Tab. 5683. 



CATTLEYA amethystoglossa. 

 Amethyst-lipped Cattleija. 



Nat. Oil. OECIIIDEiE.— aTNANDKIA MuXANOltl.Y. 



Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 5449.) 



Cattleya amethystoglossa; caulibus elatis teretibus Biiperne sensim in- 

 cratyato mferne sulcatis, foliia 2-nis oblongo-lanceofatis obtusis 5-8- 

 polhcanbus, scapo valido erecto multifloro, pedunculis validis adscen- 

 dentibua, sepalis petalisque obtusis albis roseo-suffusis et purpureo- 



maculatis, sepalo superiore oblongo- v. lineari-oblongo lateralibus 

 lationbus subfalcatis, petalia obovato-oblongis, labello profunda 3-lobo, 

 Jobis lateralibus erectis, iutermedio late obcordato-2-lobo roseo-vio- 

 laceo, lobis patentibus corrugatia et papillosia. 



Cattleta amethystoglossa. Linden et Rehb.fil. Oat. Plant. Exot. 1857 

 p. 26. Warner, Select. Orchid. Plant, pt. 1. t. 2. 



Epidekdbow amethystoglosaum. Rehb.fil. in Walp. Ann. v. 6. p. 819. 



There is little to add to the excellent description and 

 figure of this magnificent plant given by Mr. Warner in his 

 'Select Orchidaceous Plants,' published in 1862. As he 

 truly observes, the species is allied to C. granulosa (Tab. 

 nostr. 5048) and C. guttata (Tab. nostr. 3693), but is very 

 distinct from both. It is, no doubt, a native of Brazil, but 

 its exact locality is not known, and there are no specimens 

 of it either in Dr. Lindley's or the Hookerian Herbarium. 

 Mr. Warner describes it as flowering in May and June ; but 

 the plant with us blossomed in February of the past year. 



Descr. Rhizome woody, creeping. Stems (pseudobulbs) 

 two to three feet high, strict, stout, erect, gradually thickened 

 upwards, deeply grooved; upper joints sheathed. Leaves six 

 to eight inches long, two to two and a half inches broad, 

 linear-oblong, obtuse, very coriaceous, deep green. Scape 

 stout, erect, two to four inches high, sheathed at the base. 

 Flowers forming an erect, somewhat candelabrum-like corymb, 

 large and showy. Peduncles stout, ascending, one to two 



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