tallest trees. Stems from 18 inches to 3 feet in length, very slender, prominently 
jointed, and with two leaves at top. Bears from three to five flowers in the 
Autumn months. Sepals and petals greenish-brown, lip long and narrow, without 
side lobes, and crimson purple in colour. Likes warmth and light and plenty of 
moisture in growing period, with good rest after flowering. 
There are several varieties differing more or less from the type. 
CATTLEYA BOWRINGIANA. Native of Belize (Br. Honduras). (Illustrated. ) 
An attractive species of the Skinneri type. Stems about 12 to 18 inches high and 
rather slender. Flowers are produced in a scape usually from five to ten blooms at 
a time, each flower being about three inches across. Petals are double the width of 
the sepals. The lip funnel-shaped. The colour is a rosy purple, paling slightly 
towards the edge. Throat either white or with white markings. The climate of 
British Honduras has a temperature range of from about 52 degrees minimum to 
a maximum recording of 99 degrees, so that it somewhat resembles our Brisbane 
climate. The rainfall, however, is much greater than here, and for nine months 
of the year the average precipitation is very high, ranging from 9 to 13 inches. 
Bowringiana is found on trees and cliffs overhanging the streams and often close 
to waterfalls. Hence it requires ample water at all times and should not be al- 
lowed to become dry at any time, though the quantity of water should be reduced 
considerably after it has flowered (usually in the late Autumn or early Winter). 
This species is particularly suitable for ordinary bushhouse cultivation in Bris- 
bane, and definitely in a cool part of the house in the warmer climate of the 
North. 
CATTLEYA CHOCOENSIS. Native of Colombia. 
A beautiful species closely related to the Trianae group. Stems oblong and thick- 
ening towards the top, from which a single oblong, somewhat wedge-shaped leaf 
appears. The flowers are large, but do not open so widely as most Cattleya blooms, 
but remain somewhat bell-like in form. Colourings vary somewhat, but the gen- 
eral type has white sepals and petals with a fringed margin. The lip is yellow 
with rich magenta-purple tinting towards the front. The flowers are very frag- 
rant. It is one of the cool growing species, being found high up on the Western 
Cordilleras, where the climate is extremely wet. The plants are usually found on 
the lower branches of straggling trees, but frequently also on the cliffs edging the 
precipices of the mountains. They should be grown in a cool, light position, and 
should receive ample water at all times; through the resting period the supply should 
be considerably reduced. Like Bowringiana, however, they should never be 
allowed to become quite dry. This feature is usually carried on to its descendants 
by hybridisation, so that growers having hybrids with chocoensis as one of the 
parents or grandparents should grow them under cool conditions and with plenty 
of water. 
CATTLEYA CITRINA. A Native of Mexico. 
A small growing plant with small, stout and round pseudobulbs from which grow 
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