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oechid-growee's manual. 



L. HARPOPHYLLA, EcJib. f. — A very handsome species, and one that should 

 be grown in every collection. The stems are slender, terete, about 1 foot in 

 height, bearing a solitary, lanceolate, acute leaf ; the scapes are produced in a 

 longish terete sheath from the apex of the stems, and bear from four to eight 

 flowers, of which the lanceolate pointed sepals and petals are bright orange- 

 vermilion, and the three-lobed lip of the 

 same colour, margined with white. This 

 species is far superior to L. cinnabarina, 

 the flowers being larger and the colour more 

 brilliant. This plant was well grown and 

 flow-ered by Mr. Heims, formerly gardener 

 to P. A. Philbrick, Esq., Q.C., Bickley. 

 It flowers in February and March. — Brazil. 



I Fig.— OrcJrid Album, iii. t. 117 ; Floral 

 Mai;.. 2nd ser., t. 372 ; The Garden, xxiv. t. 400 ; 

 Bi'iclienbacliia, i. t. 40; Revue Hort. Beige, 

 1886, p. 109, plate ; Vcitch's Man. Orcli. PI., 

 ii. p. 72. 



L. HORNIANA. 



HOBNIANA. 



-See Laelio-Cattleya, 



LAEIilA HAEPOPHTLLA. 



L. IRRORATA.— See Laelio-Cattleya 



SCHILLEKIANA IKROKATA. 



L. JONGHEANA, Bchb.f.—A lovely and 

 distinct species, which is extremely rare. 

 It has small ovate-oblong compressed shin- 

 ing pseudobulbs, and oblong ligulate blunt 

 or emarginate dark green glossy leaves; 

 the scape is two-flowered, the flowers 

 expanded, 4j inches across, with linear- 

 lanceolate acute sepals, elliptic oblong-obtuse petals, and a rather small but 

 handsomely marked lip, which has the side lobes short convolute, the tube yellow 

 within, the yellow colour being continued on the disk, which is marked by a 

 crest of seven elevated undulated ridges of a dark orange-yellow, the oblong 

 front lobe whitish, with a broad beautifully denticulate border of violet- 

 ■ amethyst, the sepals and petals being of a brilliant amethyst. This species 

 . blooms in March, and the flowers last a long time in perfection. It is best grown 

 nn a basket with rough fibrous peat, having some charcoal mixed with the peat, 

 ^nd having also good drainage. — Brazil. 



.FlG.—JBot.Mag.,t.G03S; Floral J/a;/., 2nd ser., 1.177; Gard. C/n'(i?!.,lS72,p. 425,1128. 



L. JUVENALIS, A. Bleu. — This hybrid Laelia was raised in France by M. 

 Alfred Bleu, of Paris, and is the result of a cross between L. Ferrinii and 

 L. pivmila. In growth it appears to be intermediate. The sepals are lanceolate, 

 acute, rosy-purple ; petals elongate, similar in shape to those of L. Ferrinii, same 

 colour as the sepals ; the lip resembles Catlleya marginata in form, the anterior 

 portion is violet-pnrple ; throat pure white. Flowers in October and November. 

 — Garden hybrid. 



Fig.— L'OrcJiidnphile, 1890, p. 240 (plate). 



