12 THE WOODLANDS ORCHIDS 



they form a border as deep in hue as the lip. But our 

 darkest elegans, eighteen years in the collection, has not 

 bloomed for six seasons past, 



Schiller iana splendens. — Sepals and petals white, with a 

 faintest rosy tinge and a yellow stain on the midrib. Lip 

 long, straight, forked at the tip, liveliest crimson-purple. 



Stelzneriana. — Rosy-white. The crimson of the lip does 

 not spread all over but lies in a triangular blotch. 



Measuresiana, — Sepals greenish - yellow, the leaf-like 

 petals similar, pink towards the edges, lined with rose. 

 Both spotted at the tip with crimson. The lip is that of 

 Catt. bicolor, short comparatively, straight, and darkest 

 crimson. 



Ladymead. — The white sepals and petals have a palest 

 tinge of rose. On the lip are two broad yellow eyes after 

 the fashion of Catt. gigas. 



Venus. — Almost white. Petals veined, sepals dotted, 

 with crimson — the underside of both heavily stained. Lip 

 almost fawn-colour at the edges, with veins widening and 

 deepening into crimson at the throat. 



Luculenta. — A very pretty hybrid of Messrs. Sander's 

 raising, palest mauve. Lip rather narrow but grand in 

 colour. Shovel-shaped. 



Frederico. — A very odd variety — small. The stone- 

 coloured sepals are outlined with rose, the petals with 

 purplish pink. Both are speckled with brown. Lip 

 brightest maroon-crimson, prettily scalloped. 



Platychila. — Pale purple. Remarkable for its immense 

 crimson lip. 



Luciana. — Green petals, curling strongly towards the 

 tip ; petals widening from the stalk like a leaf, pink with 

 a green midrib. The lobes white, narrow, square, and 

 deepest crimson, the lip that of Catt. bicolor. 



Monica. — Snow-white. Petals broad, sepals strongly 



