ORCHIDS 



Cattleya. 



■of the lip being more copious, and irregularly distributed. It is 

 much freer-flowering than the type. 



C. Eldorado {Lindl.). — This has stout, rounded pseudo-bulbs, 

 u'hich support a single large, deep green leaf. The flowers are 

 nearly as large as in C. labiata ; the sepals and [jetals vary in 

 colour from pink to clear rose, and are more or less serrate at 

 the edges ; the lip is large and spreading, serrate at the edge, 

 and purplish-crimson in front, whilst the throat is stained with 

 deep orange and bordered with white. It blooms in July and 

 August, and has been introduced from the region of the Rio 

 Negro. Frequently classed as a variety of C. lalnata. (Fl. des 

 Ser,, xviii., t. 1826.) 



Van Wallisii. — Flowers white, with a small blotch of orange 

 on the lip. 



C. elongata {Rodr.). — A fine species, similar in general 

 characters to C. guttata Leopoldi, but with dull brown flowers, 

 having a uniformly rosy-purple lip. It is a native of Brazil, whence 

 it was introduced in 1882. Syn. C. Akxandnv. (B. M., t. 7543.) 



C. Forbesii {LiiidL). — Stems slender, ift. high, bearing two 

 oval leaves, and erect spikes, with from two to five flowers, each 

 of which is 4in. across ; sepals and petals similar, yellowish- 

 green ; lip with a small, rounded l)lade, yellow, rayed and 

 spotted with reddish-purple. It flowers in autumn. Brazil, 1823. 

 {B. M., t. 3265.) 



C. Qaskelliana {Sander). — One of the most beautiful of the 

 C. labiata group, and especially valuable on account of its 

 flowering at an unusual time, viz., July and August. Its pseudo- 

 bulbs, leaves, and habit, are like those of C. Mossia. The 

 flowers are full, and as much as yin. across ; sepals and petals 

 pale purple, suffused with white, sometimes wholly amethyst- 

 purple ; the upper or folding parts of the labellum are the same 

 colour as the petals, the lower, spreading part pale mauve, with 

 a large, saddle-shaped blotch of deep yellow, or sometimes 

 lemon-yellow. There are also two white blotches and a mottled 

 deep purple one on the front of the lip. Some of the forms 

 are much inferior to others, but a good one is equal to the best 

 of the Cattleyas. It requires the same treatment as C. Mossia. 

 Venezuela, 1883. This is often looked upon as but a variety 

 of C. labiata. 



C. gigas {Lind. and Andre). — This is now classed as a 

 variety of C. Warscewiczii. 



C. granulosa {Lind/.). — A slender-growing species. Leaves 

 oblong. Flowers 4in. across ; sepals and petals olive-green or 

 yellow, sometimes marked with rich brown spots ; lip whitish, 



