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CATTLEYA GRANULOSA Zinav. 
VAR. SCHOFIELDIANA eds. f. 
CATTLEYA SCHOFIELDIANA, Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron., 1882, pt. 2, p. 808 ; Warn. & Will. Orchid Album, U, t. 93. : : Mi , , 
CATTLEYA GRANULOSA, Lindl, Pseudobulbis elongatis gracilibus teretibus demum sulcatis diphyllis, foliis oblongis obtusis coriaceis, racemis pauci- 
floris, sepalo postico lanceolato-oblongo subobtuso, sepalis lateralibus subfalcatis cceteris similibus, petalis obovato-oblongis subobtusis undulatis, labello 
trilobo, lobis lateralibus semiovatis acutis columna zqualibus, lobo medio late unguiculato flabellato obovato emarginato denticulato granuloso, columna 
clavata. . 
CATTLEYA GRANULOSA, Lindl. Bot. Reg., XXVIII. (1842), t. 1; Flore des Serres, t. 198 ; Ann. de Gand, II., p. 487, t. 103 ; Rolfe in Gard. Chron., 
1889, pt. I, p. 619. 
EPIDENDRUM GRANULOSUM, Rchb, f. in Walp. Ann, VI, Pp. 319. 
VAR. ASPERATA, Rchb, f. in Gard. Chron., 1886, pt. 2, p. 681. r : i 
VaR. Buyssoniana, O’Brien in Gard. Chron., 1890, pt. 2, pp. 588, 589, fig. 116; Rolfe in Lindenia, t. 270, Cattleya Du Buyssoniana, L. Lind. in 
Journ, des Orch., 1. p. 278. 
VAR. RUSSELLIANA, Lindl. Bot. Reg. XXXL, t. 59 ; Bot. Mag,, t. 5048. 
VAR. SCHOFIELDIANA, Veitch Man. Orch, Pl, pt. 2, p. 36. a ; B 
Cattleya granulosa was originally described in 1842, by Dr. Lindley, from a specimen sent to the Horticultural Society of London, and said to have 
been discovered two years previously by Hartweg in Guatemala. It is also reported to have been sent from the same locality by Mr. G. Ure Skinner. All 
subsequent importations, however, have been from Brazil, whence also there are wild dried specimens in the Kew Herbarium, and as the Guatemalan locality 
has not been confirmed it is probably erroneous altogether. It is most nearly allied to C. guttata, Lindl, but is a much finer plant, and easily distinguished 
by the short acute side lobes of the lip, the long unguiculate front lobe, and other characters. It is also very variable in colour, the sepals and petals some- 
times very densely spotted, at others quite self-coloured, and the front lobe of the lip sometimes heavily marked with deep amethyst-purple and a very 
narrow white margin, at others the markings very few and the white largely predominating. It is chiefly on differences in colour that the four following 
varieties have been founded, and it may be observed that they are in no way constant when a series of specimens are examined, as all kinds of intermediates 
occur. The typical form has olive-green sepals and petals, with small scattered brown spots, and the expanded part of the front lobe of the lip white, with a 
few crimson-purple markings near the base. The variety Russelliana, which next appeared, in 1845, was first figured by Lindley from a plant which flowered 
at Syon House, and differs from the type in having slightly larger flowers with fewer spots. But the same variety of the “Botanical Magazine ” is still 
larger, with still fewer spots on the sepals and petals, but more on the front lobe of the lip. The variety Schofieldiana, which appeared in 1882, in the collec- 
tion of G. W. Law-Schofield, Esq., of Rawtenstall, near Manchester, is an exceptionally fine form, with the sepals and petals very densely spotted with purple, 
and the front lobe of the lip of a deep amethyst-purple, except a narrow white margin. The variety asperata, which appeared with Major Lendy, in 1886, 
according to the description, chiefly differs from the type in having more purple on the front lobe of the lip. Lastly, the variety Buyssoniana has absolutely 
unspotted segments, with a considerable number of crimson-purple markings on the front lobe of the lip. But it differs from what was figured in the Annales 
de la Société Royale d’Agriculture et de Botanique de Gand, as long ago as 1846, in only the very slightest characters. The variety Schofieldiana, here 
figured, has proved to be very variable. It was at first described as a distinct species, but is better considered as a very fine geographical variety—R. A. Rolfe. 
Icones analytic. Columna fronte et a latere visa. Labellum expansum, 
Tuis truly remarkable plant first appeared in this country in the collection of G. W. Law-Schofield, Esq., New Hall 
Hey, Rawtenstall, who flowered it in the autumn of 1882, and to whom it was dedicated by the late Prof. Reichenbach, 
who in his original notes, published in the Gardeners’ Chronicle of December 23, 1882, speaks of it as “an unexpected 
novelty,” and as distinct in the form of the petals and the arrangement of the lip from anything existing in the rich 
collection of dried flowers of Cattleya granulosa in his possession. Since that time we have had many opportunities 
of observing varieties that have bloomed in other collections, and although it is most interesting to mark the great varia- 
tions that occur in the colouring, it leaves us with the doubt whether the last we saw was not better than any of its older 
congeners. This is a negative doubt, and most satisfactory to the happy owner of one of these lovely plants. 
Our collectors have been fortunate enough from time to time to successfully track this gem to its home, but scarce 
it is and scarce it will ever remain. Some disappointment and no little vexation has arisen through plants alike in 
appearance, and purporting to be true Cattleya Schofieldiana, being offered for public sale, which after may be some years 
of patient care and skilful cultivation, have turned out altogether different and comparatively worthless. This is 
disheartening to the amateur, and distinctly injurious to the interest of the importers and vendors of these lovely plants. 
The origin of these regrettable mishaps is, perhaps, to be traced to the too-confiding nature of the collector, who not 
being always on the spot, takes too much for granted the hopeful tale of the mendacious but plausible native. The 
difficulties to be overcome in collecting this and other Brazilian orchids are not to be lightly estimated. Growing in the 
forks of trees, surrounded by the accumulated doris of years, they form the abiding place of myriads of ants—signifi- 
cantly called fire ants—scorpions, and the diminutive, but virulent, snake common to the country. With these obstacles 
to face, the collector has oftentimes been brought to a standstill, and has to exert all his eloquence and persuasive powers 
to induce the native to venture on a task from which he himself shrinks. More often than not to settle all doubts the 
tree is cut down, and hence is opened the chance for a little nefarious business on the part of his native assistant, who if 
so inclined has the opportunity of substituting some more easily reached plant, the appearance of which differs so slightly 
that to pass it is excusable. 
The treatment of Cattleya amethystoglossa will admirably suit C. Schofieldiana : placed in the warmest end of 
the Cattleya house, with considerable moisture during the growing season, potting in the same way, and keeping com- 
paratively dry during its season of rest, it will do easily and well, flowering freely, and proving itself one of the most 
attractive objects to be found in any collection of orchids. 
Our plate was taken from a plant in the collection of Major Mason, The Firs, Warwick. 
