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PL. CDEXXKE 
CATTLEYA MOSSIAE ook. ee REINECKEANA norr. 
subvar. EXQUISITA HORT. 
CATTLEYA MOSSIAE sock. va ATR 
subvar. COELESTIS HORT. 
CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 15. 
Cattleya Mossiae. Vide Lindenia, IV, p. 85. : 
10 Var. Reineckeana. Floribus albis, labelli disco luteo, lobi anterioris media cette purpureo striata. 
Cattleya Reineckeana RCHB. F. Bonpl., IV, p. 327. 
Subvar. exquisita. Labelli lobo anteriore toto purpureo reticulato. 
Subvar. exquisita Hort., Fourn. des Orch., V1, p. 122. 
2° Var. alba. Floribus albis, praeter labelli discum luteo ‘maculatum. 
Subvar. coelestis. Lobi anterioris media parte parce violaceo-coeruleo striata. 
Subvar. coelestis Hort. Fourn. des Orch., V1, p. 122. 
attleya Mossiae var. Reineckeana is well known as one of the most 
charming and delicate varieties of the whole genus. The sub-variety 
baseeces| exquisita, figured on our plate, is of a superior beauty, and was very 
much admired at a meeting of L’Orcuipéenne, on June g last. Our readers 
will find its description in the annexed article, together with that of C. Mosszae 
alba coelestis, a quite distinct form having a light blue stain on the lip, and with 
a number of other choice varieties. 
THE FINE SERIES OF VARIETIES OF CATTLEYA MOSSIAE ON 
SHOW AT & L’HORTICULTURE INTERNATIONALE » 
The account of the last meeting of “ L’ORCHIDEENNE, , the Brussels Society of 
Orchidists, which has partly appeared in the Fournal des Orchidées, conveys to those 
amateurs who did not attend the meeting in Brussels on the 9 and 10" June, an 
unhappily feeble impression of the marvels that had been brought together by the principle 
Belgian Orchidists, the great point of attraction being the vast group of 200 flowered — 
Cattleya Mossiae under the Central. Pavillon of the winter garden, exhibited by 
Messrs LINDEN. 
The numerous visitors were astonished at the multitude of new varieties, nearly 
all distinct from each other and abounding in such gorgeous colours, that no one could | 
help but admire them. — Connoisseurs could not determine to which to give the palm, 
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