Tas. 4916. 
CATTLEYA SKINNERI: vVa7. PARVIFLORA. 
Mr. Skinner's Cattleya: small-lowered var. 
Nat. Ord. OrncHIDACEZ.—GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4700.) 
CarrLeya Shinneri; pseudobulbis valde incrassatis oblongis basi attenuatis, 
foliis binis oblongis obtusis, pedunculo plurifloro, sepalis oblongis, petalis 
ovato-rotundatis, labello panduriformi obscure trilobo lobis lateralibus con- 
volutis terminali lato brevi retuso disco canaliculato, columna perbrevi. 
Carrueya Skinneri. Batem. Orchid. Mewic. et Guatem. t.13. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 
1840. Mise. n. 83. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4270. 
Var. parviflora. Tas. Nostr. 4916. 
Carrieya Skinneri; parviflora. Lindl. MS. 
When Mr. Skinner last returned from Guatemala he brought 
with him a small packet containing the flowers of three different 
Orchids, which he found growing “from the same stock.” One 
was Cattleya Skinneri, another was a dark crimson variety of 
Epidendrum Skinneri, the third, which was smaller than the 
first, but larger than the second, he suspected to be a hybrid 
between them. A plant, apparently identical with the third, is 
now figured from a specimen in the possession of J. Dillwyn 
Llewellyn, Esq., of Penllegare. In its pseudobulbs and leaves 
it is little different from C. Skinneri, and it has the same short 
inflorescence enclosed within a bivalve spathe ; but the flowers 
are different, not half the size, with an acute, not blunt, and 
emarginate lip, which is whole-coloured, not pallid over all the 
the lower half. The petals too are acute, not obtuse. In other 
respects, that is to say, in the smooth surface of the lip and in 
the column, no difference appears to exist. st 
Is it probable that this is a wild hybrid, with the origin sus- 
pected by Mr. Skinner? We think not. It is true that it 
appears at first sight to be intermediate in the flowers, but there 
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