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CATTLEYA LABIATA TRIANZET pix 
VAR. ERD 
EST Wort. Sander. 
EYA LABIATA Lindl, Pseudobulbi fusiformis clavatis varie sulcatis monophyllis, spatha plus minus evoluta simplici aut raro duplici, pedunculo 
, flore maximo expanso membranacco, sepalis ligulatis acutis, tepalis oblongis obtusiusculis raro acutis varie crispis, labello maximo oblongo 
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uni—plurifloro, 
varie trilobo, varie cr 
Cat LABIATA Lindl. Coll. 33!; Hook,, vol. iii, 157 
Planta inter Orchideas forsan maxime polymorpha, pleiochroma. 
VAR. TRIANAI Duchartre, Jour. Soc. imp. d’Hort., 1860, p. 369, tab. 367!: flore aperto, sepalis alte rhombeis, labello subrhombco, retusiusculo, florens 
vere nostro, 
CATTLEYA TRIANAI Lind., Rchb. f. Flora, 1860, 112! 
EPIDENDRUM LABIATUM VAR. T. 31 Rchb. f., Xenia Orchidacea, ii., 30 ! 
apice signis quibusdam atropurpurcis pictis. Est quodammodo initium Cattleye labiate Triana 
po, columna recta clavata, androclinii apiculo postico ligulato supra antheram flexo. 
Massangeanz, qua signis radiantibus uberrimis excellit, : H. G. Rehb. f. 
Tuls is one of those magnificent varieties of Triana’s Cattleya that appear now and again amongst large numbers of 
imported plants. How they originate no one knows. They may possibly be advanced or highly developed seedlings of 
C. Trianzei, or, not unlikely, they are natural hybrids between nearly allied Cattleyas, and this is the more probable when 
the very distinct habit of growth and form of flower are taken into consideration. In the case of the superb new variety 
herewith figured, the growth of the plant is remarkable as the leaves are erect, the pseudo-bulbs thinner and of a paler 
green than they usually are in C. Trianzei, moreover the flower of this variety is distinct in shape, resembling in this 
respect C. Mendelii rather than C. Trianzei. The large irregular blotches of crimson purple which adorn the petals, 
combined with the glowing rich tints of the lip, make it exceedingly beautiful, while the flower measures nearly eight 
inches across. This variety was exhibited before the Royal Horticultural Society in February, 1887, and was awarded a 
first class certificate. 
Our plate was drawn from a plant in the collection of R. J. Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell 
