436 orchid-grower's manual. 



L. FINCKENIANA, O'Srien.— This beautiful novelty is described by Mr. J. 

 O'Brien as follows : — " In ^owth the plant nearly resembles L. autiimnalis 

 alba, or a stout form of L. albida, but the leaves are broader. The flowers at 

 first sight might be taken for a rather small L. anceps Banderiana, but on 

 examination the labellum is seen to be totally different, the ovate-oblong front 

 lobe of the labellum being much larger, and the basal part and side lobes much 

 shorter than in any form of L. anceps. The flowers are pure white, the base of 

 the lip having some purple lines extending half-way up the side lobes, and 

 three yellow ridges running along the lower half of the middle lobe, the front 

 of which has a bright purplish crescent-shaped colouring and a broad white 

 margin " (Oardsiiers' Chronicle, 3rd ser., 1893, xiii. p. 194). It first flowered in 

 the collection of C. W. Fincken, Esq., of Hoyland Hall, Barnsley. — Native 

 country not stated. 



Fm.—Gard. Chron., 3rd ser., 1893, xiv. p. 805, f. 123 ; Journ. of Sort., 1893, xxvii. 

 p. 557, f. 80. 



L. FLAMMEA, Rchh.f. — This fine distinc^t plant is the result of a cross between 

 L. cinnaharina and L. PilclierMna. It is of moderate stature, with slender 

 cylindrical stems, each terminated by a solitary oblong-ligulate leaf, and from 

 a compressed pale brown sheath a peduncle with three or four flowers, each 

 4 inches across, issues. It blooms during March and April. The sepals and 

 petals are of a brilliant cinnabar-orange, and the lip is three-lobed, with the side 

 lobes yellow, folded over the column, their blunt anterior ends spreading, and 

 the central one rounded, denticulated, crispy, and of a rich crimson hue, the diskal 

 part marked with crimson veins. — Garden hybrid. 



Fig. — Florist and Pomologiit, 1874, p. 133, with tab. ; Orchid Alhwm, v. t. 217. 



L. FLAVA, Idndl. — A very distinct species, which has short ovate one- or 

 two-leaved pseudobulbs, flat leathery oblong-acute leaves, and an erect scape 

 bearing a cylindraceous raceme of eight or ten flowers, which are of a clear 

 yellow, and have the sepals and petals linear-oblong obtuse, and the lip oblong, 

 recurved, the side lobes plane, erect, veined with crimson, the sessile middle lobe 

 crispy, and the disk marked by four elevated veins, divergent at the tips. The 

 flowers last three weeks in perfection. — Brazil. 



Yia.—Bot. Reg., 1842, t. G2 ; Ordtid Album, v. t. 226 ; VOrclridopliiU; 1891, p. 177. 

 Syn. — L. caulcscens. 



L. FURFURACEA, Lindl. — A showy species, resembling L. autumnalis, but 

 having the pseudobulbs ovate and furrowed, and the narrow oblong erect acute 

 leathery leaves solitary or in pairs, and of a light green. The flowers are pro- 

 duced on upright scapes, 10 inches high, from the top of the bulb during autumn, 

 and are individually 5 inches in diameter; the sepals are lanceolate and very 

 acuminate, the petals sub-rhomboid and undulated, and the bi-lamellate lip 

 three-lobed; the colour is a deep rose, the base of the lip being white. This 

 plant is somewhat difficult to cultivate ; we find it does well in pans with 

 peat and good drainage, and suspended near the glass in the cool house. — 

 Mexico. 



'^m.—Bot.-Mag. t. 3810 ; Bot. Reg., 1S39, t. 26 ; Hooh. Fir.tt Cent. OrcJi. PL, t. 25. 



