HORTUS VEITCHII 



L^LIOCATTLEYA VACUNA. 



Orchid Eeview, 1901, vol. ix. p. 119. 



A hybrid from Cattleya guttata and Lselia cinnabarina. 

 The flowers are pale yellow with the front lobe of the lip deep- 

 crimson-purple. 



L^ILIOCATTLEYA VBITCHIANA, Eolfe. 



Syns. Lcelia X Veitchiana, Rchb. Cattleya X Veitchiana, Hort. 



Kolfe in Jour. Linn. Soc. vol. xxiv. p. 169 ; Echb. in Gard. Chron. 1874, p. 566 ; 

 PI. Mag. n.s. t. 305 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. ii. p. 97. 



A hybrid raised by Dominy from Cattleya labiata vera with Lselia crispa, 

 and flowered for the first time in March 1874, when sixteen years old ; 

 exhibited before the Floral Committee of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, 

 it was awarded a First Class Certificate. 



L^ELIOCATTLEYA VICTOBIA, Eolfe. 



Syns. Lcelia X Victoria, Hort. 



Gard. Chron. 1889, vol. vi. p. 156 (Rolfe's List of Garden Orchids) ; Gard. Chron. 1888, 

 vol. iv. p. 578 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; Gard. and For. 1888, p. 495. 



Eaised by Seden from Lselia crispa and the beautiful Lseliocattleya 

 Dominiana, a hybrid with the richest colouring possible ; it passed to the 

 collection of Baron Schroder, who first exhibited it in flower before the 

 Eoyal Horticultural Society. 



L^ELIOCATTLEYA VIOLETTA. 



Gard. Chron. 1897, vol. xxi. p. 115 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee). 



Eaised from Cattleya Gaskelliana and Laslia purpurata. The flowers 

 have the Cattleya form with the rich colouring of the Laelia parent. 



LvELIOCATTLEYA ZENOBIA, Bolfe. 



Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1887, vol. i. p. 552. 



Eaised by Seden from Cattleya Loddigesii and Lseliocattleya elegans 

 Turneri. 



LAELIOCATTLEYA ZEPHYBA. 



Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. xvi. p. 103 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee); Orchid 

 Review, 1894, vol. ii. p. 285. 



Eaised from Lselia xanthina and Cattleya Mendelii, the former the 

 pollen parent. 



The hybrid resembles the first-named in its flowers, the sepals and 

 petals are light buff, the front lobe of the lip purple-crimson, and the 

 remainder yellow, deeper at the throat. 



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