I04 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



spikes are from two to three feet long, and carry from two to five 

 flowers near the apex. Each flower is about four inches across, 

 with spreading and almost equal sepals and petals, and a three- 

 lobed lip, the side lobes being enfolded over the column, and the 

 front lobe extended and slightly reflexed. In the type the flowers 

 are rose-purple, with a lip of deeper shade, the edges of the side 

 lobes and the whole of the front lobe being deep crimson-purple. 

 The disk is yellow, bordered with white. The principal varieties 

 are L. a. alba, white, with a yellow throat ; L. A. Amesi^, deep 

 purple with crimson shading ; L. a. Ballantineana, rich rose- 

 purple, with crimson lines in the yellow throat ; L. a. Dawsonii, 

 white, with purple marks on the lip, very fine ; L. a. Hillii, 

 white, with a pink lip, and yellow, crimson-marked throat ; L. a. 

 Sanderiana, white, with rose-purple blotch on the front lobe of 

 the lip ; L. a. Schrceder^, deep purple, large, and of fine form, 

 lip. crimson-purple ; L. a. Schrcederiana, a strong grower, white, 

 with crimson marks in the throat; L. a. Stella, white, with a 

 few rosy lines in the yellow throat ; L. a, vestalis, white, with 

 purple lines in the throat ; L. A. Williamsiana, white, throat 

 deep orange-yellow, lined with crimson ; L. a. Veitchii, white, 

 with the lip marked with rose-purple. 



L. AUTUMNALis is another Mexican species, somewhat like 

 and only a little less valuable than L. cinceps. It is similar in 

 habit, and carries six or more flowers towards the end of the long 

 spike. The flowers are from three to four inches across, fragrant, 

 and with a more open lip than in L. anceps. The colour is deep 

 rose-purple, with a white base to the lip and a yellow crest. In 

 L. A. ALBA the flowers are white, with some yellow in the throat; 

 while in L. A. atrorubens the colour is deeper and richer than in 

 the type. 



L. cinnabarina, about nine inches high, has slender pseudo- 



