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CATTLEYA ALEXANDRAE t. uno. et rors var. TENEBROSA rotre. 
THE PRINCESS OF WALES’ CATTLEYA, DARK VARIETY. 
CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. I, p. 7. 
Cattleya Alexandrae. Pseudobulbi cylindrici, elongati, vaginis albidis tecti, vetusti sulcato-striati, 0.3-0.5 m, 
longi, 1.3-2 cm. lati, di-triphylli. Folia carnosa, rigida, elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, concava et suberecta v. planiora et 
patentia, 7-14 cm. longa, 4-5.5 cm. lata. Spathae lineari-oblongae, subobtusae, conduplicatae, carinatae, 7-9 cm. 
longae. Pedunculi 4-5.5 cm. longi, validi, apice circa 10-flori. Bracteae triangulari-ovatae, rigidae, patentes, 2-3 lin. 
longae. Sepala patentia, lineari-oblonga, subacuta, undulata, 5-6 cm. longa, 1-1.3 cm. lata. Petala similia, crispo- 
undulata. Labellum trilobum, 4.5 cm. longum, 3.5 cm. latum; lobis lateralibus semi-ovatis obtusis, 3 cm. longis, apice 
liberis, isthmo 1.3 cm. longo, 8 mm. lato, lobo intermedio subito dilatato flabellato-reniformi-retuso, minute crispo- 
undulato, 3-cm. lato, nervis paullo incrassatis. Columna clavata, arcuata, 3 cm. longa. Capsula ‘fusiformi-oblonga, 
g-angulata, 4-5 cm. longa, 2 cm. lata. 
Cattleya Alexandrae L. LinpD. & ROLFE in Gard. Chron., 1892, pt. I, p. 522. 
uring the early part of last year, M. Crass, one of the collectors of 
Messrs Linpen, L’Horticutrure INTERNATIONALE, Parc Leopold, Brus- 
sels, then on an expedition in Northern Brazil, discovered a very 
remarkable Cattleya, whose habit at once pronounced it to be very, distinct 
from every other known species. Though evidently belonging to that section 
of the genus which includes C. Leopoldi, it had very long peduncles, which 
carried up the racemes of flowers considerably higher than the leaves, in which 
respect it called to mind some species of Schomburgkia, yet in all other respects 
it was a genuine Cattleya. He sent home a series of excellent dried specimens, 
together with a batch of healthy living plants, from which the species was 
described, being dedicated to H. R. H. the Princess or Watts. 
The collector reported it as a very remarkable Cattleya, bearing elongated 
peduncles, from 1 to 1 feet long, with a bouquet of ten to twelve flowers 
at the summit, not unlike in form to C. Leopoldi, but with the sepals and 
petals remarkably undulate, some of them with the colour of Laelia elegans 
Turneri, and others like those of Laelia grandis tenebrosa, with violet on the 
margins. 
It is no secret that so wide a range of colour variation was received with 
a certain amount of incredulity, and the advent of its flowering for the first 
time in cultivation was awaited with no little curiosity. A number of the plants 
were distributed, and at length began to grow. One of the first peculiarities 
which manifested itself was the development of a number of axillary buds from 
the nodes of the old pseudobulbs, and at various heights. These produced 
roots in the ordinary way, and will furnish a means of propagating the species. 
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