348 ORCHID- GEOWEK's 5IANUAL. 



wood with moss ; others thrive well in baskets and pots with 

 peat and good drainage. The large-gi'owing kinds are best 

 grown in pots, and require the same treatment as Cattleyas. 

 Those on blocks require more water, and are best grown in 

 the Cattleya house, though some, such as L. autumnalis, L. 

 albida, and L. majalis, do not require so much heat to grow 

 them to perfection. They are propagated in the same way as 

 Cattleya. 



L. acuminata, Lindley. — A pretty delicate-flowered, com- 

 pact-growing species, nearly allied to L. ruhescens, with ovate 

 compressed rugose pseudobulbs, solitary oblong emarginate 

 leaves, and corymbs of about four graceful fragrant flowers 

 two inches across, on slender scapes about a foot high ; the 

 sepals and petals are white, the latter broader and wavy, and 

 the lip oblong, with short rounded basal lobes, white, with a 

 blotch of deep purple in the throat. It blooms in December 

 and Januar}^ and lasts two or three weeks in beauty. Its 

 native name is Flor de Jesu. — Guatemala. 



YlG.—Bot. Reg., 1841, t. 24 ; Bot. Mag., t. 4905 ; Flore des Sevres, t. 9. 



L. acuminata rosea, Hort. — A very pretty variety with 

 pale rose-coloured flowers, which has been imported for L. 

 pedimcularis, but is quite distinct. — Guatemala. 



Fig.—? Paxton, Mag. Bot,, x. 49, with tab. 



L. albida, Bateman. — A lovely compact-growing species, 

 with oval sulcate pseudobulbs, each bearing a pair of narrow 

 anceolate acute leaves, and a terminal erect five to eight- 

 flowered raceme of blossoms as sweet as primroses, the odour 

 resembling that of the leaves of the Chinese primrose. The 

 flowers have the sepals and petals white, the lip pale pink or 

 deep rose pink, with three yellow lamellae or crests down the 

 centre. It blossoms in December and January, lasting a good 

 time in beauty. There are several varieties of this plant. 

 This plant is best grown on a block in the cool house. — 

 Mexico : Oaxaca. 



'ElG.—Bot. Reg., 1839, t. 54 ; Bot. Mag., t. 3957 ; Orchid Album, iii, t. 

 138 ; Floral Mag., t. 335 (rosea). 



L. alMda Ijella, Hort. — A very fine and striking variety, 

 in which the flowers are much larger and the spikes stronger 



