CATTLEYA SCHOFIELDIANA. 
[PLate 93. ] 
‘Native o f Brazil. 
Epiphytal. Stems (pseudobulbs) from one to one and a half foot long, slender, 
terete, slightly thickened near the top, jomted, the internodes nearly covered by 
whitish membranous sheaths, diphyllous. Leaves oblong obtuse, about six inches 
long and two inches wide, of a deep glossy green, shortly stalked, the stalks 
spotted behind with dull dark red. Flowers about two, large, six inches broad, and 
about the same in depth, very handsome, in the way of those of Cattleya 
granulosa ; sepals ligulate-oblong, bluntly acute, the dorsal one over, the lateral 
ones rather under three inches long, nearly one inch broad, of an Indian or pale 
tawny yellow, having a flush of purple and a tinge of green, the whole spotted 
thickly with crimson-purple, the spots most numefous on the outer half of each 
lateral sepal; petals obovate, rounded at the apex, narrowed towards the base, 
about three inches long and one and a half inch broad, of the same colour as- the 
sepals, the spots towards the edges coalescing in divergent, sometimes forked, lines, 
which run out to the margin; lip two and a half inches long, three-lobed, the 
lateral lobes whitish, large, obliquely ovate, meeting over the column, the middle 
lobe with a long narrow claw, and a small transversely reniform fimbriated blade, 
which, except at the pallid edges, is entirely covered by lamella and papulee of the 
most beautiful magenta-purple, the claw-like portion having a dash of yellow in its 
ground colour. Column whitish, curved, hidden by the lateral lobes of the lip. 
CatrtevA Scnorreprana, Reichenbach fil., in Gardeners’ Chronicle, N.S. XVilL., 
We have in cultivation many handsome species of Cattleya, but that now before 
us is very distinct from any we have previously seen, and is quite new to us. 
The growers of Orchids are all on the look-out for new species, especially such as 
are distinct. We .are, therefore, glad to be able to bring such 4 beautiful and 
charming species as, this, under the notice of our readers. There are, indeed, numerous 
other fine Cattleyas in cultivation, but many of them are much alike in form in 
» colour. The present type is, however, distinct, and embraces but few forms, especially 
with blossoms of an equal size. Our illustration was taken from a well-grown 
specimen in the select collection of G. W. Law-Schofield, Esq., N ew-Hall-Hey, 
Rawtenstall, near Manchester, in whose honour it was named by Professor Reichen- 
bach. This is the only plant of which we have any knowledge as existing in the 
country, and Mr. Schofield has been truly fortunate in introducing it. ; 
Cattleya Schofieldiana is an evergreen species, with a a sng om 
bearing two leaves, about five inches m length and two in readt oa ns Rae 
green colour; the stems grow some eighteen inches in height. In its gro } 
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