lo THE WOODLANDS ORCHIDS 



even tinged, with crimson. Nature has no hue more deUcate 

 or sweeter. 



Adonis. — Bright rosy petals — sepals paler — lip and edges 

 of lobes carmine. 



F. Sander. — The latest pseudo-bulb measures 2 feet 3 

 inches — topping the best growth of its native forest by six 

 inches ; from base to top of the spike, 4 feet less i inch, and 

 as thick as a walking-cane. This grand plant has been in 

 cultivation for three years. The sepals and petals are those 

 of L. e. Turneri ; the lip resembles a fine L. purpurata. 



The plant next to this, unnamed, has pseudo-bulbs almost 

 as long, but scarcely thicker than straws. 



Empress. — A very dark form of Turneri. 



Medusa. — Tall, slender pseudo-bulbs — very dark. 



Neptune., on the contrary, has pseudo- bulbs short and 

 fat, whilst the colouring is pale. 



H. E. Moojen. — Doubtless a natural hybrid with L. 

 purpurata, which takes equally after both parents. 



Godseffiana. — Nearly white ; the broad lip carmine — 

 lobes of the same hue, widely expanded. 



Mrs. F. Sander. — ^A round flower, very dark rose ; 

 sepals and petals dotted all over, as in Cattleya Leopoldii. 



Red King. — Yellowish throat. Lip good colour and 

 round, but narrow, without the prolongation of some or the 

 lateral extension of others. Curiously like the shape of L, 

 Perrinii. 



Stella.—D\Jisk.y rose and similarly spotted, but different 

 in shape — sepals and petals much thinner. 



Boadicea. — Sepals and petals deep rose. Long shovel 

 lip crimson-lake. 



H. G. Gifkins. — The sepals are palest green, with a 

 rosy tinge ; petals pale mauve. The lip, maroon-crimson, 

 spreads out broadly from a neck almost half an inch long, 

 and its deep colour stretches right up the throat. 



