ligulatis, apice 

 obtusis vel leviter emarginatis; pedunculo communi terminali, 

 robusto, paucifloro, foliis satis breviore, basi spatha elongata 

 apice oblique truncata et obtusiuscula incluso; bracteis minutis; 

 floribus majusculis, longiuscule pedicellatis, segment is pa- 

 tentissimis, superne paulo recurvis; sepalis submembranaceis, 

 anguste ligulatis, acutis, margine non vel vix undulatis, late- 

 ralibus satis brevioribus falcatis; petalis oblongo-subrhom- 

 boideis, apice acutiusculis, margine leviter undulatis, sepalo 

 dorsali subaequilongis et subduplo latioribus; labello carnosulo, 

 sepalis lateralibus paulo breviore, basi cum columna longius- 

 cule connato, ambitu anguste obovato, inferne longe cuneato, 

 leviter vel obscure trilobato, lobis lateralibus latis, apice 

 obtusissimis, margine leviter undulatis, erectis, columnam fere 

 omnino involventibus, lobo terminali satis producto, triangulari- 

 ovato, apice subacuto, margine crispulo, disco glaberrimo et 

 gracillime pluricostato ; columna elongata, gracili, trigona 

 paulo incurva. 



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Laelia Perrinii Lindl.! in JBot. Regist. XXVIII. sab 

 tab. 62 (1842); Paxt. Mag. Bot. XIII. 5 cum tab.; Ch. 

 Morren in Ann. de Gand* II. 103: Beer. Praki. Stud. Fam. 



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Orch. 258, Beitr. Morph 



Orch. tab. 11. fig. 12; 



Duchartre, Man. Gen. des PI. IV. 442; Du Buyss. V Orchid. 

 860; Warner et Will Orch. Alb. II. tab. 60; Barb. Rodr. 

 Struct des Orch. tab. 8. fig. 1; Beichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 

 new ser. XXII. 552; Nichols. Diet, of Gard. II. 2291 

 UOrchidoph. 1886. p. 135 et 389, 1888. p. 349 cum ic, 1889. 

 p. 304; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 77; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 

 ser. 3. VIII. 241 (1890); Watson, Orch. 265. cum tab.; Stein, 



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Orchideenb. 300; Bois, Orch. 101; Journ. des Orch. III. 190, 

 VII. 246; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 442; 

 L. hind. Orch. Exot 801; Autr. et Bur. Hort. Boiss. 308; 

 Cogn. Diet. Ic. des Orch., Lael. tab. 16. 



Cattleya Perrinii Lindl. in Bot. Regist. XXIV. tab. 2 

 (1838); Scheidweil. in L'Hort. Belg. V. 130. tab. 101 (1838); 

 Drapiez, Encycl. Regn. Veget. VI. Janv. 1838 (Bot. Regist.) 

 fig. 2; Beer, Prakt. Stad. Fam. Orch. 213 (non Hartig, 

 Par ad. Vindob.). 



Cattleya intermedia var. angttstifolia Hook in Bot. Mag. 

 tab. 3711 (1839); Ch. Lem. Fl. Serr. d'Anglet. II. 



1839 (Bot. Mag.). 



Cattleya integerrima var. angustifolia Hook. Cent. Orch. 33. 



Mars 



tab. 30 (1846). 



Reichb. f. in Walp 





(1862), Xenia Orch. II. 49 (1863). 



khizoma repens, robustum, tortuosura, creberrime arti.ulaturo, 

 fuscesens, badicibus numerous, elongatis, robustiusculis, flexuosis, aim- 

 phcibus vel leviter ramosis, cinereo-fuscis, subtiliter velntinis. Psei uo- 

 bii.bi deusiuscnle aggregati , erecti ascendent* vel procumbent*, plus 

 miuusve arcuati, nitidi, laete virides, 15-30 cm. longi, inferne 4-7 mm. 

 superne 2—3 cm. crassi; vaginae membranaceae , arete adpressae, apice 

 oblique truncatae et acutae, laeves, pallide virides vel albidae, interdum 

 dilute fuscae, 1-8 cm. longae. Folia rigida, basi subcon duplicate caeterum 

 plana vel leviter concava, supra nitida et saturate viridia, subtus paulo 

 pallidiora saepius fusco- purpureo maculata vel interdum dilute violacea, 

 20—35 cm. longa, 3-6 cm. lata, nervo mediano supra profuude canali- 

 culate, subtus acute carinato, nervulis lateralibus uumerosis, gracillimis. 

 Pedcnculos communis erect us, strictus vel paulo fiexuosus, teretiutculus, 

 laevis, purpureus vel viridi-purpureus, 8— 12 cm. longus; spatha haailaris 

 coriacea, ligulata, lateraliter valde eompressa, dorso acute carinata, sub- 

 tiliter multistriata, pallide viridis et saepius dilute rosea, 8— 12 em. longa. 

 Pkdicklu robustinsculi, eretto-patuli, teretiusculi, recti vel paulo flexuosi, 

 rosei vel viridi rosei, 5—7 cm. longi. Bractkak earnosulae, adpressae, 

 satis concavae, ovato-triaii^ularcs, acutae, viridi-rv)§ei>e, 4 — 7 mm. longae. 

 Florks patuli, roseo-lilacini. Skpala plana vel paulo convcxa, basi paulo 

 attenuata, tenuiter multinervulosa, 12—15 mm. lata, dorsale 7—8 cm. 

 longum, lateralia 6—7 cm. longa. Pktai.a membranacea, saepius leviter 

 coinexa. subfaleata, inferne longe attenuata, subtiliter multinervulosa 

 nervulis paulo ramosis, 6 1 /*— T'/t cm. longa, 2— 2»/i cm. lata. Labkllum 

 inferne erectum, superne satis recurvum, tenuitei multinervulosum nervulis 

 valde ramosis, 5 l /t— 6 cm. longum, 27«— 3'/t em. latum, lobis lateralibus 

 roseo-lilacinis, apice purpureo- violaceis , lobo termiuali intense purpureo- 

 violaceo, fauce albida. Oot.UICVA erectii, inferne leviter incrassata, antice 

 satis concava, alba vel interdum leviter dilute rosea, 3Vt— 4 cm. longa. 

 Capsula peudula, sepalis petalisque marcescentibus coronata, anguste 

 ovoidea, trigona, acute 6-costata, albo-viridi et fulvo vittata, 5 — 6 cm. 

 longa, 2 1 /*— 4 cm. crassa, apice in rostrum crassum subrectum 2 — 3 cm. 

 longum producta. 



Formae hortenses praecipuae sunt: 



Var. ai.ba O'Brien in Gard. Chron. ser. 3 IV. 446 (1888); 

 Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. IV. 565 ; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 

 VIII. 242; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 442; Cogn. Diet. Ic. 

 des Orch., Lael. tab. 16 A 2 Q ; Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. IV. 229. 



Var. irkorata Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. XVI. 717 

 (1881); UOrchidoph. 1881-82. p. 173; Mrhols. Diet, of Gard. II. 229; 

 Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VIII 242; Stein, Orchideenb. 300; Williams, 

 Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 442; Cogn. Diet. Ic. des Orch., Lael. 

 tab. 16 A 1°; Hew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 229. 



Var. leucophaea Hort; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXIV. 326 (1898); 

 The Garden, 1898. II. 359; Sem. Hort. 1898. p. 485; Orch. Rev. IV. 

 350; Cogn. Chron. Orch. n. 23. p. 181; Journ. of Hort. 1899. II 393. 



fig- 67. 



Var. major Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 258 (1854), Beitr. 

 Morph. u. Biol. Orch. tab. 4. fig. 36 , tub. 12. fig 3 et 7. — Cattleya 

 Perrinii var. major Beer, Prakt. Stud. Fam. Orch. 213 (1854). f 



Var. nivea Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. new ser. XIII. 264 (1880), 

 XIV. 652; Flor. Magaz. new ser. tab. 429; Warner et Will. Orch. 

 Alb. IV. tab. 181; Nichols. Diet, of Gard. II. 229; Veitch, Man. Orch. 

 PI. II. 77; UOrchidoph. 1889. p. 304; Rolfe in Gard. Chron ser. 3. 

 VIII 242; Stein, Orchideenb. 300 ; Journ. des Orch. III. 190 ; Williams, 

 Orch. Groio. Man. edit. 7. p. 442; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 801; Kew Bull., 

 Addit. Ser. IV. 229. 



Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro: Harrison; ad Serra dos Orgdos 

 prope Novo Friburgo: Pinel ; in arboribus ad Carmo: Neves- Armond 

 n. 36; in prov. Minas Geraes supra arbores altit. 700-900 m. secund. 

 Godefr.-Leb. in UOrchidoph. 1886. p. 135. - Floret Februario. 



Obs. Laelia lilacina Philbrick ex Veitch, Man. Orch. Pi II 89 

 (1887) ; Rolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VIII 241 (1890) , in Orch. Rev 

 I. 132; Stein, Orchideenb. 132; Ketc Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 228, est 

 verisimiliter hybrida naturalis inter Laelia crispa Reichb. f. et L Perrinii 

 Lindl. (?Syn : Laelia Pilcheri D'Ambrain in Flor. Mag. VI. tab. 340 

 (1867). - L. Pilcheriana Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1868. p. 815; Veitch, 

 Man. Orch. PI. II. 97; UOrchidoph. 1889. p. 267). - Habitat in 

 Brasilia loco accurato haud indicato: Hort. Philbrick. 



