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VAR. WARSCEWICZII ROCHELLENSIS Rehb. f. 
CATTLEYA LABIATA, Lindl.: Pseudobulbis fusiformi clavatis varie sulcatis monophyllis, pedunculo uni—tri—plurifloro, flore maximo expanso 
membranaceo, sepalis ligulatis acutis, petalis oblongis obtusiusculis varie crispis, labello maximo oblongo varic trilobo, varie crispo columna recta clavata, 
androclinii apiculo postico ligulato, supra antheram flexo. 
CATTLEYA LABIATA, Lindl. Coll. Bot. 33 ; Hook. Ex. Fl, 157, etc. 
VAR. WARSCEWICZII: Pseudobulbus cylindraceus folio oblongo ligulato apice attenuato zquilongus seu longior, racemus usque octoflorus, folium 
wquans seu eodem longior. Spatha usque ad bracteam floris infimi protensa, Sepala cuneata lanceolata acuta. Petala a cuneata bast sensim ascendentia 
tertiam usque, inde paulo apicem versus attenuata, apice retusiuscula, minutissime crenulata, Labellum basi angustiori utrinque subsemicordatum, late 
oblongum, apice retusiusculo bilobum, utrinque ante medium sinuatum minute denticulatum, undulatum, disco (in sicca) velutinum, 
VAR. WARSCEWICZII, Rchb, f, Reichenbachia, Vol. II. Dass sute725 
CATTLEYA WARSCEWICZII, Rchb. f,, in Seemann, Bonplandia, IL, 112, 1854; Xenia Orchid, i., 31. 
C. GIGAS, Jenn. Orch, t. 18; Ill. Hort, 178; Fl. Mag,, n. s., 144; Gard. Chron,, 1874, p. 617; Warner Sel. Orch. PL, Ser. 3, t. 7; Gard. Chron., 
March 11, 1882, p. 343, fig. 53; Lindenia ii., t. 63 ; Garden and Forest, 1888, p. 437. 
SUB-VAR. ROCHELLENSIS, Rchb, f, in Gard. Chron., Nov. 10, 1888, p. 533. Flores albi pulcherrimi. Petala varie crispula. Ex Nova Granada 
(U. St. Columbia) a Messrs, Siebrecht et Wadley, New Rochelle, New Jersey, U.S.A. 
WE have much pleasure in presenting an illustration of the new and unique Cattleya Rochellensis to our readers. A 
glance at its habit and the shape of its flowers proclaims it at once to be a relation of C. labiata Warscewiczii, and indeed, 
from a botanical point of view, C. Rochellensis must be regarded only as an albino variation of it. But such variations 
are seldom seen, being, like most other good things, much too precious to become common. With our illustration before 
their eyes, it is scarcely necessary to trouble our readers with even a short description of the merits of this magnificent 
Cattleya. Nevertheless, in justice to the plant, we must characterise its large flowers as being of rare excellence and 
great beauty. The sepals and petals are pure white, occasionally embellished with a faint and most becoming flush of 
rose, just sufficient to lend the flowers an indescribable charm of loveliness, which is further enhanced by the gracefully 
crisped lip, ornamented with the yellow stain—an adjunct peculiar to every Cattleya flower falling within the labiata 
section. 
The only plant at present known appeared among a large importation of C. Warscewiczii received by Messrs. 
Siebrecht and Wadley, of New Rochelle, New York, and it is indeed doubtful whether some of the yet untrodden forests 
of the United States of Columbia can yield another such gem. It is needless to say that when the first flowers expanded, 
great was the sensation on the American side of the Atlantic—a sensation which we shared when we were fortunate 
enough to see the flowering specimen in the splendid collection of Mr. F. L. Ames, of North Easton, Mass., U.S.A. 
Our plate was taken from a plant in the possession of F, L. Ames, Esq., of North Easton, Mass., U.S.A. 
