198 ORCHIDS. 



It is a free-growing plant, often producing seven or 

 eight flowers on a spike. Blooms in spring. 



There are many varieties of this species. We mention 

 alba, with nearly white flowers ; pattida (Pax. Fl. G-, 48), 

 perianth violet and white ; lip with rays of crimson, bor- 

 dered with white ; variegata, perianth lilac-purple ; lip 

 white, with yellow centre and red markings ; superba, 

 perianth delicate rose ; lip broad, rich purple. This va- 

 riety makes two growths a year, but only flowers on that 

 made in spring ; violacea, perianth delicate rose ; lip with 

 rich purple spot in centre. 



Cattleya amethystina is by some considered a form of 

 this species, and the name is also applied to a white form 

 of Cattleya Loddigesii, and Lcelia Perrinii is sometimes 

 called Cattleya intermedia angustifolia. 



Cattleya irrorata. See Lcelia irrorata. 



Cattleya Karwinskii, an old name of Cattleya citrina. 



A. Cattleya labiata. Brazil . Lodd. Cab., 1956. 



Hook. Ex., 157. 



B. R., 1859. 



B. M., 3998. 



Pax. Mag., 4, 121; 7,73. 



Pax. Fl. G., 24. 



Jen. Orch., 45. 



Fl. des Ser., 1895. 



One of the finest species. Flowers rose-colored, with 

 rich crimson lip ; of a delicious fragance. The flowers, 

 which are produced from July to November, arc often five 

 inches across, and three or four on a spike. 



The variations of color in the lip of this species are al- 



