C.9.2. 
28. 
PL. CCCXLVI. 
CATTLEYA ACLANDIAE trnpt. 
LADY ACLAND'S CATTLEYA. 
CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. I, p. 7. 
Cattleya Aclandiae. Pseudobulbi subfusiformes, angusti, breves, sulcati, diphylli. Folia elliptica v. elliptico- 
oblonga, obtusa, coriacea. Flores gemini v. solitarii, speciosi. Sepala lanceolato-oblonga, subobtusa. Petala sepalis 
subsimilia. Labellum panduratum, lobis lateralibus parvis rotundatis, lobo medio amplo reniformi-orbiculari emarginato, 
margine eroso. Columna crasso-clavata. 
Cattleya Aclandiae LINDL. Bot. Reg., XXVI (1840), t. 48. — Bot. Mag., t. 5039. — PaxtT. Mag. Bot., 
IX, pp. 1,2, cum ic. et xyl. — Fl. des Serres, t. 674. — BATEM. Sec. Cent. Orch., t. 119. — Ill. Hort., XV, 
t. 565. — Warn. & WILL. Orch. Album, II, t. 69. — Orchidophile, 1885, pp. 365, 366, cum xyl. — VEITCH 
Man. Orch., pt. Il, p. 29, cum xyl. — Gard. Chron., 1885, pt. I, p. 544, fig. 100 (fruct.), — ROLFE in Gard. 
Chron., 1889, pt. I, p. 491. 
Epidendrum Aclandiae Rcns. F. in Walp. Ann., VI, p. 312. 
j his very distinct and handsome little Cattleya flowered for the first 
time in Europe in the collection of Sir Tuomas Actanp, of Killerton, 
Devon, in July, 1840, and was immediately afterwards described by 
D* Linviey, in honour of Lady Actanp. This lady we are told prepared the 
coloured drawing which appeared in the Botanical Register at that time. The 
plant was received from Brazil in October of the previous year, where it was 
discovered by Lieut. James, of H. M. Ship Sey, doubtless in the province of 
Bahia, which is now known to be its native habitat. Here it is said to grow 
on the small isolated trees that are scattered over the campos, in the neighbour- 
hood of the Atlantic Ocean, over which the sea breeze constantly blows. 
Linb-ey associated it with his C. bicolor, as the second member of a small 
section of the genus, distinguished by the base of the lip being too narrow and 
too spreading to enfold the column. C. Schroederiana Rens. F. and C. velutina 
Rcup. F., are more recent members of the same group. 
C. Aclandiae is one of the smallest species of the genus, and comes from a 
warm region. It should therefore be placed as near the glass as possible, and 
in the warmest end of the house. It is recommended to grow it in teak baskets 
or shallow pans, with a very small quantity of compost, which, however, should 
be renewed as often as it shows signs of decay or exhaustion. Liberal waterings 
should be given during the growing season. It frequently produces new growths 
and flowers twice in one year, first in May and June and again late in the 
autumn. The flowers are large and handsome, three to four inches in diameter, 
with the sepals and petals yellowish green, transversely spotted and blotched 
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