WARSCEWICZELLA AROMATICA. Native of Central America. 
One of the rarest species, with oblong, acute leaves springing from the root 
crown. Scape about 6 inches long, bearing a solitary flower between 3 and 4 
inches across. Sepals and petals acutely lanceolate, and snow-white in colour. 
Lip large and deeply notched at the apex, the margins somewhat crisped. It is 
azure blue at the front, darkening to purple at the base, with a white border. 
Between the erect side lobes is a large, many-furrowed callus. Flowers in late 
Summer, the strongly fragrant blooms lasting many weeks. 
(Syn. Zygopetalum aromaticum.) 
WARSCEWICZELLA CANDIDA. Native of Brazil. 
A small growing species, with tufted, oblong, strap-shaped leaves about 8 or 9 
inches long. Flowers about 24 inches across. Sepals and the broader reflexed 
petals white. Lip squarish or roughly triangular, rosy-purple in the centre, the 
broad margin having a bluish tint. Disk has a triangular, white callus marked 
with five blue-purple bars and five tooth-like protuberances. Flowers in Autumn 
and lasts four to five weeks. 
(Syn. Warrea candida, Huntleya candida, etc.) 
WARSCEWICZELLA FLABELLIFORMIS. Native of Brazil and Trinidad. 
This species has broadly oblanceolate leaves growing in a tuft from a root crown. 
The scape is radical and one-flowered, the fragrant bloom being about 24 inches 
across with waxy white sepals and petals, the dorsal sepal and the petals being 
narrowly oblong and acute, while the lateral sepals are broader, ovate, oblong, 
and have a blotch of greenish-yellow at the tips. The sub-quadrate lip is con- 
cave at the base and reflexed at the apex. It is white with broad, close-set, violet- 
purple lines. Flowers in Autumn and lasts well. 
(Syn. Zygopetalum cochleare.) 
WARSCEWICZELLA MARGINATA. Native of Colombia. 
A charming species with oblong, strap-shaped, pointed leaves up to a foot tall. 
Dorsal sepal and petals, oblong, broadly ovate lateral sepals, narrower and spreading 
upwards, are yellowish-white. Lip broad and flat, yellowish-white with a crimson 
margin, the disk having numerous radiating purple-crimson bars. At the base of 
the disk is a callus consisting of five to seven tooth-like protuberances arranged 
in a semi-circle. Flowers in Autumn and lasts three weeks. 
(Syn. W. velata, Zyg. velatum, etc.) 
WARSCEWICZELLA WAILESIANA. Native of Brazil. 
A small species with typical leaves, but of a darker shade and about 3 to 4 inches 
in length from crown to apex. Flowers about 3 inches across with white or cream 
coloured sepals and petals, and a round concave lip which is white with an irregular 
light purple stain down the centre. The crest has five radiating bars joined at 
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