116 ORCHIDS. 
yellowish white. The flowers are developed in winter, and 
last in perfection about six weeks. This plant thrives best 
when grown in shallow teak baskets, or fastened to a piece 
of soft fern-stem. It likes plenty of light, shading only 
in very bright weather, and abundance of moisture always. 
It is rather a shy flowerer. Introduced from Brazil in 
1839. Syn. C. dulbosa. 
Fig. 29; Botanical Register, 1847, t. 42. 
Var. nobzlior.—Flowers larger than in the type; side 
lobes of lip broader. 
Var. Schrederiana.—Stems not thicker than a goose- 
quill; flowers of a bright rose-purple; side lobes of lip 
small. 
C. Warneri. — This is one of the most beautiful of 
all Cattleyas, much resembling C. labiata in habit, and 
doubtless nearly related to it. The scape is many-flowered, 
each bloom measuring upwards of 6in. across; the sepals 
and petals are broad, and of a deep rose-colour; the 
large labellum has its middle lobe much expanded, deep 
rich crimson in colour, ornamented in front with an elegant 
marginal fringe, which adds considerably to its beauty. It 
blooms during the summer months, and continues long in 
perfection. The cultivation of this species is not easy. 
Newly-imported plants often fail to establish themselves, 
and well-established specimens do not always flower. It 
should be grown in the warm end of the Cattleya-house 
when established. Newly-imported plants should be fas- 
tened on to blocks of wood, and be kept in a moist stove 
atmosphere till they commence to make new roots. They 
should then be potted in peat fibre, and be removed to the 
Cattleya-house to make their growth. C. Warneri was 
introduced from South Brazil about 1859. 
Warner’s Select Orchids, t. 8. 
