HORTUS VEITCHI1 



It has entered largely into the production of artificial hybrids, the best 

 known being Calanthe x Veitchii, one of Dominy's earliest efforts, and one 

 of the most largely cultivated of all hybrid orchids. 



CALANTHE VESTITA, Wall., var. TUBNEEI, Veitch. 



Syns. C. Turneri, Hort. 

 Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vi. p. 71, fig. 



A very charming variety introduced with the type from Moulmein 

 through Thomas Lobb. 



The flowers resemble those of the variety rubro-oculata, having a red- 

 purple blotch on the disk of the lip, but they appear later in the season. 



It was named in compliment to Mr. J. A. Turner of Pendlebury, near 

 Manchester, one of the most ardent orchid amateurs of his time. 



CATASETUM SACCATUM, LindL, var. PLICIFEBUM, Bchb. f. 



Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 1182. 



Imported from Peru in 1869, but long since lost to cultivation. It is 

 described by Beichenbach as having sepals and petals dull olive-green 

 marbled with numerous brown spots and a green lip with numerous 

 cinnamon-brown blotches. 



CATTLEYA BOWEINGIANA, Hort. Veitch. 



Syns. C. autumnaUs, Hort. 



Gard. Chron. 1885, vol. xxiv. p. 683 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ii. pp. 31, 32, with 

 figs. ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1886, p. 10, figs. p. 3. 



Sent to us in 1884 from British Honduras in Central America, by a 

 correspondent who stated that the plant grows on cliffs by a rapid stream 

 flowing over a succession of waterfalls, where the atmosphere is always 

 highly charged with moisture. As a species Cattleya Bowringiana is 

 close to C. Skinneri, but differs in its flowering season, which is during 

 the dull months of October and November. 



It is dedicated to the late Mr. J. C. Bowring of Forest Farm, near 

 Windsor, for many years a well-known amateur. 



CATTLEYA DOWIANA, Batem. 



Syns. C. Lawrenceana, Warsc. ; C. labiata, var. Dowiana, Veitch. 



Gard. Chron. 1866, p. 922 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5618 ; Fl. des Serres, tt. 1709-1710 ; 1'Illus. 

 Hort. t. 525 ; The Garden, 1877, vol. xii. t. 99; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ii. p. 16. 



This superb orchid flowered for the first time in this country at Chelsea 

 in the autumn of 1865. The plants were obtained through Mr. G. 

 lire-Skinner, whose collector Mr. Arce, a zealous naturalist, had obtained 

 them in Costa Bica. Plants had previously been sent to this country in 

 1850, but arriving in a bad condition, had all died without flowering. 



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