_ C. Trianae superba. This is another very distinct form. It somewhat reminds 
us, exceptis excipiendis, of. what the Oweni variety, so much admired in London 
and in Brussels, is to C. Eldorado. 
The petals and sepals are pure white, the former broadly elliptic; the tube 
of the lip is pale rose, the orange blotch of the disk is bright orange colour, 
not much flushed on the sides, and the anterior part of a beautiful crimson- 
red, paler on the edges. 
One of the varieties of the C. Tyianae most valued in England, the Dodgsoni 
variety, bears some analogy to it. 
C. Trianae ardens. The name of this variety expresses the brilliant impres- 
sion it produces, with its variegated pale rose petals and sepals, margined 
with bright rose, the lip entirely. margined with red, and bearing on the anterior 
lobe a transversal blotch of a dark purple-red colour, which is most effective - 
on the dark orange-yellow of the disk. All the segments are of a fine size, and 
the flower has a most elegant aspect. 
C. Trianae splendens. In this variety the sepals and petals are entirely white, 
and the lip almost entirely purple-red; the contrast produced by these two 
colours is striking. The orange-yellow blotch of the disk is not very broad, 
and the purple blotch of the anterior lobe flushes the edges of the lateral lobes; 
the tube is pale rose. 
In England there is a variety called C. Trianae Emiliae, which is very much 
. admired, and that we have not seen, but which, judging from the description, 
must bear great analogy to C. Tvianae splendens. Few forms of this species are 
more effective. 
C. Trianae majestica. This variety may be called the connecting link between 
C. Trianae ardens and C. Trianae amplissima. It is remarkable for the two broad 
white blotches which ornament both sides of the anterior lobe of the lip, and 
which remind us somewhat of the lip of C. Warocqueana majestica. In’the front 
part there is a beautiful large purple-red blotch, and the whole of the wavy 
fringed margin. of the anterior lobe is bright rose spotted with pale red. The 
lip is decidedly most beautiful and distinct. 
All the other segments are of a bright lilac-rose. ; 
This magnificent series of new varieties shows what may still be expected 
at the present time, notwithstanding long years of persevering exploration in 
these regions, from skilfully managed importations. The establishment of Messrs 
Lucien Linpen & C°, at Moortebeek, has exhibited for the last two years, at 
the meetings held in Brussels and London, some splendid varieties of many well 
known species, or that were considered well known, and which all at once 
prove far superior to any form hitherto admired by Orchidists. One species like 
Cattleya Trianae, already so much admired and sought after on account of 
its beauty and time of flowering, thus offers exhaustless resources to amateurs 
of cut flowers. 
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