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PL. DXXVIU; 
CATTLEYA TRIANAE LIND. et RCHB. F. var. IMPERATOR L. LIND. 
TRIANA’S CATTLEYA, EMPEROR VARIETY. 
CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, 1, Deael5e 
Cattleya Trianae. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 63. 
Var. Imperator. Sepalis petalisque intense roseis; labello toto intensissime purpureo, margine lobulato et valde 
fimbriato-crispo. 
Var. Imperator L. LinD. supra. 
e need not give here any description of the Cattleya Trianae, as most 
certainly all our readers know this splendid species; besides the Lindenia 
has already devoted seven plates to the illustration of some of its 
most remarkable variations (see vol. I, 29 and 31; vol. V, pl. 229 to 232; 
vol. IX, pl. 425). 
The variety Imperator, which we figure to-day, has flowers of unequalled 
splendour, of incomparable richness of coloration : the sepals and the petals are 
bright rose, whereas the lip, as far as the bottom of the throat, is entirely of 
a very deep purple-red; the margins are greatly fringed-crisped. 
C. Trianae Imperator was exhibited by Messrs Lucien LinpeEn et C°, of 
Moortebeek, at a Meeting of the Orcnipienne held on the 10" of last May. 
According to unanimous opinion it was the finest of all the C. Tvianae exhi- 
bited since the foundation of the OrcHipEENNE. The enthusiasm of the members 
of the Jury was so great at the sight of this superb variety, that several of 
them immediately proposed to award it a First-Class Diploma of Honour, with 
acclamation, “ with thunderous applause ” (sic), a distinction which was unani~ 
mously voted. 
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