LAELIA GOULDIANA. 
[PLatE 371.] 
Native of Mexico. 
Epiphytal. Pseudobulbs clustered, oblong-ovate, from three to five inches high, 
smooth and soft-green when young, becoming corrugated with age, diphyllous. 
Leaves oblong-ligulate, acute, some six inches or more long, thick and fleshy in 
texture, and deep green. Scape erect, from top of pseudobulbs bearing several 
flowers, each of which is, some four inches or more across, apparently intermediate 
between those of Lelia anceps and L. autwmnalis, the black pubescence on the 
-exterior of the ovary resembling that of the latter; sepals and petals spreading, the 
former lanceolate-acute, and bright rose-purple, which is intensified towards the tips, the 
latter much broader than the sepals, ovate-acuminate, crimson-purple; lip three-lobed, 
the side lobes erect, rounded, in the way of J. autwmnalis, rosy-purple, the 
anterior lobe oblong-ovate, apiculate, colour deep  purplish-crimson, crested wi 
golden yellow, the disc traversed by three parallel ridges. 
Lara Goutprana, Reichenbach fil., Gardeners’ Chronicle, 3rd Series, 1888, iii, 
p- 41; Jd. Reichenbachia, ii., t. 59. 
We have much pleasure in introducing this new Lelia to the notice of our 
readers. It would appear to have been introduced to North America in the first 
instance, where it was named in honour of Mr. Jay Gould, of New York. Its 
origin is involved in a certain amount of doubt. By some it is considered to be 
a natural hybrid between Lelia autumnalis and L. albida; whilst others again 
suppose its parents to have been L. anceps and L. autumnalis. In the colours of 
its flowers it certainly resembles the two last-named species, and it will undoubtedly 
become a very useful Orchid for autumn and winter decorative purposes. Our 
artist’s drawing was taken from a plant kindly forwarded us from the well-grown 
collection of J. Statter, Esq., Whitefield, near Manchester. ; 
Lelia Gouldiana is a splendid novelty, with evergreen foliage and ovate ribbed 
pseudobulbs, bearing usually upon the summit a pair of oblong-linear leaves. 
Flower scape about a foot high, bearing several flowers, the sepals and petals of 
which are deep rosy purple; lip the same colour, with yellow keels. It blooms 
during the months of December and January, and the flowers last some three 
weeks or more in full beauty if the plant is kept in a warm house, and the 
flowers are preserved from the damp. We have not ourselves cultivated this plant, 
and cannot therefore speak confidently of the precise treatment necessary to the 
successful management ; but, judging from the practise of others, we should imagine 
it grows in the company of its supposed parents, and under exactly the same 
