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PL. DLVI. 
CATTLEYA TRIANAE LIND. var. EXORNATA tinp. 
JOSE TRIANA’S CATTLEYA, VERY ORNAMENTAL VARIETY. 
CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, Tapa ts: 
Cattleya Trianae. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 63. 
Var. exornata LIND., in Sem. Hort., p. 8, et infra. 
ay he flowering period of Cattleya Trianae, has barely come to an end, 
| and all orchidists still preserve a glorious remembrance of them, which 
wicca the innumerable riches of April and May could alone diminish. Thus 
each year our grateful admiration is renewed; each year also brings some new 
treasures, and enables us to discover still further beauty in long known species. 
During the past season, among the new discoveries which has enriched 
C. Trianae, — already abounding in remarkable flowers — the variety exornata, 
which forms the subject of our plate, may be mentioned as belonging to the 
first rank. 
This variety has a unique, and one may almost say novel aspect among the 
numerous forms of this species. What first attracts attention is the remarkable 
contrast existing between the uniform pale rose colour of the sepals and petals, 
and that of the much more highly-coloured and striking lip. The tube is pale 
tose, but the edges of the lateral sepals are of a much deeper shade. At the 
opening of the lip are two white eye-like blotches from which extends an orange 
band spreading out into a broad annular zone, occupying half of the front lobe, 
and traversed by radiating lines of red. In front of this is a purple-red triangular 
blotch with blackish-purple stripes, producing quite a novel shade in C. Trianae. 
The edges of the lip are a delicate rose intensified here and there with a brighter 
tint. 
The flower is superb, and was considered so by the ten judges of the Orcut- 
DEENNE, who unanimously awarded it a First Class Certificate of Merit when it was 
shown at the meeting on January ro last, although the flower was then past its best. 
The sepals and petals are particularly broad; the lip is well developed, somewhat 
oval in outline with the anterior portion expanding in a semi-circular fashion. 
In conclusion it is only reasonable to suppose that next season the flowers 
will be still more beautiful, as those borne this year were produced by a plant 
only recently imported by the establishment at Moortebeek. It is thus evident 
that the Cattleya importations of this large firm are quite up to the standard 
of their Odontoglossums. 
Wel 
