CATTLEYA TRIANA HOOLEANA. 
[PLATE 265. | 
Native of New Grenada. 
Epiphytal. Stems clavate oblong, furrowed, the lower parts clothed with pale 
membranaceous sheaths, monophyllous. Leaves ligulate-oblong, blunt with an apiculus, 
recurved at the tip so as to appear bilobed or emarginate when seen from above, 
coriaceous, dark green. Scape two-flowered, issuing from a short oblong pale brownish 
green spathe. lowers medium-sized, about five inches across, the lip very highly 
and effectively coloured; sepals lanceolate, entire, spreading, recurved at the apex, 
of a pale rosy hue; petals ovate with a narrowed or cuneate base, suddenly 
widening to a breadth of two and a quarter inches, of a deeper tint of pale rose 
than the sepals, the margins boldly undulated ; Jip two and a half inches long, and 
measuring nearly two inches across the anterior lobe, the basal portion closely involute 
into a tubulose form, magenta-rose on the upper side, the anterior lobe rotundate, 
with the edges neatly undulated, wholly of a very rich and deep magenta-purple, 
the deep colouring continued. around the mouth over the throat, the tube pale rose 
below, the throat marked with a pair of curved cone-shaped blotches of a rich 
orange-yellow colour, turned in opposite directions, the magenta of the front lobe 
passing between them to a point within the tube. Column enclosed, clavate. 
CattLteya Triana Hooneana, Williams, supra. 
This lovely Cattleya was first flowered by Arthur Potts, Esq., Hoole _ Chester, 
and is another striking instance of the wonderful variability of Trianas Cattleya. 
It reminds one, at first sight, of C. Triane Russelliana; but a marked difference 
may be seen when the two flowers are placed side by side, the present variety 
being richer in colour, especially about the throat, and the sepals and petals being 
of a darker rose tint. Mr. Potts has been very fortunate in flowering good things 
among Orchids, and his latest success, as our illustration will testify, is one of 
which he may justly feel proud. 
The growth of this variety resembles that of the type. rs 
Six inches in diameter, the sepals pale rose ‘colour, the petals very brow rs F 
deeper rose, and the lip about two inches across, the anterior portion being ot a tl 
tich magenta-purple, while the portion around the column is also a deep rae as 
which attractive colour is carried round the entire front of the mae me 2 ied 
decorated with two obovate curved spots of a rich orange, and is faintly shade 
with pale rose between them. : . 
| The flowers’ of this variety have the valuable property of lasting a eager 
hme in beauty, which is not the case with all the varieties of C. Triana, 
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The flowers are about 
