PL. CDLXV. 
LAELIA GLAUCA BENTH. et HOOK 
THE GLAUCOUS LAELIA. 
LAELIA. Vide Lindenia, 1, p. 49. 
Laelia glauca. Foliis coriaceis oblongis obtusis planiusculis glaucis; spatha uniflora; sepalis petalisque lineari- 
lanceolatis obtusis herbaceis, labello subsessili subrotundo acuto, margine lobato; clinandrio dentato, dente dorsali 
apice glanduloso. 
Laelia glauca BENTH. et Hook. in Gen, Plant., III, P. 534. — BENTH. in Fourn. Linn. Soc., 1880, p. 314. 
Brassavola glauca LINDL., Bot. Reg., 1839, misc. 67. — Ip., 1840, t. 44. — BATEM. Orch. Mex. et Guatem., 
t. 16. — Bot. Mag., t. 4033. — Hoox. Cent. of Orch., t. 22. 
Bletia glauca Reus. F., Xen. Orch., Il, p. 50. — Wa.p., Ann. Bot., VI, P- 432. 
his plant is more frequently labelled in gardens Brassavola glauca 
2 although REICHENBACH, many years past, cancelled this name, by pointing 
Peay Bletia, as this is the name under which REICHENBACH included all the 
Laelia and Schomburgkia in common with the more humble actual Laelias. This 
ruling, however, was not retained in practice, and recently the distinguished 
authors of the Genera Plantarum referred the Brassavola glauca and B. Digbyana 
of Linptey to Laelia, remarking that “ they have not the characteristic perianth 
of Brassavola, and might be better placed in Laelia, near those Brazilian species 
which have petals scarcely broader than the sepals. ” 
L. glauca is a native of Mexico, where it was discovered by HENcHman, 
and later by Hartwec, near Jalapa. It was also collected in Guatemala by 
URE-SKINNER. 
It thrives well under the same conditions as the other Mexican Laelias, 
namely grown in baskets, in a cool house. It flowers usually towards February 
and March, and its blooms are very sweet-scented. 
La plante que nous figurons ci-contre est plus connue dans les cultures 
sous le nom de Brassavola glauca, et c’est la un exemple de la curieuse persistance 
de certaines dénominations peu justifiées, car il y a déja de longues années que 
REICHENBACH avait fait remarquer son affinité beaucoup plus grande avec le genre 
Laelia; toutefois cet orchidographe ne lui donna pas ce nom, mais celui de 
Bletia, qu’il assignait, comme on sait, 4 tous les Laelia et aux Schomburgkia. 
