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retains its violet colour, and in some cases also the contiguous halves of the 
lateral sepals, forming a very elegant contrast. 
Phalaenopsis violacea has already been utilised by the hybridist, as it was 
the pollen parent of the handsome hybrid P. X Harriettae, and with so promising 
an offspring it is not improbable that it will again be utilised in the same 
direction. ~ R. A. Ro.re. 
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rences of sex. It also proved that there are two distinct sections in the genus, one 
in which the flowers of both sexes closely resemble each other, the other in which 
they are very dissimilar (see my article in Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1891, pt. 1, p. 69). 
The former section, as it contains the original species of the genus, may be 
designated Eucycnocues, the latter section, Hereranruar. To the former belong 
C. chlorochilon Kuorzscu, C. Loddigesii Linpu., C. Haagei Rovr., and C. versicolor 
Reus. F. The latter includes C. ventricosum Linn. (syn. C. Egertonianum Batem), 
C. Warscewiczit Reicu. F., C. maculatum Linpt., C: pentadactylon Linpv., C. aureum 
Lint. C. Rossianum Roe, C. peruvianum Roxure, and two or three other 
imperfectly known species. Several of these species are not in cultivation at 
present, but we observe with pleasure that the group is now receiving more atten- 
tion in gardens, and venture to hope that the next few years may see a further 
advance in our knowledge of so interesting a genus. 
Ry A. ROLFE. 
The re-importation of Cattleya labiata marks a new sensation in Orchid 
records... Now we are offered it in quantities from the house of which M. Lucien 
Linden is director-in-chief, and we are glad to welcome it once more as one of 
the foremost of its race. Its easy culture makes it more popular, and with the 
quantities gathered there is sure to be varieties, some of which will doubtless 
eclipse the other forms so long in cultivation. Whenever we saw the one provi- 
sionnally named C. Warocqueana, we unhesitatingly declared that it was one or 
other of forms of Cattleya labiata so long looked for. 
... This labiata Pescatorei, that we purchased on the continent was exactly 
the Cattleya Warocqueana of to-day... it is a nobilis nobilior flower. We have 
seen a good many plants from babyhood to maturity, there are some of the 
reddish-bulbed labiata among their number, the far greater portions, however, 
being the old Jabiata Pescatorei. 
“ The Northern Gardener. ” 26th, September, 1891. 
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