194 orchid-grower's manual. 



L. gigantea. — This is one of the finest of its genus, and is a 

 free-growing and free-flowering plant, in general habit like L. 

 elegans. The flowers measure six inches in diameter; the 

 sepals and petals are of a delicate lilac, beautifully spotted 

 with rose pui'ple; the lip is of the same colour, but more 

 intense. It comes from Brazil, and succeeds well with the 

 other LcBlias, There is a good figure of it in Warner's 

 *' Select Orchidaceous Plants'' 



L. grandis. — A very distinct plant, from the neighbourhood 

 of Bahia. It grows about a foot high ; the stems are small at 

 the base, and thick at the upper part, from which rises one 

 rigid dark green leaf; the sepals and petals are of a light 

 nankeen colour ; the lip is white in the throat, edged and 

 veined with lilac and purple. It flowers during the summer, 

 and will remain in perfection for a long time, if kept from 

 the damp. 



L. irrorata. — An elegant plant, the pseudobulbs of which 

 usually attain a height of eighteen inches, bearing two or 

 three leaves on the summit ; flowers about five inches in 

 diameter ; sepals and petals pure white ; lip rich crimson, 

 shaded with purple and margined with clear white. It makes 

 a very pretty exhibition plant, flowering in June and July. 

 The finest variety of this plant which I have seen bloomed 

 in the rich collection of R. F. Ainsworth, M.D., at Lower 

 Broughton, Manchester, under the care of Mr. Mitchell, and 

 it is a plant no collection of Orchids should lack. 



L. Lindleyana. — Very distinct both in flower and growth ; 

 the foliage is Hke that of Brassavola venosa, and grows about 

 eight inches long ; sepals and petals rosy white ; lip of the 

 same colour, with the exception of the bottom part, which is 

 dark rose. It blooms at diflerent times of the year, and 

 continues in perfection six weeks. Native of Brazil. 



L. majalis. — This is a glorious plant from Mexico. It is a 



