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LAELIA ANCEPS cinat 
VARS. STELLA Recht. f AND BARKERIANA sina, 
LA&LIA ANCEPS Lindl. ; Jobulbis oblongotetraquetris, mono- diphyllis, pedunculo ancipiti dense vaginato racemoso, uni- paucifloro, bracteis 
ligulatospathaccis acutis ovaria glutinosa aquantibus, labello trifido, laciniis lateralibus oblongotriangulis involutis, lacinia mediana oblongoligulata porrecta, 
callo tridentato depresso in disco. 
L&LIA ANCEPS Lindl, Bot. Reg. xxi. 1751!; Hook. Bot. Mag, tab. 3804! ; Paxt. Mag. iv., tab. 73!; Warner, Williams, Moore, Orch. Alb.,, ii., tab. 75 ! 
BLETIA ANCEPS Rchb. f, Walp. Ann. vi., p. 418!; Xenia Orchidacea ii, 75 ! 
Pscudobulbi in singulis varictatibus ulterius describendi nunc valde abbreviati, nunc clongati. Folia valde coriacea, oblongoligulata obtuse acuta, 
margine integerrima, ubi soli exposita valde obscura brunncopurpurata. Pedunculus elatus, anceps, apice uni- sexiflorus. Sepala ligulata acuta, extus 
viscosa. Tepala bene latiora, oblonga acuta. Flos typicus intense roseopurpure Discus inter lacinias laterales et callus xanthini, Linea atropurpure: 
extrorsum radiate ac nunc longitudinales in disco xanthino, Callus clevatus linearis antice tridentatus in basin laciniz media excurrens, dente medio longiori. 
Lacinia antica excepto callo obscure atropurpurea. In basi acini antica circa carinas areola alba, seu flaveola, sepe evanida, Columna albida striolis 
atropurpureis. 
Crescit in Mexici arboribus pracipue in quercubus. Primi legisse videntur cl. Ruiz et Pavon! (Herb. Boissier ! Rchb. f.!) Ghiesbreght! Galeotti 
5142! Liebmann! In monte Orizaba frequentissima dicitur. 
LLA Rehb; f. in Gard, Chron., 1887, March 5, p. 312!: albiflora, pseudobulbis validi 
s, lacinia mediana cuneata dilatata emarginato biloba, 
at apud exc. Consulen Kienast Zeelly, Hirslanden, Ziirich. 
Fig. analyt. Labellum expansum. 
VAR. BARKERIANA, Lindl. Bot. Reg. xxiii, 1947 !: a Lelia ancipiti optime recedit labelli lacinia mediana lanceoacuminata. 
Fig. analyt. Labellum expansum. H. G. Rehb. f. 
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In figuring these two varieties in one plate we thought it would be interesting to show, side by side, the oldest and one of 
the newest varieties of Laelia anceps, as well as the darkest and the lightest flowered. They may be said to represent the 
extreme links in the long chain of beautiful varieties we now possess, the others representing in colour every intermediate 
shade, from the intensely deep purple of Barkeriana to the ivory white of Stella; and we can go even beyond Stella, for 
that rare albino L. anceps alba has flowers in which even the delicate pencillings seen in the labellum of Stella are absent. 
All the named varieties of L. anceps are so beautiful that no one can be justly said to surpass another, but for richness of 
colour there is none to rival the superb variety which was first flowered by the late Mr. Barker, of Birmingham. This 
was nearly fifty years ago, and it is singular that out of the thousands of plants of this Laelia that have been imported 
since, and which have yielded many distinct varieties, not one can compare with Barkeriana in point of colour. Several 
have been flowered from time to time that were almost as dark as Barker’s but they lacked the distinct form of flower. It 
is therefore needless to say that the true Barkeriana is still, and probably will remain, one of the rarest of Orchids. The 
variety Stella is the most recent addition to the forms of this Lelia, and was introduced by us in 1885. The beauty of 
its flowers is well shown in our plate, although it is impossible to reproduce by colour printing the pure wax-like 
texture of its flowers. Of all the varieties of L. anceps this has the largest flowers, and it may therefore be readily 
distinguished from its near relative the variety Williamsiana by size alone. It flowers naturally more freely than the 
other forms and bears five and six flowers on a stem. It is one of the latest 
s tumidis, tepalis rhombeis, latis, labelli laciniis lateralibus 
Lelia anceps Williamsiana Sander pseudobulbis minutis longe recedere videtur. 
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rieties to bloom, not generally flowering 
before March; Barkeriana, on the contrary, is the earliest, usually flowering in December, and lasting, as do all the 
varieties, a month or six weeks in perfection. Both varieties inhabit the mountainous coast regions of Mexico. Our 
collector tells us that Stella is invariably found growing on trees, whilst other varieties grow on rocks. 
Details of the cultural treatment required for L, anceps and its varieties are given with Plate 31, representing 
L. anceps Percivaliana. 
Lelia anceps Stella is reproduced from a plant in the collection of Baron J. H. W. von Schreeder. 
Lelia anceps Barkeriana represents a plant in the possession of E, M. Mundy, Esq., Shipley Hall, Derby. 
