Plate 516. 

 CATTLEYA WARNERI. 



This very beautiful orcliicl, named after one of our most 

 zealous amateur cultivators of the tribe, belongs to the Labiata 

 section of the family, and those who have attended our Metro- 

 politan Exhibitions, in June and July, have not failed to 

 notice the fine plants of this section that are exhibited ; few of 

 them can vie with that of which we now publish a iigure. 



The cultivation of this plant is by no means difficult, it 

 succeeds either in a pot or on a block of wood suspended from 

 the roof of the house, and like the rest of its congeners delights 

 in moderate heat and moisture during its period of growth. After 

 it has done flowering it requires rest ; not absolute dryness, but 

 withholding water from the roots. When cultivated in pots, 

 they should be thoroughly drained, nothing contributing more 

 to ill-liealth in these plants than stagnation at the roots; and 

 the pot should be filled up nearly to the rim with broken pot- 

 sherds and then sphagnum, and then good peat and broken pots 

 intermixed; in such a soil, and in a warm house, it will thrive 

 welL 



The plant is not one of the large-growing orchids, it seldom 

 attains more than sixteen inches in length. The flowers, as 

 will be seen on reference to the drawing, are six inches across, 

 sometimes five being borne on the same sheath. The sepals 

 and petals are of a lovely rose colour, the lip large, of a rich 

 crimson and fringed, but as in the case of many orchids the 

 native specimens vary considerably in colour. 



We are indebted to Mr. Bull, of King's Eoad, Chelsea, for 

 an opportunity of figuring this fine orchid. 



