HORTUS VEITCHII 



L^ELIOCATTLEYA PISANDEA. 



Gard. Chron. 1893, vol. xiv. p. 536 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; Jour, of 

 Hort. Nov. 2nd, 1893, pp. 394, 407, fig. 60; Orchid Review, 1893, vol. i. p. 374. 



Eaised from Cattleya Eldorado and Laelia crispa. The flowers are of a 

 beautiful rose-purple with a deep velvety purple lip. 



L^ELIOCATTLEYA PEOSEEPINE, Rolfe. 



Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1890, vol. viii. p. 352; Diet. Ic. des Orchidees, Laeliocattleya hybr. 



pi. 2. 



A hybrid raised by Seden from Laelia pumila Dayana and Cattleya 

 velutina, from seed sown in 1883 and flowered in August 1890. 



L^BLIOCATTLEYA QUEEN ALEXANDEA. 



Gard. Chron. 1902, vol. xxxi. p. 116; Supp. col. fig. p. 413. 



A very beautiful hybrid Laeliocattleya raised by Seden from Lseliocattleya 

 bella and Cattleya Trianae, with sepals and petals of an intense rosy lilac, 

 and a lip deep ruby-purple with an orange-coloured disc. The petals are 

 very broad and well displayed. 



LAELIOCATTLEYA EEMULA. 

 Orchid Review, 1900, vol. viii. p. 228. 



Eaised from Cattleya Aclandise and Laelia tenebrosa, the latter the pollen 

 parent. 



The flowers favour those of the Cattleya parent in shape; the sepals 

 and petals of a coppery yellow tint, unspotted, the lip a light purple with 

 the side-lobes and disc nearly white. 



L^LIOCATTLEYA EOSALIND. 



Gard. Chron. 1897, vol. xxi. p. 2, fig. 1 ; Jour, of Hort. January 21st, fig. 16. 



Eaised by Seden from Cattleya Trianae and Laeliocattleya Dominiana. 



The sepals are French-white ; the broad petals silvery white with a 

 delicate tinge of rose-pink ; the lip is rich yellow at the base with clear, 

 white veining, the side lobes rosy purple, the front with a large rich purple 

 blotch. 



LJELIOCATTLEYA SEDENII, Bchb. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1877, vol. viii. p. 424; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ii. p. 97. 



Eaised from Cattleya superba and Laeliocattleya elegans, and named by 

 Professor Eeichenbach in compliment to the raiser ; it is doubtful if this 

 plant still exists. 



L^ILIOCATTLEYA SEMIEAMIS. 



Gard. Chron. 1895, vol. xviii. p. 588 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; id. 1901, 



vol. xxx. p. 401. 



Eaised from Laelia Perrinii and Cattleya Gaskelliana. The variety 

 superba is the showiest of all the Perrinii hybrids. 



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