io6 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



L. PUMiLA is a variable species, especially if we regard L. 

 Dayaxa and L. pr^stans as varieties. L. Dayana, given specific 

 rank at Kew, may be considered for horticultural purposes as a 

 strong, deeper-coloured form of L. pumila, while L. pr^stans 

 differs in having a trumpet-shaped lip, red-purple with yellow 

 shading in the throat. L. pumila does not exceed six inches in 

 height and has handsome rose-purple flowers. All three members 

 of this little group are very suitable for amateurs with limited 

 accommodation, as they grow best in suspended pans or baskets 

 and take up little space. 



L. PURPURATA is the finest member of the family, and when 

 not in flower has much the appearance of some of the labiate 

 Cattleyas, and it succeeds well with these. Well-developed 

 flowers of a good form have a spread of eight inches, but they 

 lack the breadth of petal found in the popular Cattleyas. From 

 three to nine flowers are borne on a stout spike in Spring or early 

 Summer. In the type the sepals and petals are white, flushed with 

 rose, the large lip being of similar shade, with crimson lines in the 

 pale yellow throat, and a broad red-purple front lobe. There are 

 numerous varieties, and a few of the finest of these are L. P. alba, 



L. p. ATROPURPUREA, L. P. BrYSIANA, L. P. RuSSELLIANA, and 

 L. p. SCHRCEDERIANA. 



L. TENEBRosA is very like L. purpurata in growth, but its 

 flowers have rather broader petals and the lip is more trumpet- 

 shaped. The colour is reddish brown, with coppery or bronze 

 sufi^usion, the lip purple, with darker shading and lighter veinings. 

 L. TENEBROSA is variable in its colouring, and is closely allied to 

 L.grand'is. L. T. Charlesworthii, L. t. Tring Park var., L. t. 

 Walton Grange var. (yellow sepals and petals), and L. T. 

 Warnham Court var,, are among the best forms. 



