HORTUS VEITCHII 



L^LIOCATTLEYA AMESIANA. 



Syns. Lcelia X Amesiana, Echb. f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1884, vol. xxi. p. 109 ; Orchid Album, vi. t. 253 ; Veitchs' 

 Man. Orch. PI. pt. ii. p. 94. 



Eaised at Chelsea, and dedicated to the late Hon. F. L. Ames, of North 

 Easton, Massachusetts, formerly one of the most liberal patrons of horti- 

 culture in America, and the owner of an unusually choice collection of 

 plants. 



L^LIOCATTLEYA ASCANIA. 



Gard. Chron. 1893, vol. xiii. p. 518 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee); Jour, of 

 Hort. May 4th, 1893, p. 351, fig. 65 ; Orchid Review, 1893, vol. i. p. 167. 



Eaised by Seden from Lselia xanthina and Cattleya Trianse. The 

 flowers are much like C. labiata in shape, but are smaller. The 

 sepals are sulphur-yellow in colour, the petals much broader, and white 

 with a tinge of sulphur-yellow, the lips similar in colour but that the front 

 lobe is rich crimson. 



L^LIOCATTLEYA AUBOEA, Rol/e. 



Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1889, vol. vi. p. 380. 



A hybrid from Laelia pumila Dayana and Cattleya Loddigesii, raised 

 from seed sown in 1882, and first flowered in October 1889. 



LAELIOCATTLEYA BELLA. 



Syns. LceUa X bella, Rchb. f. 



Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1889, vol. vi. p. 78 (List of Garden Orchids); Rchb. in Gard. 

 Chron. 1884, vol. xxi. p. 174 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ii. p. 94. 



The fortunate result of crossing Laelia purpurata and Cattleya labiata 

 vera, the reverse of the cross which produced Laeliocattleya Antigone. 



At the time of flowering, this beautiful hybrid was unsurpassed by any 

 of its class. 



L^LIOCATTLEYA CALLISTOGLOSSA, Rolfe. 



Syns. Lcelia X callistoglossa, Rchb. f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1882, vol. xvii. p. 76 ; Orchid Album, t. 235 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. 

 PI. pt. ii. p. 94, fig. ; Diet. Ic. des Orchidees, Laeliocattleya, hybr. pi. 8. 



Eaised by Seden from Laelia purpurata and Cattleya Warscewiczii. 

 The gorgeous lip of this hybrid is scarcely equalled in colour by any of 

 the species belonging to the grand race of orchids from which it is derived. 



LAELIOCATTLEYA CALLISTOGLOSSA, var. IGNESCENS. 



Gard. Chron. 1895, vol. xviii. p. 588 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee); Veitchs' 



Catlg. of PI. 1899, fig. p. 9. 



This variety is the result of another cross from the same species that 



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