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CATTLE YA TRIAN^ FORMOSA. ' 



[Plate 108.] 



Kaiive of Colonibia. 



Wh 



Epiphytal. Stems oblong, cliih-sliaped, fiirrowcrl, the lower 



moml 



lie 



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solitaiy, coriacrouf^, 



p.'irfft envc;]o]>(il ill 



ilato-oblonfr. obtuso. 



Scape two to three-flowered, proceedi(i«^ from .-T tcrmi 



( 



acul 



alxnit throR-fourths of nn 



emarginate, deep greeu. 



oblong compressed bract or sheatli. Flowers larg.', six inches in depth nnd soron 



inches in breadth, richly coloured ; sepals laneeulat , 



inch broad,^ blush or very dihite rosy-purple ; pctah mucli broa<1cr- tuo aii.l a half 

 inches, having the margins iimch undulated, of the snme blush or palli<l purple hue 

 as the sepals ; Up well displayod, convolute at tlw base so as to encln«?c the 

 column, and of a pallid purplish colour, tlio apicnl portion roundish, emarginate, nnd 

 expanded, nearly two and a half inclies across, tlie margin including tlie porti'^" 

 surrounding the throat, very much undulated so as to 



the surface for about two-thirds of the front of a deep rich mn.frenta-purple, the 

 disk and throat orange-yellow, tlie upi)er cdg<! paler, nnd the mn'^enta tint 

 backwards in str<aks over the disk. "^ 



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Cattleya Teian^ FORMOSA, William^ 



S 1 



us 



A\ 



now present to our reader 



Cattleya Triance, of which there iire 



a p 



numei 



it of a most 



handsome forn 



'I 



ty 



o 



f 



from 



Duri 



rms, varyin 

 rose to crimson and magenta, and also to pure white, with interm 



in colour 



iatf* tints. 



o 



the past five y 



we ha\ 



there have been very large importations, but none that 



seen surpass the varieties we liave already in cultivation, sucli a& DoJa 



Osmanii, R 



d TT 



Tl 



varieties arc most difficult to 



upon, but probably we shall 



pr 



g 



other splendid forms among tlx- largf iniportationn 



as they come to us from the different districts which the .species inhabits. 



Tl 



i< 



T nance 



ther 



has 



giv 



gr 



lot of varieties for winter dr-coration 



e a re \ 



cry many distinct 



types among them, 



and 



ley come into 



espcri.illy ; 



lossom n t 



a tune, during the dull months of winter, when flowors nn' wan 



ted to 



k 



our 



houses £ra\ 



o 



Our drawing was taken from a 



vcrv 



la rge 



I 



that has been 



grown and bloomed by us 



ii 



.s.ve.r 



al 



y 



most beautifid varieties in cultivation — we b 



justified 



so 



doing 



and which we consider one of the 

 i our plate will show us to be fully 



IS a 



free 



an< 



1 



ng 



kind, attaining 



Cattleya Triance formosa 

 fifteen inches high, with dark 

 large size and substance, and 

 much more so than manv others of its class. The sepals au'l petals nre of a bl 



gr 



foliag 



and strong sheaths. The flowers are of 



thrown well up so as to have u bold api 



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