and scarcely a week passes during the flowering season of this plant without some 
new and distinct variety being exhibited. Several of the varieties of C. Mossiae 
have already been figured in this work, such as C. M. aurea grandiflora, vol. vii., 
plate 289; C. M. decora, vol. ix., plate 421; C. M. Hardyana, vol. iii. plate 
125; and C. M. Revneckiana, vol. x., plate 461. The subject of our present plate 
forms a handsome addition to the ranks, and is equalled by few. It flowered in 
the collection of, and is deservedly dedicated to, Ludwig Mond, Esq., F.R.S., a 
munificent patron as well as a distinguished disciple of science, who is bringing 
together a fine collection of Orchids at the Poplars, Avenue Road, Regent’s Park, 
under the able care and management of Mr. J. U. Clarke, to whose obliging courtesy 
we are indebted for the opportunity of illustrating this beautiful variety. 
Cattleya Mossiae Mondii forms an evergreen tuft of fusiform ribbed pseudo- 
bulbs four inches or more in height, producing each a single leathery oblong 
obtuse leaf, six to eight inches long. The scape is terminal, and produces from 
three to five flowers, which are very beautiful, large and bold, measuring more than 
six inches across. The sepals and petals are of a beautiful shade of rosy purple, 
the former narrowly oblong, the latter very broad and flat with undulated margins. 
The lip is large, incurved at the base, where it folds over the column, and 
exteriorly of the same colour as the sepals and petals; the front lobe is of a pale 
yellow shade, veined with rich orange-yellow and shading off into white at the 
margins; at the anterior part occurs a median streak of magenta- purple, while in 
the throat the ground colour is pale rosy purple, veined with rich magenta- 
purple. It requires the same cultural treatment recommended by us in the case of 
the typical form, in the sixth volume of this work under plate 246. 
