CATTLEYA LABIATA 



PERCIVALIANA 



[Plate 144.] 



Jfative of Brazil. 



Epiphytal 



Stems 



height, monophyiious, evergreen, 

 two -flowered, issuinf>- 



club-shaped, becoming furrowed in 



Leax 



oblong- obtuse, leathery, dark green. 



ly a foot 



Scaj. 



exceedingly 



some, the 



from an oblong sheath. Floivers about five inches across, 



being very richly coloured ; sepals hncar-lanceolate, 



entire, the dorsal one recurved, of a soft pale magenta-rose ; petals much larger and 



- -o_-, ..^j ^,^ ^_^^, .^^ margin slightly wavy, scarcely denticulate, about 



two and a quarter inches broad, of the same pale rosy hue as the sepals, the mid- 



longer, broadly 



obtuse 



the 



rib 



m colour, bl 



ly developed 



ards the base ; lip comparatively small, but 



keeled at the back towards the b 



osy at the edge, strongly 



'^.largins closely folded over , .„„^ „„ __ ^..^ 



.n?on and veined wdth golden yellow ; the front lobe roundish-oblong, 



being 



inch 



ide. its 



length, T 

 flushed 

 one and 

 finely bi 



emarginatc apex ; tlie 



in the central area, passin 



wide of the pale rose of the petals 



the column 



ly 



for about half it 



meeting 



over the throat, th 



mam 



tly frilled, as also are the sides of the broadly-rounded deeply 



is a very rich velvety crimson 



colour in the expanded poi 



near the front edge 



to a band 



fourth of an incl 



1 



disk 



ever} 

 and 



1 the sides of the tubulose basal portion flushed with 



and continued narrower along the sides, the 



maroon-crimson. 



richly 



having two elevated golden 

 clavate, white, with a blunt keel at 



d with deep yellow, giving the appearance of bronzy gold, 



extending to 



the base 



Col 



a sm 



has 

 anther bed 



flexed acute appendage 



betw 



thick, 

 which 

 the two blunt lobes of the 



ridges 

 the back, extending nearly to the apex 



Cattleya LABIATA Percivaliana, Reichenhach fil., in Gardeners' Chronicle, n.s.. 



xvii., 796. 



Thei 



•e 



r 



has been much controversy of late respecting this beautiful Cattley 



the true character of the fl 



artist having produced 



a 



We have seen 



flowers 



our 



drawing was taken 



)wers of which will be seen at once from our Plate, our 

 ry faithful representation of the richly-coloured blossoms, 

 of two successive seasons from the very plant from which 

 and have noted that they keep true to character as regards 



I 



colour, and that in the second y 



which 



may 



the flowers were larger than in the first, 



■r and better 



be accounted for by the plant having become strong 



established, the blossoms partakin 



of the 



general improvement 



It 



mu 



not, 



howev 



be 



:pected that every 



h 



obtain a plant of the same character 



as that represented 



equal to the one we figure. 

 C. Percivaliana, but they vary 



our Plate, as we have seen but few that have proved to be 



There is an abundant supply of plants imported as 



o 



tly 



merit — more so in this than in any other 



Cattleya that has come under our notice. 



Many of the species of Cattley 



yield 



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