grow to about 18 inches and carry up to nine golden-yellow flowers with narrow, 
lanceolate and somewhat falcate sepals and petals, while the narrow veined lip 
is recurved and crinkled at the margin. The throat has four crimson ridges. 
Flowers in late Autumn and lasts about three weeks. 
LAELIA FURFURACEA. Native of Mexico. 
A striking species of the first group, with ovate furrowed pseudobulbs topped with 
one or two narrow, oblong, erect, pointed, leathery, light green leaves. Scapes 
upright, and carry from one to three flowers, each about 5 inches in width, and 
sepals and petals (the latter being broader) of pale purple. The lip is bright purple 
with rounded side lobes and oblong front lobe. Flowers in Autumn. Rather a 
delicate species. 
LAELIA GRANDIS. Native of Brazil. 
A species of unusual colouring, with long, club-shaped, furrowed stems, bearing 
a solitary stiff, oblong pointed, dark green leaf. Scapes are erect and carry up to 
five flowers each 4 inches across. Petals broader than the sepals, which are a 
kind of fawn colour and are waved at the edges. The lip is tube-shaped at the 
base, the front lobe being rounded. It is white, well veined with purple. Flowers 
in Summer, the blooms lasting up to six weeks if kept dry. 
LAELIA HARPOPHYLLA. Native of Brazil. 
A slender growing species of the second group, having thin, erect, tufted stems 
about a foot tall bearing a single narrow pointed leaf about 7 inches long. Scape 
carries up to seven flowers each about 3 inches wide. Sepals and petals are narrow 
and pointed, and spread out like a star. Like the small veined lip, they are a 
bright cinnabar-red in colour, the crinkled edge of the lip being white. Flowers 
late Autumn. 
LAELIA JONGHEANA. Native of Brazil. 
Another small growing species of the second group, having single-leaved, shining, 
flattened, egg-shaped pseudobulbs, each about 2 inches long. The leaves are 
about 4 inches long, erect, dark green, blunt edged and sometimes notched at the 
apex. Flowers are usually borne in pairs, though often singly, the scapes being 
short. Flowers are 44 to 5 inches across. Sepals are narrow and pointed, the 
petals being broader and oblong. Both are rose-purple. The lip is small but 
beautifully coloured, the front lobe being creamy-white, its delicate, toothed 
edge being violet, while the convolute side lobes are yellow inside, the throat 
being yellow also, but decorated with seven raised, undulating, dark orange 
ridges. Flowers in Spring and the blooms last up to six weeks under suitable 
conditions. 
LAELIA LOBATA. Native of Brazil. 
A stout growing species of the second group with flattened fusiform pseudobulb: 
about 6 inches high, each surmounted with a single leathery leaf from 8 to 10 
inches in length. The scapes carry from two to five flowers, each about § inches 
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