303 



OKCHIDACEAE : LAELTA. 



304 



Laelia gigantea Warner in Proc. Bog. Hort. Soc. II. 

 247 (1862), Sel Orch. I. tab. 6; Du Bui/ss. V Orchid. 358; 

 Nichols. Did. of Gar d. II. 229. 



Laelia Devoniensis Hort.; Flor. Mag. new ser. sub 



tab. 437 (1881). 



Laelia purpurata var. JBrysiana Du Buyss. L' Orchid. 



80 



362 (1878); Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 6. p. 

 (1885), edit. 7. p. 444; Veitch, Man. Orch. PL II. 

 (JUr. Brys' var."); Bolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VIII. 653 

 (1890); LOrchidoph. 1891. p. 173; Stein, Orchideenb. 301; 

 Journ. des Orch. III. 171; L. Lind. Orch. Exot. 802; Orch. 

 Bev. VI. 181. 



Laelia pachystele Beichb. f. in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. IV. 

 596 (1888); LOrchidoph. 1889. p. 37; Kew Bid!., Addit. 

 Ser. IV. 228. 



Laelio-Cattleya elegans Bolfe in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. V 

 619 (1889), VI. 79, in Beichenbachia, ser. 2. I. 43, in Orch. 

 Bev. I. 235 el 237 , VI. 167. 259. 290 el 316; Cogn. Diet. 

 Ic. des Orch. p Lael.-Catt. tab. 7. 



Laelio-Cattleya pachystele Bolfe ex Williams, Orch. Grow. 

 Man. edit. 7. p. 459 (1894). 



Laelio-Cattleya Lindeni Hort.; Lindenia, X. 33. tab. 447 

 (1894); Kew Ball., Addit. Ser. IV. 232. 



Laelio-Cattleya Say ana L. Lind. in Journ. des Orch. V. 

 220 (1894); Lindenia, X. 65. tab. 463 (1895); Kew Bull., 

 Addit. Ser. IV. 232. 



Laelio-Cattleya Schulziana L. Lind. in Lindenia, XI. 

 21. tab. 489 (1895); Kew Bull, Addit. Ser. IV. 232. 



Catlaelia elegans Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 93 (1895). 



Rhizoma repens, elongatum, robustum. Pseudobui.bi aggregate, 

 erecti vel ascendentes, recti vel panlo arcnati , inferne leviter attenuati, 

 nitidi, intense virides, 40—60 cm. lougi , auperne l 1 /* — 2 ! /« cm. crassi; 

 vaginae menibranaceae, arete adpressae, tenuiter multistriatae, albescentea 

 vel dilute purpureae, 5 — 10 cm. longae. Folia rigida, leviter concava 

 praecipne ad basin, rnargine paulo revoluta, supra nitida et saturate 

 viridta, subtus paulo pallidiora, 20—30 cm. longa, 3 — 5 cm. lata, nervo 

 mediano supra profundinscule canaliculato, subtus satis prominente, 

 nervulis lateralibus panlo distinctis. Pedunculus communis erectus vel 

 interdnm nutans, pins minus ve flexuosus, teretiusculus, laevis, laete viridis, 

 8—20 cm. longus; spatha basilaris subcoriacea, anguste ligulata, late- 

 raliter valde compressa, dorso carinata, laevis, pallide viridis vel dilute 

 fulva, 8—12 cm. longa. Pedicelli robustiusculi, patuli, teretiusculi, 

 plus minnsve tlexuosi, laete virides, cum ovario 4 — 7 cm. longi. Bracteae 

 carnosne, arete adpressae, leviter concavae, triangulares, acutae, virides, 

 2 — 4 mm. longae. Flores patuli, saepins albo-rosei interdum roseo- 

 violacei. Sepala satis convexa, inferne leviteT attenuata, tenuiter multi- 

 nervulosa, 7—9 cm. longa, 1—2 cm. lata. Petala submerabrauacea, 

 snbfalcata, inferne longe cuneata, tenuiter multinervulosa nervulis valde 

 reticnlato-ramosis, 7—9 cm. longa, 2 1 /*— 3 1 /* cm. lata. Labellum 

 rigidinsculum, inferne erecto-patulum, superne leviter recurvum, basi late 

 rotundatum vel sul>cordatiim , tenuiter valde multinervnlosum nervulis 

 reticnlato-ramosis, 67a— 8 cm. longura , 4 l /t— 6 cm. latum, lobis late- 

 ralibus albo-roseis, apice purpureo - violaceis et saepius satis recurvis, 

 lolx) terminali intense purpureo -violaceo, 3—4 cm. lato, fauce saepius 

 flavo-albida bimaculata. Column a erecta, trigona, inferne satis attenuata, 

 antice paulo concava, alba et purpureo-striata, 3— 3 1 /* cm. longa Capsula 

 perfecta ignota. — Secuudum cl. Rolfe (Orch. Rev. I. 235, VI. 167), 

 est hybrida natnralis inter Laelia purpurata Lixdl. et Cattleya Leopoldi 

 Verschaff. 



Formae hortenses nnmerosissimae; principales sunt: 



Var. Blenheimensis Williams in Orch. Alb. IX. tab. 393 (1889); 

 Sem. Hort 1893. p. 214; Kew Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 227. - Laelio- 

 Cattleya 'legans var. Blenheimensis Sander ex Rolfe in Beichenbachia, 



ser. 2. I. 43. tab. 20; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit 7. p. 455; 

 Orch. Rev. I. 236, VI. 314; Cogn. Diet. Ic. des Orch., Lael.-Cat. 

 tab. 7B. — Catlaelia elegans var. Blenheimensis Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 93 



(1895). 



Var. Bluntii Reichb. f. in Hot Zeit XXII. 298 in adnot (1864) ; 



Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit 6. p. 357; Stein, Orchideenb. 292. — 

 Bletia elegans var. Bluntii Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeit XXII. 298. — Laelio- 

 Cattleya elegans var. Bluntii Rolfe in Orch. Rev. I. 236 (1893), V. 

 284; Williams, Orch. Groiu. Man. edit. 7. p. 455. — Catlaelia elegans 

 var. Bluntii Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 93 (1895). 



Var. Broomeana O'Brien in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. VIII. 214 (1890); 

 Orch. Alb. IX. tab. 413; The Garden, XXXVIII. 158; L. Lind. Orch. 

 Exot 798; Sem. Hort 1898. p. 214; Kew Bull, Addit Ser. IV. 227. — 

 Laelio-Cattleya elegans var. Broomeana Rolfe in Lindenia, VIII. 25. 

 tab. 347 (1892), in Orch. Rev. I. 236; Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. 

 edit 7. p. 455. — Catlaelia elegans var. Broomeana Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 



93 (1895). 



Var. Dayana Reichb. f. in Bot Zeit. XXII. 298 in adnot (1864) ; 



LOrchidoph. 18S5. p. 343. — Bletia elegans var. Dayana Reichb. f. in 



Bot. Zeit. XXII. 298. — Laelio-Cattleya elegans var. Dayana Rolfe in 



Orch. Rev. I. 236 (1893). — Catlaelia elegans var. Dayana Hansen, 



Orch. Hybr. 93 (1895). 



Var. Dulcotensis Hort; Journ. des Orch. V. 188 (1894). — 

 Laelio-Cattleya elegans var. Dulcotensis Hort. ; Orch. Rev. II. 287 (1894). — 

 Catlaelia elegans var. Dulcotensis Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 94 (1895). 



Var. excelled Hort; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XII. 566 (1892); 

 Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. IV. 227. — Laelio-Cattleya elegans var. excellens 

 Hort; Orch. Rev. VI. 314 (1898). 



Var. gigantea Williams in Gard. Chron. 1870. p. 1125 (in adnot.); 

 Nichols. Diet of Gard. II. 229; Veitch, Man. Orch. PI. II. 67 (1887); 

 LOrchidoph. 1889. p. 156; Watson, Orch. 262; Stein, Orchideenb. 292; 

 Sem. Hoit 1898. p. 214. — Laelia gigantea Warner in Proc. Roy. Hort. 

 Soc. II. 247 (1862), Sel. Orch. I. tab. 6; Du Buyss. L' Orchid. 358. — 

 Laelio-Cattleya elegans var. gigantea Rolfe in Orch. Rev. I. 236 (1893). — 

 Catlaelia elegans var. gigantea Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 94 (1895). 



Var. Houtteana Reichb. f. in Hamb. Gartenz. XVI. 281 (1860), 

 in Gard. Chron. new ser. XX. 526 (1883); L'Orchidoph. 1882—83. 

 p. 820; Lindenia, II. 49. tab. 71; Nichols. Diet of Gard. II. 229; Kew 

 Bull., Addit. Ser. IV. 227. — Bletia elegans var. Houtteana Reichb. f. 

 Xenia Orch. II. 55 (1863). — Laelio-Cattleya elegans var. Houtteana 

 Rolfe in Orch. Rev. I. 236 (1893); Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit 7. 

 p. 455; Gard. Chron. ser. 3. XXVI. 148 (1899). — Catlaelia elegans 

 var. Houtteana Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 94 (1895). 



Var. incaxtans Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. II. 333 (1887); 

 L'Orchidoph. 1887. p. 290; Kew Bull., Addit Ser. IV. 227. — Laelio- 

 Cattleya elegans var. incantans Rolfe in Orch. Rev. I. 236 (1893); 

 Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 456. — Catlaelia elegans var. 

 incantans Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 94 (1895). 



Var. Kathleen Hort.; Journ. des Orch. VII. 108 (1896). 



Var. Leeana Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit 6. p. 357 (1885); 



Orchideenb. 292. — Laelio-Cattleya elegans var. Leeana Williams, 



Grow. Man. edit 7. p. 456 (1894). 



Var. Littleana Hogg. Gard. Year -Book, 1886. p. 65. — Laelio- 

 Cattleya elegans var. Littleana Rolfe in Orch. Rev. I. 236 (1893), VII. 

 319. — Catlaelia elegans var. Littleana Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 94 

 (1895). 



Var. lobata Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1869. p. 1158; Nichols. 

 Diet of. Gard. II. 229. — Laelio-Cattleya elegans var. lobata Rolfe in . 

 Orch. Rev. I. 236 (1893.) — Catlaelia elegans var. lobata Hansen, Orch. 

 Hybr. 94 (1895). 



Var. Luciani Hort; Gard. Magaz. 1893. p. 606; Journ. des Orch. 

 IV. 265; L. Lind. Orch. Exot 798. 



Var. Marshalliae Hort; Nichols. Diet of Gard. II. 229 (1885). 



Var. Measuresiana Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. ser. 3. I. 209 (1887); 

 LOrchidoph. 1887. p. 130; Kew Bull., Addit Ser. IV. 227. — Laelio 

 Cattleya elegans var. Measuresiana Rolfe in Orch. Rev. I. 236 (1893); 

 Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. p. 456. 

 Measuresiana Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 94 (1895). 



Var. Morreniana Reichb. f. in Warner et Will. Orch. Alb. VII. 



tab. 331 (1888); Gard. Chron. ser. 3. III. 800 (1888); Kew Bull., 



Addit Ser. IV. 227. — Laelio-Cattleya elegans var. Morreniana Rolfe 



in Orch. Rev. I. 236 (1893); Williams, Orch. Grow. Man. edit. 7. 

 p. 456. — 



(1895). 



Stein, 

 Orch. 



Catlaelia elegans var. 



Catlaelia elegans var. Morreniana Hansen, Orch. Hybr. 94 



