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PL. DXXXV. 
LAELIOCATTLEYA x WARGNYANA Lt. Lino. 
M. LE CHEVALIER DE WARGNY’S LAELIOCATTLEYA. 
LAELIOCATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, VII, p. 25. 
Laeliocattleya  Wargnyana L. Linp., infra. 
aclia elegans, or Laeliocattleya y elegans, being itself of such extreme 
| Variability, it is not surprising that its crossing with the Cattleya or 
# the Laelia which live in its neighbourhood in a wild state, or with 
a numerous species cultivated in the collections, should produce a great 
number of various forms. 
The Lindenia has already figured several forms having an analogous origin. 
The one of which we now give the painting is not less interesting than its 
fore-runners. The flowers are perhaps rather slender, but their form is very 
elegant, and the coloration is exceedingly beautiful. The lip is very full, margins 
wavy and fringed, gracefully deflected forwards, bearing a superb purple-crimson 
blotch suffusing the tube inside very high up and the edges of the lateral 
lobes. Sepals very-long, petals oblong-lanceolate, pale rose, margined with 
brighter rose. 
This beautiful novelty made its appearance last summer, in the hot-houses 
of the Horticutture INTERNATIONALE. It was exhibited at a Meeting of the 
ORCHIDEENNE on the 14" June, and was awarded a First-Class Certificate of 
Merit. 
We hare happy to dedicate it to our excellent friend M. le Chevalier 
pE Wareny, a member of the Jury of the OrcuipEennez, an enthusiastic young 
amateur of Orchids. 
CuLture. — The already important series of Laeliocattleya in their diverse 
forms, of uncertain origin, allied to Laelia elegans, must be cultivated in the 
intermediate house in the same manner as Cattleya labiata and its varieties. 
These plants are of easy culture and may be considered, in a general 
way, as being more> vigorous and free-flowering than the species they issue 
from. This is a common effect of hybridation. 
One of the most important points, to which we must call the attention of 
the cultivator of these Orchids, is to observe the annual rest. When the vegetation 
is over, and the pseudobulbs are well formed, they must be left to harden 
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