Cattleya 



( 184) 



Cattleya 



Insect Enemies. With attention to cleanliness 

 and an occasional fumigation with some vaporising 

 compound, Cattleyas are not difficult to keep free 

 from insect pests. Both scale and mealy bug will 

 attack them, if permitted, and if these gain a 

 footing the cultivator will find them difficult to 

 eradicate, as they find their way down to the bases 

 of the pseudo-bulbs and along the rhizomes, in- 

 festing the surrounding material as well as the 

 plant itself. The one great enemy of the Cattleya 

 is the Cattleya fly, which occasionally finds its way 

 into collections, "in a larval state, in the pseudo- 

 bulbs of imported Cattleyas. It is a minute insect, 

 but its presence can be detected by the swollen 

 growths in which it dwells and the tiny punctures 

 through which it escapes. The removal and 

 burning of all affected pseudo-bulbs is the only 

 real remedy, and growers should always be careful 

 to thoroughly examine imported plants before these 

 are admitted to the rest of the collection, or whole- 

 sale disaster may follow. 



Labiata Group. To prevent confusion, a list of 

 the labiata group and the names under which they 

 are described is given. Labiata vera, dowiana, 

 Eldorado, gaskelliana, luddemanniana, Mendelii, 

 Mossise, percivaliana, Schrodera, Trianse, Warned, 

 and Warscewiczii. 



Principal Species and 



Aclandia;, a", My., Je., 

 yel. gvn., marked pur. 



bowringiana, 14", Oct., 

 Nov., ro. pur. 



citriua, 4", Ap. , goldeu 

 yel. 



dowiana, 14", Oct., Nov., 

 yel., crim., gold; the 

 var. aurea is richer yel., 

 and Eosita has pur. 

 shading on the sepab 

 and petals. 



Eldorado, 1', Jy., Aug., 

 lil., wh., or., yel. ; cro- 

 cata, Owenii, splendeus, 

 virgiualis, and Wallisii 

 are fine forms. 



gaskelliana, 14", Je., 

 Aug., amethyst pur., 

 or. yel. ; alba, albens 

 odorata, fonnosa, aud 

 speciosa are handsome 

 vars. 



guttata, 2' to 3',aut.,yel. 

 grn., spotted pur. ; fine 

 vars. of this species are 

 Leopoldii and Priuzti. 



hardyaua, 1J', Aug., Sep., 

 Oct., rich pur., lip pur., 

 yel. A magnificent na- 

 tural cross-bred between 

 Warscewiczii and dowi- 

 ana aurea ; there are 

 several beautiful forms 

 in cultivation. 



intermedia, 1^', Ap., Je , 

 pur. or wh., dark pur. 

 lip; alba is pure wh. ; 

 ainethystma aud Par- 

 thenia are beautiful 

 vars. 



labiata vera(p. 183), 1 ',Oct. 

 Nov., rosy mauve, pur., 

 yet A few prominent 

 vars, are alba, Princess 

 of Wales, amethystina, 

 Cooksonia;, flammea, 

 foleyana, Mrs. Ash- 



Varieties : 



worth, K. I. Measures, 

 and White Queen. 



lawrenceana, 9", Mch., 

 Ap., rosy pur. ; rosea 

 superba is a light, aud 

 atrorubens,a dark form. 



Loddigesii, 11', Aug., 

 Sep., rosy lil., pur. ; 

 Harrisoniae is a var. 

 with stouter flowers 

 borne in Mcli. and Ap. 



maxima, 1J', aut., pale 

 ro., lip lined pur. ; 

 alba and peruviana are 

 good forms. 



Mendelii, U', My., Je., 

 wh., tinted ro. , lip wh. 

 or ro., yel. throat. A 

 lew of the best named 

 forms are albescens, 

 bella, Bluntii, Duchess 

 of Marlborough, james- 

 iana, Morgania;, Oakes 

 Ames, Prince of Wales, 

 and rothschildiana. 



Mossise, !', My., Je., wh. 

 to rosy pur., lip yel., 

 pur. This beautiful form 

 has many charming 

 vars. , chief among them 

 being alba, Arnoldii, 

 Beauty of Bush Hill, 

 impenalis,Lady Wigau, 

 Mariana;, reineckiana, 

 superba, andWageueri. 



percivaliaua, 1', Jan., 

 Feb., HI., ro. pur., lip 

 pur., dark yel. ; alba 

 aud maguifica are good 

 forms. 

 Rex, H', Jy., Aug., wh., 



lin wh., pur., gold, 

 schilleriana, 6", Ap., My., 

 pur. br., lip marked 

 yel., ro. pur. Hardy's 

 var. and lowiana art- 

 particularly large and 

 showy forms. 



Skinneri, 10", Ap., My., 

 ro. pur., wh., pur. 

 Two distinct vars. are 

 alba and Temple's. 



superba, 10", Jy., Aug., 

 ro. pur., lip crim., pur., 

 yel. There is a wh. 

 var. named alba. 



Trianoe, H', Jan. to Mch., 

 wh. to deep ro. pur., 

 lip wh. to pur., usually 

 deep pur., or. yel. 

 This is a most valuable 

 Cattleya, and the fol- 

 lowing are a few of the 



. finest named forms : 

 alba, Amy Wigau, Ata- 

 lautu, Ernestii, hardy- 

 ana, Juno, Memoria 

 Lindenii, sehroderian;i, 

 Bplendidissima, tricolor, 

 Venus, and virgiualis. 



Warscewiczii, l|', Je., 

 Jy., ro. to pur., lip deep 

 crim., pur. or yel. 

 throat. Fine forms of 

 this, the largest flowered 

 Cattleya, are Counti-ss 

 of Derby, Hillii, Mrs. E. 

 Ashworth,andSaiiiler;i'. 



Pliolu: CuaaeU <t Comixma, ''<' 



CATTLEYA SCHKODEU.*: HIGHHUKYENSIS. 



(Seep. 185.) 



Other Species and Varieties : 

 Amesiae, 14/, Je.,wh., lip russelliana, schofieldi- 



bluish, yel. 

 amethystina (form 



of 

 iutennedia). 



bicolor, 2', Mch., Sep., 

 grn., br., spotted pur., 

 lip crim. pur. 



Bluntii(form of Mendelii). 



exoniensis (see Lrelio- 

 Cattleya exoniensis) . 



Forbesii, 1', Aug., Sep., 

 yellowish gnu, lip yel., 

 red. 



gigas (referred to Wars- 

 cewiczii). 



granulosa, H', Je., Sep., 

 yellowish gru., spotted 

 red, lip wh. , yel. Of this 

 there are several fine 

 forms, under such varie- 

 t:il names as princeps, 



a.na, and superba, 



guatemaleusis (see Epi- 

 cattleya guatemal- 

 ensis). 



Harrisonce (formofLocl- 

 digesii). 



Holfordii (sir luteola). 



imi>erialis (forai of Wars- 

 cewiczii). 



tricolor, (", My., wh.. 

 lip milk wh.," marked 

 pur., or. 



Leopoldi (se-e guttata). 



luddemanniana (a form 

 of labiata), 1', My., 

 Sep., pur. ro., lip deep 

 pur., yel. Good vars. 

 are alba, Bassetii, Er- 

 nestii, sanderiana, and 

 schrodi'riaiia. 





