CATTLEYA TRIANA DODGSONT. 
[PLaTE 249. ] 
Native of New Grenada. 
Epiphytal. Stems stout, oblong clavate, furrowed, the older parts enveloped in 
whitish membranaceous sheaths. Leaves solitary, leathery, ade ligulate-oblong, 
bluntish, channelled, deep green. Scape stout, four or five-flowered, issuing from a 
terminal oblong compressed pale yellowish green sheath, Flowers very large, eight 
to nine inches across, and well sicpaidet the lip very richly coloured; sepals 
lanceolate acute, entire, spreading, recurved at the tip, white ; petals broadly ovate 
obtuse, entire at the base, frilled along the anterior margin, white, widely spread ; 
lip prominent, the basal portion blush, folded up over the column which is con- 
cealed by it, the throat open, showing a pale ground colour and a veiny orange 
blotch which spreads out on, each side into a diverge rounded lobe, the form of 
the marking resembling that of a blackcock’s tail, the anterior half of the front 
expanded portion emarginate, of a rich magenta or violet-crimson, which terminates 
abruptly in a curved line in front of the orange throat, the margins undulated, 
continued upwards so as to surround the opening of the throat, and coloured of a 
paler purplish lilac hue except at the extreme apex. Column enclosed, clavate. 
CaTrLeyaA Trian& Dopesont, Williams, Orchid-Grower’s Manual, 5 ed., 133; 
6 ed., 202; Floral Magazine, 2 ser., t. 64. 
me 
We have described and figured several beautiful varieties of the Cattleya 
Triane that have been not only brilliant in colour but also grand in form, and 
remarkable for the substance of their blossoms—these characteristics being those 
which we consider to be essential qualities of a_ first-class variety. We now offer 
an illustration of one of the most chaste and beautiful of the white-flowered series 
of forms, in Cattleya Triane Dodgsoni, a variety which we had the pleasure to 
name some years ago in honour of the late R. B. Dodgson, Esq., of Beardwood, 
Blackburn, in whose collection the plant was first bloomed, and in which it continued 
to bloom every year until it grew into a large specimen capable of producing 
several flower spikes.. Our drawing was taken from this plant, whose noble spikes 
bore five flowers each. We regret being compelled to curtail the number of flowers 
in our plate, as the limited number does not give the same effect as was produced 
on the plant itself. This specimen, which was sold at Stevens’ rooms, Covent 
Garden, and realised one hundred and eighty-five guineas, was purchased by 
W. Lee, Esq., of Leatherhead. There have been several large specimens sold for the 
same variety by other persons, but we consider they are not the true one. On 
the same day, with the above, there was another wonderful specimen sold, namely, 
Cattleya Triane Osmanni, which realised two hundred and fifteen guineas, and was 
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