27 
£0 
2 
PL. DLXIV. 
CATTLEYA TRIANAE uo. var. DELICIOSA 2. tino. 
DELIGHTFUL VARIETY. 
CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, I, Pris. 
Cattleya Trianae. Vide Lindenia. 
Var. deliciosa L, Linp., infra. 
Pp he charming variety represented by our plate belongs to the collection 
ga of Dr. Capart, one of the most enthusiastic of Belgian amateur orchid 
= growers, and a Judge of the Orcuiptenne. He showed it before this 
Society on January ro last when it received a First Class Certificate of Merit. 
Although not altogether equalling C. Trianae imperator figured in this work last 
year, it is nevertheless worthy of a place in an iconography as one of the most 
beautiful forms of C. Trianae. Its flowers are large and well proportioned, with a 
broad rounded lip beautifully shaded with purple red, which is of a very deep 
tint in front, and encroaches somewhat upon the golden yellow disc. 
We have already had occasion to mention some of Dr. Capart’s Orchids 
and to figure a few of them. The collection of this confirmed orchidist has rapidly 
increased and may be cited, among others in Belgium, as one which keeps 
in the front rank of progress, a fact which is proved when we add that 
Dr. Capart’s conservatories are lighted by electricity. That seems to us to be 
an excellent idea and in itself reveals the veritable amateur — he who collects 
plants, not only as in investment for his fortune, retains his position, and 
occasionally shows visitors over his houses, but also, and more especially, 
to benefit by it himself and often to imbibe renewed vigour in the contem- 
plation of the beautiful. The installation of electricity enables Dr. Caparr to 
enjoy the sight of his plants when he returns home after a hard day’s work 
in the alleviation of human suffering, and also to show his friends his collection. 
Should not the conservatory be one of the chief and most artistic of reception 
appartments ? It must however, be lighted, and for this purpose gas is entirely 
out of the question. Orchids, and Cattleyas in particular, are not hard to grow; 
but one of the conditions indispensable to success is the purity of the atmosphere, 
and the only illumination which enables one to realise it is the electric light. 
