laSLia. 



427 



this variety was flowered in November, 1887, by Mr. Maulden, when gardener to 

 S. T. Walley, Esq., Fallowfleld, Manchester. It produced six spikes averaging 

 six flowers on each. — Mexico. 



Fig. — Orchid Album, vii. t. 320. 



L. AMANDA, Rchh. f. — A very distinct and handsome plant, which, it has 

 been suggested, may be a natural hybrid. It has thin fusiform stems, 6 to 8 

 inehes in height, of a light' green colour, and bearing two cuneate-ligulate, 

 coriaceous leaves, 6 to 9 inches long, tinted with red underneath when young; 

 the flowers are 5 to 6 inches across, and are produced on two-flowered peduncles; 

 the sepals and petals light rose or flesh-colour, the lip deeper rose, having a rich 

 purple venation ; at first sight the flowers resemble those of Gattleya maxima, 

 and we should think this plant may possibly have been one of its parents. 

 It flowers in October, 

 and lasts for six weeks 

 in beauty. — Brazil. 



Fig. — Orchid Album, \ 



iii. t. 135. 



Syn. — Cattleya | 



Rothsehildmna , 



l! AWIESIANA. — 



See Laelio-Oattleya 

 AiniBsiANA. 



,L. ANCEPS, Lindl. 

 — Aremarkably hand- 

 some species, and one 

 of the most useful 

 winter- flowering 

 Orchids we have. It 

 has oblong-com- 

 pressed, somewhat 

 quadrangular pseudo- 

 bulbs 4 or ■; ,5, inches 

 long, oblong - lanceo- 

 late leaves, generally 

 in pairs but sometimes 

 solitary, and long two- 

 edged scapes from the laklia anoeps. 

 apex of the pseudo- 

 bulbs, bearing two to five large showy flowers 3 or 4 inches across, which 

 will last for a month in perfection if kept in a pool dry house; the sepals' and 

 petals are rose-lilac, the lip a beautiful deep purple, with the broad side lobes 



" yellqw marked with deep red lines; the disk has a crest of three yellow ridges. 

 It blooms in December and January, and should be grown in the Mexican house, 

 as it delights in an abundance of light and air ; a copious supply of water should 

 be given to it in the growing season.— ifacico. 



Fig— -Bo* Heg t 1751; But. Mag., t. 3804; OrnJiid Album, ii. t. 75; Pamton, 

 Maa .BoLiv.p.78,withtab.; earteiiJlora,t.li.Q(suporVay, Hook. Fir.it Cent. Oi-ch. PL, 



• t 24 ; Voitch's Man. Orch. PI., ii. p. 57 ; Gm'deidng World, ix. p. 357. 



