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The lip has a large deep red blotch in front, lined with a tracery of purple veins, 
and diminishes in brilliancy towards the edge. The yellow disc has a white 
blotch on each side, whilst the tube is of a bright rose colour. 
5. Var. Mélusine. This is quite a distinct variety and falls into a new category. 
The large and substantial flowers are very attractive, and have soft rose petals 
and sepals. The tube of the lip is of the same shade bordered with red. The 
front lobe is of an uncommon colour, being almost entirely white with a small 
purple-red blotch in front of the throat, and prolonged into eight diverging 
purple lines. The yellow disc is faintly striped with purple-red, while the very 
wavy edge of the front lobe is delicately shaded with rose. 
6. Var. flamboyante. The chief characteristic of this variety consists in the 
lip being of a wholly purple red colour, and in being devoid of the white blotches 
usually seen on each side of the throat. Even the disc is so heavily covered 
with bright red lines that the yellow is scarcely discernible. 
The petals and sepals are of a warm rose colour, the former being of 
good substance and semi-erect. 
Cattleya labiata var. Ragotiana. — This new variety was one of the most striking 
in the Rambouillet group of twelve Cattleya labiata which secured the prize in the second 
trial of the Franco-Belgian competition. It was distinguished by its extremely uncommon 
colour which was of a uniform soft rose, with neither yellow blotch on the disc nor red 
in front of it. It produced a fine effect and was greatly appreciated by the judges. 
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