SerreEMBER, I922.] THE ORGHID REVIEW. 259 
LAELIA LOBATA. 
he last issue contained an illustration of Lzliocattleya Wavrinii, and 
in the descriptive text thereof mention is made of Lzlia Boothiana. 
The adjoining illustration depicts a five-flowered inflorescence of the plant 
frequently referred to as L. Boothiana, although its correct botanical name 
is Lelia lobata. Its history dates back to 1847, when it first flowered 
LELIA LOBATA. 
Messrs. Loddiges’ nursery and was described by Lindley as Cattleya lobata: 
‘“‘ The flowers are of one uniform purple, tinged with violet, with some rich 
crimson veins on the lip. It is nearly allied to C. labiata, of which, perhaps, 
it is a variety. The excessive lobing of the petals and lip, and the compara- 
tive small I size of the latter, seem, however, to point to a specific difference. 
At all events. it is as well marked a form of the genus as C. Mossiz, and, 
for the purpose of cultivators, may be looked upon as a distinct species.” 
Reichenbach described and figured this plant 
under the name Lzlia Boothiana, dedicating it to Herr Lorenz Booth, 1 
whose collection near Hamburg it had been in cultivation for many years 
without flowering. The pollinia are eight in 
A few years afterwards, 
number, proving it to bea 
