Pl.ATK VIII. 



CATTLKYA WAKNKK1. 



An epiphyte, with the habit of Ctabfafa The leaves %rm\ singly on each stem! and aw broadly ligulafc , r it, with 

 a peculiar twist at the point. The rapes grow from the top of the bulb*, and often bear as many as fiv 

 flowers, which arc lari£t\ measuring fully nj\ inch* -. ucrOftt, the sepals <intl petal* entirely «f a mauvc-tintcd 

 rose, the lip orange-yellow at t lie base, creamy white on each ride, and entirely of a rich rosy crimson in fV 

 The Mpab arc lanceolate, entire* with the margins rectrrwl Tho petals ore verj largcand brood (3 J inches 

 by 2J inches), ovate, denticulate, and a good deal crispulatc toward* the front The lip i^ three inch* a long, 

 the open expanded pari in front nearly two inches wideond fully two inches deep, the plane apprcsscd ride lobe* 

 rojj lilac inside ami out, the haw of the tubuloou [Kin orange-yellow, a 1 ■ t r I * - saffiiscd with rose at the extreme 

 base, ami marked with white win) streaks; tho etnarghuite apex, for about an inch of it- length, u of a deep 

 rich rosy crimson, which tint occupies the whole width except the extreme border, which i* rosy lilac: and rcrj 

 much undulated : the upper angles of the fai c of tho lip, whith ha* a quadrate general figure, an* creamy white, 

 delicately bordered by rosy-lilac, the marginal fringe being continued to the point of junction over the column, 

 which latter is white, with a purplish border at the lip 



Cattlkta Warxeki, Mqot*< US, 



This 13 one of the most beautiful of the many Cattlcyaa of the labial* section with which our gardens 

 abound- It was first bloomed by ourseluy, and was shown in I860 at the Royal Botanic Society's cxhibi* 

 lion in the Regent's Park, on which occasion a Silver Medal was awarded to iL Wo have no information 

 as to its introduction, but believe it to have been obtained from Brazil. Our plant, which has now (lowered 

 with us three years in succession, has sometime hail more than twenty flowers expanded at one time, 



Calttet/a Women is in the way of C lahhtia as to its growth and the size of it- flowers, hut it blooms 

 at n different time of the year, namely, June and July, which makes il very valuable as an exhibition plant; 

 for nothing has u more noble appearance than a fine specimen of this genus, either on an exhibition table or 

 in an OiclmMiotfeO. It is with this ns with many other Orchids: distinct varieties occur, and it is very seldom 

 that two ini|)ortcd plants are quite alike in their (lower?, Some yean since, we imported u number of these 

 plants; and several forma have been already bloomed in different collections, hut wc have not seen any hi 

 line as that from which oar figure was derived. 



This Catlkya* like G. tabiala and C JfosstG, is compact in its growth. It attains the height of sixteen 

 inches. The leaves arc three inches across, of a lively green, and flat for the greater part of their length, with 

 a sort of twist at the end, which twist is, as far as we have observed, peculiar to Ibis species. The flowers 

 arc large, more than six inches in diameter, and produced from a sheath at the top of the bulb; as many as 

 live being sometimes borne together- The sepals and petals are of a beautiful rose ; the lip large, of a rich 

 crimson, and finely fringed. The plant blooms during June and July, and the llowcrs continue in good 

 condition for a month or more, if the plants arc placed at the coolest end of the house, and arc kept free 

 from damp, and slmdcd from the sun. 



This species has proved lo be free in growth a* well as free in flowering, and being compact in habil 

 and having fine evergreen foliage, it possesses all Lhti requisitions of a beautiful plant, U will grow either in 

 a pot, or on a block of wood suspended from the roof of the hon.se, and requires a moderate amount of heat 

 and moisture in the growing season* namely, during the winter and Spring months, up to the lime of dowering. 

 The growth i? completed soon after the blooms have faded. When the bulbs an* full) grown, the plants 

 ahould have a season of rest. This is secured by withholding water from the roots, and placing them at the 



