108 ORCHTIS. 
opening; the folding parts of the lip are the same colour 
as the petals, the spreading portion being very large, the 
margin crisped and wavy, and the colour rich crimson- 
purple with a distinctly-defined blotch of yellow in the throat. 
This is one of the most popular of Cattleyas, and although 
varying a great deal, not one of its numerous varieties 
could be called poor. It is easily cultivated, thriving if 
treated as advised for the bulk of Cattleyas, and flowering 
annually from April to June. There are many named varieties 
of it, the best of which are described below. It was intro- 
duced in 1870, and large quantities of it are now imported 
annually from New Grenada. 
Plate; Williams’ Orchid Album, i., t. 3. 
Var. della.—Flowers pale lilac; lip rose-mauve, veined 
with lilac. 
Var. Bluntiz—Flowers pure white, save a small, yellow 
blotch on the lip. 
Var. Leeana.—Flowers deep-coloured, the petals blotched 
with amethyst-purple. 
Var. Morgane.—F¥lowers white, with a small purple 
blotch on the lip, which is veined with red. 
Var. Rothschildiana.—F lowers large, pale purple, the lip 
brilliant amethyst, margined with pale lilac. 
C. Mossie.— This grand old species should be repre- 
sented in every collection of Orchids. The pseudo-bulbs 
are stout, variable in length, broadest in the middle, 
and furrowed, and bear a single, coriaceous, dark, shining 
green leaf. The scape bears from three to five flowers, 
measuring 6in. or 8in. in diameter; and even larger 
examples are on record. Although the flowers vary much, 
the sepals and petals are usually of some shade of blush 
or deep rose, the latter being sometimes as much as 
3in. in breadth. The labellum is of the same colour, in 
