it be withheld for very long periods. Watch carefully 

 for any symptom of suffering from lack of water. 



The Mexican Laelias do best with a smaller quantity 

 of moss and peat, and thrive best when put up in bas- 

 kets or cribs. They enjoy a great amount of direct sun- 

 shine, and should have during the time of active growth 

 an almost uiiliniitt.'d supply of water, which is best sup- 

 [ili.il t.i ilniii :it't.r the sun begins to lose its power. At 

 thi". tinif ir iMiii-s as a welcome, refreshing bath. A 

 gii.).l ^yiiii-im; 111 the early morning is needed to help 

 the plain tliiMii-li thf ilav. With such treatment plenty 

 of stnius; 11. .m,-- mii.t ri-ult. L. cinnabarina, L. flava 

 and allied kinU . nj-.v ih. aliuve treatment equally well. 

 Ma!iy beatititul li\lni'l- have been raised in gardens, 

 and the iic.iK "f . a ili Iimih a cultural view will be best 

 obtained liy iniiiiii: i" wlii.li section or group they be- 

 long, and i;i\ iiiL^ ilir tr. atim-nt recommended for such. 



A really i: 1 ^i |rrti>,n ,,( Lselias for the adornment 



LiELIOCATTLEYA 



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biens, xaiitltina. In some species ahnost endless variety 

 occurs, notably so with L. purpnrata, Perrinii and 

 atbida, and pure white varieties are known in many of 

 the rarer species. Henry T. Clinkaberkv. 



LJELIOCATTLfiYA. A name proposed by R. A. Rolfe 

 to designate the bigeneric hybrids of L»lia and of 

 Cattleya, which readily hybridize. The species of the 

 two genera have 8 and 4 pollen masses respectively, 

 while the hybrids are irregular in this respect. Many 

 of the plants are natural hybrids, and many others 

 have been produced by artificial crossing. For a list of 

 Lteliocattleyas, see Rolfe in G. C. III. 6:78, 155. In 

 the following account L=Laelia ; Lc=L£Bliocattleya ; 

 C=Cattleya. 



H. T. Clinkaberry writes that the cultivation of Lffilio- 

 <;attleyas is the same as for Leelia and Cattleya. It is 

 therefore important to know the parentage in each case, 

 from which one may know whether warm or coolhouse 

 treatment is needed. He adds that many Laeliocattleyas 

 are of such a vigorous constitution that they are nearly 

 always in growth. 



alba. in. 



INDEX. 



Dormaniana. li 

 Duvaliana. 10. 



1. Megans, Rolfe (Lcelia elegans, Reiehb. f. Cattleya 

 (legans, Morren). Pseudobulbs terete, stem-like, 15-20 

 in. high: Ivs. solitary, linear-oblong, coriaceous, 10-12 



in. long: scape short, stout, 3-7-fld.: fls. Sin. in diam., 

 light or bright rose, fragrant ; sepals oblong, acute, often 

 somewhat twisted or with revolute edges; petals much 

 wider, lanceolate, margin somewhat undulate; labellum 

 with the lateral lobes elongate - obtuse, whitish with 

 purple apices, convolute over the column; middle lobe 

 broadened in front, subreniform, margin undulate, 

 crisp, entirely a very deep purple, without raised lines 

 or callosities. May-Sept. Brazil. B. M. 4700. I. H. 

 4:134 (as L. Brysiana); 11:402. -A showy, tall-grow- 

 ing species. 



Var.NyUptha, O'Brien. Fls. large; sepals tinted with 

 yellow and rose, lightly spotted with purple toward the 

 tips; petals broader, more suffused with purple; lip 

 bright purple in front, paler at the side lobes. G.C. III. 

 3:176. 



Var. Tumeri.Wam. Fls. large, richly colored; sepals 

 and petals bright amethyst-purple, with deeper veins; 

 lip with a large purple blotch on the middle lobe; side 

 lobes white, tipped with rose. Gn. 47, p. 319; 49:1067 

 and p. 385. — One of the finest of the genus. 



Var. prasi4ta, Reiehb. f . Sepals and petals rose, tinged 

 with green : labellum white at the base and side lobes, 

 middle lobe crimson-purple. — Var. superbum is adver- 

 tised. 



2. am4nda, Rolfe {LTelia amanda, Reiehb. f.). Natu- 

 ral hybrid between C. intermedia and perhaps Lwlia 

 crispa. Pseudobulbs thin, fusiform, 5-7 in. long, 1-2- 

 Ivd. : Ivs. shorter than the pseudobulbs, cuneate-oblong, 

 acute: fls. in pairs, from a small, narrow spathe; sepals 

 oblong-ligulate, acute, light rose, with a grayish hue 

 outside, wavy; petals similar but broader, with darker 

 tinted nerves on the inside; lateral lobes of the labellum 

 enveloping the column, rich dark purple; middle lobe 

 transversely oblong, short, emarginate, wavy, separated 

 from the others by an exceedingly short isthmus, veined 

 with rich purple. Brazil. I. H. 38:135. 



3. Coxbeill^nsis, Maron. Garden hybrid of C. Lod- 

 digesii and L. pumila, var. marginata. Pseudobulbs 

 5-6 in. long, fii«if.,nii: Ivs. al.nnt 6 in. lone: fl.- stalk 

 2-3 in. long, iM-aiin- 1 - J -in.'.n- iN. al..iiit .", in. across: 

 sepals and pi t;, . , ihc laii. i- m im-.l with 



deeper purple I i 1 1 ' ■ ' ■ ■ iln- lain. limn v,i 1 with 



yellow on a whit r -r. unnl ; I.I.mI,^ int.MiM' purph-, hilobed 

 and undulate. 



4. St61zneriino-Hardy4na, Maron. A garden hy- 

 brid of Lc. elegans, var. Stelznfriana and Cattleya 

 Hardyana. Plants vigorous: pseudobulbs 7-8 in. long: 

 Ivs. 10 in. long by 2% in. wide: sepals pale clear rose, 

 deeper on the edges; petals undulate, rose on the mar- 

 gins, fading almost to white at the center; labellum 

 purple-magenta, undulate lacerate on the margin, with 

 a broad purple line in the center of the blade and 2 large 

 white spots in the throat. 



5. calUstogldssa, Rolfe (Lwlia callistogUssa,B.eiQhh. 

 f. ). Garden hybrid ot L. purpurata and Cattleya labi- 

 rt?rt,var. Warscewiczii. Pseudobulbs as in Ij. purpurata: 

 Ivs. 12 in. long: petals broad, oblong, acute; sepals nar- 

 rower, all pure rose; middle lobe of the labellum broad, 

 refuse, dark purple, with yellow on the disk; side lobes 

 small obtuse-angled. 



6. Dominiana, Rolfe (Lalia Dominy<ina,ReiQhh.f.). 

 Garden hybrid. Plants having the general habit of 

 Cattleya Mossice: pseudobulbs fusiform, rather short, 

 1-lvd.: Ivs. linear-oblong: raceme bearing few large, 

 handsome fls. : sepals narrowly oblong, acute, light 

 purple, with dark reticulations; petals broadly cuneate- 

 oblong, wavy, light purple ; labellum cucullate, with 

 the middle lobe large, spreading, all wavy and crisp, 

 deep blackish purple. P.M. 1878:. 325. Raised for 

 Veitch by Mr. Dominy from a ci-oss between Cattleya 

 Vou'iana and some Lselia,— according to Reichen- 

 bach, Zoilia (Zwliocattleya) elegans. Mr. R. A. Rolfe 

 suggests the more probable parentage of Cattleya 

 Dou'iana and Lalia lobata. The first plant flowered in 

 August, 1878. 



7. Andreftna, Maron. A garden hybrid between C. 

 bicolor and Lwliocattleya elegans. Pseudobulbs 8-12 

 in. long, stem-like : Ivs. oblong, 6 in. long : fls. 6-7 in. 

 across, rose-violet ; sepals and petals spreading, nar- 

 rowly oblong, with the margins recurved, those of the 



