186 orchid-grower's manual. 



makes a fine exhibition plant, the colour being very different 

 from that of many other Orchids. — Brazil : Rio Janeiro. 



C. intermedia, Gralunn. — A beautiful Orchid of the two- 

 leaved set, of neat habit, one to two feet high, and a free 

 grower. The sepals and petals are delicate rose colour, and 

 the lip is of a rich rosy purple. It blooms in May and June, 

 and lasts for three or four weeks in perfection if kept in a cool 

 place. This species frequently produces as many as nine flowers 

 on a spike, and makes a fine plant for the May and June shows. 

 There are several varieties of C. intermedia. — Brazil. 



'FiG.—Bot. Reg., t. 1919 ; Bot. Mag., t. 2851 ; Maund, But., iv. t. 195 ; 

 Faxton, Mag. Bot.. i. 151, with tab. ; Lem. Jard. FL, t. 379 ; Ann. de Gand., 

 1848, t. 201. 



Stn. — C. amethyitina. 



C. intermedia SUperha, Hort. — A splendid vai-iety, growing 

 about fourteen inches high, and making two growths in one 

 year, but only flowering from that made in the spring. The 

 sepals and petals are delicate rose, the lip broad and of the 

 richest purple ; from four to six blossoms are produced on a 

 spike. It makes a fine plant for exhibition, and will last 

 about four weeks in perfection. — Brazil. 



C. intricata, Rchh. f. — In habit this species comes nearest 

 to C. intermedia, the flowers being somewhat intermediate 

 between Loilia elegans and C. intermedia ; the sepals and petals 

 are of the lightest whitish rose ; and the lip resembles that of 

 L. elegans jncta, only that the side lobes are white, and the blade 

 of the central lobe, which has an abrupt stalk, of the deepest 

 purple. It flowers in June and July. — Brazil. 



C. labiata, Lindley. — One of the finest of the Cattleyas, a 

 free-blooming species, growing about twenty inches high. The 

 stems are club-shaped, monophyllous, and the flowers are 

 large, often six or seven inches in diameter, three or four on 

 a spike, with broad rose-coloured sepals and petals, and a 

 rich magenta-crimson lip. It blooms in October and November, 

 and will continue in perfection three or four weeks. The 

 finest specimen we ever saw was in the collection of the late 

 R. Hanbury, Esq., the Poles, near Ware, the plant being culti- 

 vated in a large tub, about two feet across. This superb 

 kind was first flowered by the late Mr. Cattley, of Barnet, 

 in honour of whom the genus is named. This species, though 

 one of the first introduced, is very rare, indeed there are very 

 few specimens of the true species in the country. Several 



