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CATTLEYA LABIATA unp-. 
THE LIPPED CATTLEYA. 
CATTLEYA. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. I, p. 7. 
Cattleya labiata. Pseudobulbis clavato-fusiformibus subcompressis monophyllis, foliis lineari-oblongis obtusis 
coriaceis, spatha pedunculi longitudine, floribus magnis, sepalis lineari-lanceolatis acutis, petalis thomboideo-ellipticis 
obtusis undulatis multo latioribus, labello elliptico-oblongo emarginato crispo-undulato, disco laevi, columna clavata. 
Cattleya labiata LinpL. Coll. Bot., t. 33. — Id. Bot, Reg., t. 1859. — Hook. Exot. Fl., t. 157. — Bot. 
Mag., t. 3998. — Lindenia, II, Pp- 35, t. 112. 
j hen, in February 1891, we published our former figure of Cattleya 
labiata, which we had had the good fortune to re-discover and re-intro- 
duce some months before, under the name of C. Warocqueana, we 
wished to wait till a future period for the exact determination and classification 
of the magnificent Orchid last named. It was difficult to divine that the plant 
discovered in abundance in a region already known to explorers, was the celebrated 
autumn-flowering species, which had been sought in vain for so many years. The 
hypothesis moreover remained open, even after the collector's informations, 
because the numerous allied forms known under the names of Trianae, Eldorado, 
Mossiae, Mendeli, Warneri, Gaskelliana, etc., do not present any very appreciable 
differences, speaking from a botanical standpoint. 
The first flowering took place during the month of October 1891, and 
everyone will recall to mind with what marvellous éclat. From this moment 
Cattleya labiata was recognised by us, and notwithstanding the strong doubts 
expressed by many persons who where unable to believe in the resurrection of a 
species which they thought to be lost, we did not hesitate to announce this 
identity on the first of November 1890, in our fournal des Orchidées, as the 
following quotation will prove : — 
“ Half a dozen flowers, which have just appeared here among Cattleya 
Warocqueana, resemble in a striking manner the famous C. labiata autumnalis, 
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so much sought after for so many years, and whose habitat has remained 
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unknown for half a century, notwithstanding the most obstinate search. Is 
it therefore re-discovered ? 
“In any case, if it has been re-discovered, it is considerably embellished 
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and augmented by a series of allied forms of a splendour and brilliancy 
unknown up to the present. ” 
To-day, after additional importations and three years of cultivation have 
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