CATTLEYA LABIATA PALLIDA. 



[Plate 121.] 



Kative of Brazil. 



Epiphytal. Stems (pseudobulbs) erect, club-shaped, furrowed in 



ten inches hi<?h. monophyllous, evergreen. 



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about ten inches long, of a lively g 

 short oblong bluntish sheath 

 inches 



L 



colour. 



age, eiglit to 



oblong obtuse, leathery in texture, 

 Scap 



Hower 



issuiiii? from n 



broad 



length, 

 htly 



superbly coloured 



Flowers large, six to seven inches d 



and 



ed at the tip, of a delicate 



wals lanceolate, three and a half inch 



SIX 



in 



sm 



of the 



magenta 



blush, the latcrnl ont^s 



same colour, with a paler central band, streaky; pctaU 



broadly ovate (two and a half inches wide), finely undulated at the maigin, 



narrowed towards the base, of the same colour as the sepals, but with the Iaisc of 



the costa whitish; lip upwards of three inches long, obovate, the basal IoIjcs 

 connivent over the column, faintly stained with masrenta, the front 

 mouth of the tube spreading, of 



lobe roundish, expanded, very finely undulated. dccBlv emaro:inate. the bhiph-tinted 



a 



edge enclosing 



eamy yellow, 



deeply 



edge at the 

 and undulated : the front 



o 



.^^ v...^.w^ixxg a band of creamy yellow, which becomes narrower towards the apex 

 here the roundish blotcl 



> 



1 



out 



nearly to the 

 is a radiate series 

 side within the tube 



and a half inches wide) of 



rich deep mngcnta runs 



mar 



behind which, and extending backw 



th 



o 



f 



orange-yellow veins, with magenta coloured veins on 

 Colmmi clavate, enclosed by the base of the lip. 



each 



122. 



CatTLEYA LABIATA PALLIDA, Ho 



Williams. Orchid G 



Manual, 5 cd 



The fine 



ety of Cattleya lab 



here illustrated 



many \ 



since, is still quite rare, indeed, as much so 



hich was : 

 ; type itself 



d 



It 



most beautiful variety, and the plant, though seldom seen, is a most useful one, smc( 

 it blooms at a time when there are comparatively few Orchi 



flower, althou 



some other of th 



Cattle} 



blossom at the same time 



forty-eight 



that have been introduced during the last few > 

 The plant' from 



which our drawing was 



taken bore 



:panded flowers, and was a grand 



pie of good cultivation. It 



grown in the superb collection of the Comte de Germiny, at Gouville. France 

 was most perfect as regards foliage and flowers. Mr. Rondeau, the gardener, seemei 



1 



delighted to show 



picture 



We 



g 



us this 



a descript 



as he might well be, as 

 of this fine collection aft 



it matle a 



grand 



fl 



our 



visit to Gouville 



as noted under Plate 108. 



Cattl 



about 



inches 



eya labiata pallida is an evergreen 



plant, with the stems or pseudobuib 



.■5 



ght inches 



in height 



length, and 



o 



pporting 



one thick bright green 



f. about U'n 



is one of the most compact-grow 



Cattle} 



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