90 ORCHIDS 



Cattleya. 



C. aurea (Lind.). — See C. Doiviana aurea. 



C. bicolor {Li?idl.). — The entire absence of the lateral lobes 

 of the lip (which usually enfold the column in this genus) gives 

 this species a most remarkable appearance. The stems are 

 slender, from 2ft. to 3ft. high, jointed, two-leaved. The leaves 

 are oblong, and 6in. in length. Peduncles bearing from three 

 to five flowers, each of which is about 4in. across; the sepals 

 and petals are fleshy, and of a peculiar brownish hue ; the 

 labellum is long and narrow, of a crimson-purple colour, paler 

 towards the margin. It was introduced in 1837 from Brazil, 

 where it grows in large tufts, at a great elevation, on the trunks 

 of the largest trees. It blossoms from August to October. 

 (Fig, 26 ; B. M., t. 4909.) 



C. Bowringiana ( VeitcK). — In habit this resembles C. Skinneri, 

 but is stouter in the stem and longer in the leaf than that 

 species. The flowers are produced from five to ten together 

 on a scape ; they are very similar to those of C. Skinneri, usually 

 less than 3in. across, the petals as wide again as the sepals, and 

 the lip overlapping at the sides, so as to form a funnel, slightly 

 prolonged on the lower side. The colour is rose-purple, with 

 veins of a deeper tint, the lip being deep purple, paler at the 

 margin, white in the throat. This species has become a popular 

 garden plant, as it grows and flowers freely under ordinary treat- 

 ment, and its flowers are pretty. It has proved a most useful 

 plant for hybridising purposes. It requires plenty of moisture 

 whilst growing, and should not be allowed to get too dry even 

 when at rest. Its flowers are developed in October and Novem- 

 ber. British Honduras, 1884. 



C. bulbosa {Lind!.). — A synonym of C. Walkeriana. 



C. chocoensis {Andre). — Under this name we have a winter- 

 blooming species of much value. The flowers vary much in 

 the depth and intensity of their markings, but all are extremely 

 beautiful ; in general habit of growth the plants resemble 

 C. Trianm. The flowers usually have broad, pure white sepals and 

 petals, more or less fringed at the edges ; but in some varieties 

 these are blush, and even deep rose in colour. The lip is yellow, 

 stained more or less profusely with rich purple. The flowers 

 are exceptionally fragrant ; they are also remarkable in remaining 

 half-closed, as it were. Colombia. (I. Hort, t. 120.) By some 

 botanists this is regarded as a variety of C. labiata Trianai. 



C. citrina (Lindi.). — This fragrant and beautiful Orchid has 

 the extraordinary habit of growing with its head downwards, and, 

 indeed, is so obstinate in this respect that no coaxing of the 

 cultivator has been able to induce it to grow upwards in the 



