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CATTLE V A REGNELL I J. 



A compact-growing and vcr) beautiful tfovo epiphyte, with olive-green and purple flowers on short erect scapes 

 'l't».- -rem- nre short, clavatc, bearing two «.r sometimes three short, oblong, blunt leave*, which are slightly 

 bifid nt ilio apex. The Bowers nro from three to fivo ill number, and nre comparatively lar»i\ measuring from 

 three to f"»r Inches in breadth, and somewhat more in depth. The wpals are li^datr-ohhmj;, widening into n 

 apathulate form nt the apes, wavy, rich bronzy or Qlvrc-greon, freely marked with oblong spots ofa brownish- 

 purplchue laid on in n tmnsvewe direction. The pctnta arc rather nwrowor and more undulated, but otherwise 

 similar in form, colour, and marking. Tho tip i* large and prominent, nearly fiat, ihree-lobed ; the two basal 

 lobes large, and arching over the column, white streaked and flushed with rosy-purple, beautifully striate with 

 the Hime colour* within ; tho middle lobe has a narrowed clow or base, which is yellow and live- furrowed, with 

 some marginal purple bars, and expands into a broad obcordutc lamina, which is of a rich bright magenta- 

 purple, breaking out into forking lines towards the toothed white edge. The reverse of the sepals and petal* is 

 a deep bron/v green. The column, which fits close down mi the base of the Up. is remarkably brond Utd 

 thick, white, with .1 purple spol nt the tip. 

 Cattleta Reoxbxui, o/jwrrfw. 



The subjecl of our present illustration is a native of Brazil, and take* rank as one of tho most beautiful of 

 the smaller members of a genus which is specially remarkable on account of the numerous magnificent species 

 and varieties which it comprises, and which furnishes some of the brightest ornaments of our Orchid collections. 

 It is by some Orchid Cultivators considered as a mere variety of Ctittlega Schilleriaxo, ami Profess 

 Reichenbach, one of the most learned investigators of the Orchid family, who has seen specimens of the 

 plant, coincides in this view. A reference to the published figures of that plant will show thai it is. nt least. 



a well-marked variety. 



Into the vexed question as to what constitutes a species and what a variety, it is not our jturposc to 

 enter, nor is it, indeed, of the slightest importance to the cultivator, so long as the plant itself is distinct and 

 ornamental. All thai u necessary in such cases is that tho particular plant should hear a recognized name 

 as a mean, to ensure its identification. Wherever dissimilar plants thus bear authenticated names, and ore 

 sufficiently different in their habits or their blossoms to warrant such a distinction, the cultivator may very 

 safely put aside the botanical question as being to him of no vital importance. 



This Colth-ga llegnellii, which is faithfully represented in our plate, bloomed in the collection of 

 Edward Wright, Esq., of Gravelly Hill, Birmingham, under the care of his gardener, Mr. James Hodges. 

 D is evidently nearly allied to Gatlbya Jctaudia. The jmwwbulbs attain a height of four or live inches, 

 and support two or sometimes three bluntly oblong, thick, fleshy, dark green leaves. The flowers are about 

 three inches and a half in diameter, and from three to five upon the scape. The sepals and petals are 

 oblong, spnthulflte, green behind, tinted with olive in front, and marked by deep purple transverse -pots. 

 .. obcoTdate front lobe, which b amethyst purple, toothed, and edged with white; the base 

 a yellow, with purple bar-; and there arc two large side lobes, which are amethyst margined with white, and 

 l, ,,, over the column. We learn from Mr. Hodges that «hcn the plants are in a vigorous and healthy 

 condition, tiiey flower twice in the season, namely, in -luly. and again in September or October. 



