LALIA ANCEPS PERCIVALIANA. 
[PLATE 256.] 
Native of Mexico. 
Epiphytal. Pseudobulbs oblong ovate, compressed, angulately ribbed, clustered, 
monophyllous. Leaves narrowish, lanceolate-oblong acuminate, stoutish, smooth, chan- 
nelled at the base, six to nine inches long. Scape terminal, a foot long, two-edged, 
with long lanceolate carinate semi-sheathing light brown bracts, four-flowered. lowers 
large, four and a half inches broad, and somewhat more in depth, the lip very 
richly coloured; sepals lanceolate acute, entire, spreading, of a delicate rosy blush; 
petals ovate acute, plane, spreading, of the same delicate rosy blush as the sepals; 
lip fully two inches long, three-lobed, the basal lobes erect, yellowish streaked with 
purple, their tips laterally recurved, deep purple at the edge, and spotted within; 
the throat marked on each side the central bar with several transverse lines 0 
crimson, extending outwards as far as the above-mentioned spots, the front lobe 
an inch long, ovate, blunt emarginate, its lower half pale creamy yellow, with a 
deeper central bar, the upper or anterior half of a very rich purple. Column 
included. 
Laua anceps Perrctvaniana, Reichenbach fil., in Gardeners’ Chronicle, N.8., 
xix., 110; Williams, Orchid-Grower’s Manual, 6 ed., 352. 
There have been several new white-flowered varieties of Lela anceps introduced 
within the last few years. We have figured some of the most distinct and promi- 
nent among them, namely, L. anceps Dawson, L. anceps Milli, and L. anceps 
Wilhamsiana, and their portraits can be seen in our pages. We now figure another 
very distinct and charming variety, and one which is not only free-growing but also 
free-flowering, as will be seen from the accompanying illustration. We saw it a few 
weeks since growing most vigorously, and producing several flower spikes, in the 
collection of the Comte de Germiny, Chateau de Gouville, par Fontaine le Bourg, 
France, and from this plant our drawing was taken during the spring months of 
the present year; it is the finest specimen we have seen. 
Lelia anceps Percivaliana is in growth like the type form, ase attains about 
the same height, but its leaves are narrower and very pointed. The sepals and 
petals are of a blush-pink, as in the ordinary form, but the lip is truncate, ee 
acute at the lateral angles, of the warmest mauve purple, its anterior portion * a 
bright purple-magenta; the disc is of a light orange, with the tips of the : a 
crests sulphur-yellow, and having some strong purple lines over the nerves of t ; 
disc. It is a native of Mexico, blooms during the winter and spring months, an 
lasts in beauty about the same time as L. anceps. 
