206 ORCHIDS. 
oblong, the same length as the pseudo-bulbs. Peduncles 
short, one-flowered; flowers 4in. across; sepals lance- 
shaped; petals ovate, tin. broad; lip folding over at the 
sides, spreading in front, where it is rin. across; colour 
of whole flower rose-purple, front of lip maroon-purple, 
paler in the centre of the middle lobe; throat with three 
to five parallel ridges. The flowers are developed in 
September or October, and remain good two weeks or 
more. Syns. Cattleya marginata, C. Pineliu, C. pumila, 
C. spectabiits. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 3656. 
The following are now considered to be only varieties of 
L. pumila, though formerly they ranked as distinct species : 
Var. Dayana.—Flowers deeper in colour, and appearing 
earlier, than in the type; throat of lip white, with raised, 
purple lines; front wholly purple. 
Var. prestans.—Flowers of the same colour as those of 
the type; lip trumpet-shaped, and stiff in texture; throat 
orange-yellow. 
The type, as well as the varieties, should be cultivated in 
shallow pans, or teak baskets, which should be partly 
filled with drainage, filling up with peat-fibre and a little 
sphagnum. During the growing season the plants should 
have plenty of water, and at all times the compost should 
be kept moist. The best position for the plants is near 
the roof-glass in a warm, moist greenhouse. Introduced 
from Brazil in 1838. 
L. purpurata.—This is one of the grandest Leelias 
in cultivation. It is a robust-growing plant, producing 
large, spindle-shaped, compressed  pseudo-bulbs, each 
bearing a broad, leathery, dark green leaf rft. or 
more long. The scape is erect, and from three- to 
seven-flowered; the flowers are very large, sometimes 
