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L. "AURORA," Bolfe. — A hybrid between Laelia Dayaiia and Oattleya 

 Loddigesii. The habit of the plant is dwarf ; bulbs 3 to 5 inches long, furnished 

 with a single leaf ; the sepals and petals are light rosy-purple in colour ; the 

 anterior part of the lip deep rosy-purple ; throat pale yellow. — Oarden hybrid. 



L. BEHRENSIANA,^ori. — A crosshotween Laelio-Cattleya elegans Scliilleriana 

 and Oattleya Loddigesii, exhibited by Messrs. P. Sander & Co. " The habit of the 

 plant resembles that of Cattleya superha; the flowers are large; sepals and 

 petals blush-white ; the front lobe of the lip broad and flat, and of a bright 

 rosy-crimson." — Oarden hybrid. 



Fig, — Retclwnljachia, 2nd sor., ii. t. 62. 



L. BELLA, Bolfe. — A very fine hybrid, the result of a cross between Laelia 

 purpurata and Oattleya labiata. It was raised in Messrs. Veitch's nursery, 

 and was first flowered by Baron Sir J. H. W. Schroder, The Dell, Staines. In its 

 habit of growth it partakes most of the character of the last-named parent. 

 The flowers are large ; the sepals and broader petals light lilac ; and the lip 

 "svith a broad anterior wavy lobe of warm purple, and light purple disk. The 

 column is white, tinged with purple at the sides; and at the mouth of the 

 tubular portion of the lip are two oblong zones of yellowish-white, and in front 

 of them two spots of the same colour, as in Cattleya Warscewicdi. It flowers 

 in January and February. — Garden hybrid. 



Syn. — Laelia hdXa. 



L. CALLISTOGLOSSA, i?,oZ/e.— Undoubtedly the best of the hybrid Laelias, 

 being the result of a cross by Mr. Seden, between Laelia purpurata and 

 Oattleya gigas ; it was fiowered in 1884 by Mr. Ballantine, gardener to Baron Sir 

 J. H. W. Schroder, The Dell, Staines, and was exhibited by him at the Eoyal 

 Horticultural Society's Meeting in March. 1884, where it was deservedly 

 awarded a flrst-class certificate. The flowers in outline resemble those of 

 Laelia purpurala ; the sepals and petals are bright rose-colour, and the lip is 

 2 inches across, rich magenta-crimson shaded with mauve, the throat orange, 

 veined with brownish-purple. It flowers in March. — Garden hybrid. 



Fig.— Orchid Album, v. t. 233 ; Veitch's Man. Orch. PI., il. p. 94. 

 Stn. — Laelia calUstoglossa. 



L. CANHAMIANA, Uolfe. — At first sight this looks like a good variety of Laelia- 

 purpurata, but upon closer examination it is seen to be distinct from that species. 

 The sepals and rhomboid petals are light-rose ; the lip is dark velvety-purple 

 in its anterior wavy portion, margined narrowly in the upper part with white,, 

 and in the throat veined with brown stripes on an orange ground. This is the^ 

 result of a cross between Laelia purpurata and Oattleya Mossiae. — Garden hybrid. 



Stu. — Laelia Canhamiana. 



L. CASSIOPE, Bolfe. — Another of Messrs. Veitch's bi-generic hybrids which 

 they exhibited at the Drill Hall on October 24th, 1893. It is a cross between 

 Laelia praestans and Laelia exoniensis. Pseudobulbs 2 to 3 inches long, bearing 

 one leaf at the top ; the lip resembles that of the last-named parent in shape, 

 but is larger, deep magenta-purple; the petals are broad and flat, pale 

 magenta-rose. — Oarden hybrid. 



