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LAELIOCATTLEYA x LINDENI uorr. 
M. LINDEN’S LAELIOCATTLEYA. 
LAELIOCATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, VU, p. 25. 
Laeliocattleya  Lindeni Hort., infra. 
he well-known Laeliocattleya ~ elegans is generally admitted to be deri- 
ved from Laelia purpurata; and as this beautiful species is exceedingly 
# variable (more than thirty distinct forms were enumerated in the Fournal 
des Orchidées), it is in no way surprising that this hybrid has been produced in 
very numerous variations. These variations have become so wide, that it has been 
found convenient to distribute between several distinct classes the forms which 
were formerly designated under the name of Laelia or Laelicattleya x elegans, 
and while this name is maintained for the hybrids having more or less dark and 
bronze-coloured segments, as in the variety Turnerz, or red segments, as in the 
variety Broomeana, on the other hand, the forms with white petals and sepals 
should bear the name of L. X Schilleriana (formerly Laelia elegans var. Schilleriana). 
As may be seen, the fine variety which we now figure is more allied to the 
former group; but we think that it is not necessary to maintain the name elegans, 
as the relation between all these forms is not very clear. 
It is a superb variety, of a very distinct and fine colouring, which deserves 
an excellent position in its class, and was, very much admired during the last 
summer, when it flowered in the houses of L’Horticutture INTERNATIONALE. 
La création du genre hybride Laeliocattleya ne remonte qu’a un petit 
nombre d’années, et elle fut déterminée par la nécessité de distinguer les produits 
artificiels entre Cattleya et Laelia. Jusqu’en 1889 environ, il était d’usage de 
désigner ces hybrides sous le nom de Cattleya ou Laelia, au hasard de l’in- 
spiration, et cette coutume produisait des incohérences facheuses; le L. x amanda, 
par exemple, compte parmi ses synonymes le Laelia amanda et le Cattleya 
Rothschildiana; on voit a quelles confusions les amateurs étaient exposés. 
Depuis la création de ce genre artificiel, une foule d’hybrides sont venus y 
prendre place et le nombre s’en accroit tous les jours; et d’autre part, les 
botanistes y ont fait rentrer un certain nombre de plantes anciennement connues, 
provenant d’importations directes, qui étaient auparavant considérées comme 
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