of the side lobes. The column is white, and bears at its apex some carmine- 
purple spots. 
Laelia X Oweniae appeared for the first time at Brussels at a meeting of 
the OrcHipkENNr, in February, 1893, when it was awarded a First-class Diploma 
of Honour, unanimously and by acclamation. It was exhibited by an English 
amateur, whose collection has been selected with the best taste and will 
doubtless acquire a great reputation, G. D. Owen, Esq., of Selwood, near 
Rotherham, Yorkshire. It is justly dedicated to Mrs. Owen. 
Laelia Perrinii and L. X elegans are cultivated both together in the coolest 
part of the Cattleya house, and there can be no doubt that the same treatment 
will suit the new plant which we now figure. The time of flowering also appears 
to be intermediate between that of the two others, for Laelia Perrinti flowers in 
October and November, and L. X elegans generally begins to flower in May, and 
continues for the greater part of the summer, while L. X Owemiae flowered 
during the present year in February. However we do not yet know if the 
character will prove permanent, because the plant exhibited at Brussels was 
from a recent importation. 
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