THE ILLUSTRATION HORTICOLE. 

 PL. CLXXVIII. 



CATTLEYA GIGAS, linden & axdre. 



GIANT CATTLEYA, 



xat. OBD. ORCHID ACE AE. 



)ranacea v. carnosa patentia aequalia, interiora saepius majora. 

 ■ilobum gynoetema Qgata semiteres 



rabranaceis. Pollimo 1 caiiduailis totidem replicatis. Herbae Ame- 

 ne coriaceis, floribna termmal&H osis saepe e spatha 



>corapressi; folia oblonga, 20-25 cent, longa, 6 cent, lata, obtusa, 

 scapus erectus 1-2 florus (ct ultra): bradeae semi-amplexantes 

 'lu sul);i»'fjiuilia liticari-lanceolata uiululata apice decurvata mucro- 

 tiit. lonira. 25 inilliui. lata, ovato-unguiculata undulata, pulchre 

 it'uri'liltulit'onue, mox expanso-deflexum , ovato-emarginatum aut 

 ; i.tlihus luuatis aurei^s ad 



eight inches in diameter, have narrow, oblong equal sepals 

 ; about four inches long and five to seven lines broad , of a 

 very delicate lilac colour. The petals are two or three times 

 as broad . and of about the same length and colour. Label- 

 lum very large, about four and a half inches long, at first- 

 keeled above and closed at the base, then suddenly opened 

 and reversed forming a funnel, recurved backwards, ovate, 

 subcordate or bilobate at the extremity and fringed on the 

 margin, [ts prevaling hue is a rich brilliant violet, the an- 

 terior part tinged with lilac and striped with a deeper shade, 

 which is gradually lost in faint rays in the interior of the 

 throat and the paler fringe of the margin. At the entrance 

 to the white throat, on the turned-up margins, there are 

 two crescent-shaped, pure yellow regularly formed figures. 

 The column is short club-shaped , delicat , lilac, like the oval 

 beak which is of a deep violet in the center. 



Not to extend the description, Cattleya gigas is really one 

 of the most gorgeous Orchids in the world. E. A. 



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