LAELIA. 437 



L. GIGANTEA, Warmr. — This is one of the finest of the genus, and is a free- 

 growing and free-flowering plant, in general habit like L. elegans, but having 

 longer leaves. The flowers measure 6 inches in diameter, and are produced four 

 or five on a scape in March and April, and continue in perfection for four or five 

 weeks ; the oblong-lanceolate sepals and broader petals are of a delicate lilac, 

 beautifully spotted with rose-purple, the lip is three-lobed, the tips of the lateral 

 lobes violet-rose, and the middle lobe of a deep rich magenta, the throat' being 

 white. It succeeds well with the other Laelias, and is very rare. — Brazil. 



Fia.— M'anifi; St-I . Orck. PL, i. t. 6. 



SvN. — X. gi-andi flora. 



L. GLAUCA. — See Bkassavola glauca. 



L. GOULDIANA, — Bchh. f. — This is a fine novelty, with evergreen foliage 

 and ovate ribbed pseudobulbs, bearing usually upon the summit a pair of oblong- 

 linear leaves ; flower scape about a foot high, bearing several flowers, the sepals 

 and petals of which are deep rosy-purple ; lip the same colour, with yellow keels ; 

 it blooms during the months of December and January, and the flowers last 

 some three weeks or more in full beauty if the plant is kept in a warm house, 

 and the flowers are preserved from the damp. — JlfeKico. 



Fig. — BficJifnhiichia, ii. t. 59 ; Gard. Clinm., 3rd ser., 1890, vii. p. 169, f. 28 ; Orchid 

 Album, viii. t. 371. 



L. GRANDIFLORA. — See Laelia gigaxtea. 



L. GRANDIS, Liiidl. — ^A very distinct and singular, and also a rare species, 

 remarkable for the colour of its flowers. It grows about If to 2 feet high, with 

 clavate furrowed stems, from which rises the solitary oblong-acute, rigid, dark 

 green leaf ; the scapes are about four-flowered, and emerge from terminal 

 oblong sheaths ; they measure about 4 inches across, and have the reflexed and 

 twisted sepals and petals of a light nankin or fawn colour, the lip white in the 

 throat, beautifully veined throughout with magenta-rose, the middle lobe being 

 prettily crispate undulate. It flowers during the summer, and will remain in 

 perfection for a long time if kept from the damp. — Brazil : Bahia. 



Fm.—Paxto/i., Fl. Gard., i. p. BO, f. 38 ; Flore di-s Si-rrcs, vii. p. 238, with fig. ; Id., 

 t. 2473 ; But. Mag., t. 5.553 ; Gartenflora, t. 098 ; JBatem. Second Cent. Orck. PI., t. 13G ; 

 Orchid Album, iii. t. 123. 



L. GRANDIS TENEBROSA, Goii-er. — A very handsome and distinct form of 

 this old favourite. The flowers are much larger than those of the type ; the 

 sepals and petals larger and devoid of the undulate form, of a purplish-brown 

 colour ; lip large and well opened, deep purple, lighter towards the margin. It 

 appears to vary considerably, some plants being richer and darker in colours 

 than others. 



A distinct variety has been flowered by J. W. Thompson, Esq., "Walton 

 Grange, Stone, which has been called the Walton Grange variety, having the 

 sepals and petals citron-yellow, lip white veined with crimson, and a central 

 blotch of the same colour. — Brazil. 



Fig. — Lindenia, viii. t. 290 ; Beiclienbachia, 2nd ser.. i. t. 33 ; VOrcliidophile, 1891, 

 f. 369 ; Gard. Mag., 1893, Sept. 9th supplement ; Gard. Chron., 3rd ser., 1893, xiv. p. 221, 

 p. 42 (Walton Grange var.) ; Orchid Album, xi. t. 487. 



Stx. — L. tenebrosa. 



