PL. CDLXXXII-CDLXXXIII. 
CATTLEYA MOSSIAE Hook. VARIETATES. 
VAR. AMPLISSIMA. VAR. ARDENS. 
VAR. IMPERATOR. VAR. MAGENTA. 
VAR. EXIMIA. VAR. AUROSA. 
VAR. MIREILLE. 
e to-day publish our first double-sized plate, which we trust will offer 
some interest to our readers, according to our endeavour. 
‘ For the amateurs who cannot compare their blooms with others 
it is often a difficult task to know the real value of a particular form in their 
: collection, and when certain very variable Orchids, as Cattleya Mossiae, C. Trianae, 
C. Mendeli, Odontoglossum crispum, are to be dealt with, a written description is 
quite insufficient. It is for these reasons that we think it well to give to our 
readers some terms of comparison by grouping together, on one plate, several of 
the most distinct and beautiful varieties, which can be taken for excellent 
patterns, as well for their large size as for their bright or delicate colouring. 
(Concluded from p. 6.) 
bordered pale rose stained pale rose in the centre, with a double blotch of orange yellow, 
slightly extended each ‘side of the throat. 
Var. deliciosa. — Warm rose, with a red blotch spotted with purple on the front 
of the labellum which is bordered with pale rose, the entrance to the throat is primrose 
yellow. 
Var. amethystina. — Soft rosy lilac, the lip is covered by a large uniformly coloured 
blotch of velvety reddish amethyst, with a pale rose margin beautifully crisped and fringed, 
the entrance to the throat is primrose yellow, not quite extending to the sides. 
Var. citrata. — Soft rosy lilac lip, covered in the centre with deep red veins, at the 
entrance of the throat there is a large citron yellow zone. 
Var. eximia. — Soft rose, lip very large and beautifully fringed round the margin, 
very dark purple in the centre, fording towards the anterior part, and margined white, 
upper part of disk orange yellow. 
Var. aurantiaca lineata. — Labellum rose covered with a loose net-work of reddish 
purple veins, the side blotches of the throat run far down to the front of the labellum 
and up the sides of the tube, margin white beautifully waved. 
Var. amplissima. — A magnificent variety with very large sepals and petals, finely 
waved and fringed — red covered with a network of a brighter shade; at the entrance of 
the tube are two small yellow blotches. 
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