464 OliCHID-GROWER'S. MANUAL. 



and is described by them in their Manual of Orchidaceous Plants as follows : — 

 " Flowers 4 to 5 inches in diameter ; . sepals and petals rose-purple, much paler 

 at the base ; side lobes of lip white streaked obliquely with purple ; middle 

 lobe rich amethyst-purple, with a narrow white margin and yellow disk 

 crossed transversely by a purple streak, the basal division similarly crossed 

 longitudinally, giving the disk a tri-partite appearance which suggested the 

 name given to this hybrid." — Garden hybrid. 

 Syn. — Laelia triophthalma. 



L. VEITCHIANA, Bolfe. — A gorgeous hybrid, raised in Messrs. Veitch's 

 nursery at- Exeter by Mr. Dominy so long ago as 1858, and first bloomed in 

 1874. It is the result of a cross between Cdttleya labiata and Cattleya (Laelia) 

 crispa. The stems are short fusiform, clothed with spotted sheathing scales, 

 and terminating in oblong dark green leathery leaves ; the flowers are long, 

 four or five on a scape, with lanceolate sepals of delicate lilac, ovate-lanceOlate 

 undulated petals of a somewhat deeper colour, and a splendidly coloured lip, of 

 which the anterior half is rich crimson-purple, and behind this a sulphur-yellow 

 disk, streaked with purple in the central part, the whole having a narrow 

 pale lilac border ; the lip is rather narrowed towards the apex, thus showing 

 an approach to Cattleya (Laelia) crispa. — Garden hybrid. 



Fid.— Floral Map., 2nd ser., t. 305 ; Gard. Chron., N.S., 1883, xx. p. 142, with fig. of 

 entire plant in supp. sheet. 

 Syn. — Laelia VcitcJiiana. 



LAELIOPSIS, Lindley. 



(Tribe Epiclsndreae, subtribe Laelieae.) 

 A small genus of pseudobulbous epiphytes, whicli have a terminal 

 inflorescence, petals larger than the sepals, and a lip shortly adnate with 

 the base of the columnj over which its lateral lobes are folded. The 

 latter organ is spurless, sessile, convolute, of membranaceous texture, 

 with its veins bearded, the latter peculiarities separating the genus from 

 Cattleya according to Lindley, by whom it was founded. The few species 

 recorded, three or four in number, are West Indian. 



Culture. — This very scarce plant is best grown on a block suspended 

 from the roof, and under these conditions requires a good supply of water 

 at the roots during the growing season. It requires rather a warm 

 temperature while growing, and afterwards appears in a state of nature 

 to become almost shrivelled with drought. In its habit of growth it is 

 much like Broughtonia sanguined. 



L. DOMINGENSIS, Lindl. — ^A pretty dwarf slender evergreen species, com- 

 pact in growth, with short oblong pseudobulbs, bearing two oblong obtuse 

 leathery leaves about 3 inches long, and a slender scape from the top of the 

 bulb, attaining a height of 12 inches, and bearing a raceme of about eight 



