CATTLEYA. 287 



C. SUPERBA, Lindley.— This truly beautiful plant is a slow-growiug species, 

 usually attaininp; ten inches high, with club-shaped stems and a pai°of short 

 thick ovate-oblong obtuse leaves. It flowers in June and July, and the blossoms, 

 which are very fragrant, and of a deep rose colour, with a rich magenta-crimson 

 lip, will remain in bloom for three weeks ; it produces three to six flowers on a 

 spike, and is a very distinct species. It requires plenty of water at all times, 

 and should never be allowed to get into a shrivelled state— if so, it is very 

 difficult to restore it to a healthy condition ; it requires more heat than the 

 other Oattleyas, and is best grown on a block of wood or basket with live 

 sphagnum moss, but is difficult to propagate.— Sriiis/i Ouiana. 



Fid.— But. Mig.. t. 4083 ; Sirt. Oroh., t. 22 ; Pa.Tto)i Mag., But. ix. 26.5, with tab. ; 

 ir «;■«(■;•, Sol. Oi-c\. Pl.,i. t. 24 ; Flora (hs ,Si<rn:i, t. U26 ; Iluuli. 1st Cent., t. 31. 



C. SUPERBA ALBA, Rolfe. — " A most beautiful albino has now appeared, 

 having been discovered by Mr. E. S. Rand, of Para, Brazil, who has sent a 

 flower to Kew. It is evidently a magnificent thing, as Mr. Eand very 

 pertinently remarks. Fancy a plant of C. superba, with flowers of the purest 

 white, and you have a good idea of our novelty." — Brazil. 



C. SUPERBA SPLENDENS, Lemalre.—A. distinct variety of the type. 

 The flowers are much larger, the sepals and petals being considerably longer 

 than in the form originally introduced ; sepals and petals deep rich purplish 

 rose ; lip white at base, magenta-crimson in front, and having in addition 

 several lines or crests of golden yellow towards ihe middle. It is altogether a 

 very distinct and handsome variety, and forms a fine companion to the type 

 when the two are grown side by side. — Rio Negro. 



Fio — 111. Burt., t. 605 ; Orchid Album, i. t. 33 ; llcichenlachia, i. t. 32. 



C. TRIANAE, Linden et Rchb. f. — This lovely winter-blooming Cattleya, of 

 which there are an immense number of varieties, all of them beautiful, and 

 some of them particularly so, resembles C. Mossiae in its habit of growth, but 

 generally attains larger dimensions. The leaves are of a light green. The 

 flowers are produced during the winter months, and measure six to eight inches 

 in diameter. The sepals and petals are usually blush ; the lip blush, or pale 

 rose colour outside; the throat orange or yellow, and the front rich rosy purple 

 more or less intense. This is considered by many to be a variety only of 

 C. Warscewicdi ; but whether a species, sub-species, or variety, it is a really 

 charming Orchid. The numerous varieties all come from the same country. — 

 Keiv Grenada. 



Fm.— Orchid Album, i. t. 45 ; Diet, of Gard., 283, fig. 386 ; Jievue Hurt. Beige, 1885, 

 p. 49 ; L'OrchidopUlc, 1889, p. 209, 1891, p. 81 ; Vcitch's Man. Orch. PL, ii. p. 26. 



C. TRIANAE ALBA, Hort. — A chaste and beautiful variety having pure white 

 flowers, saving the yellow stain on the lip ; this is a very rare plant. — U.S. 

 Coloinbia. 



Fig. — Lindetiia, i. t. 29 ; Reichenbachia, ii. t. 81. 



C. TRIANAE ATALANTA, Marshall. — This extremely fine variety was flowered 

 by Mr. Wilson, gardener to W. Marshall, Esq., and was exhibit el at one of 

 the meetings of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, when it received a first- 



