28o ORCHIDS 



Loslia. 

 1SS2. It thrives best when planted in a small pan, and 

 suspended near the glass with the Odontoglossiims, or in an 

 ordinary cool intermediate-house. It blossoms in autumn. 

 (B. M., t. 6683.) 



L. peduncularis {Lindl.). — A synonym of L. riibescens. 



L. Perrinii [Lindl.). — An elegant, autumn-flowering species. 

 The pseudo-bulbs are stout, 6in. to gin. high, compressed, and 

 bear each a single dark green leaf of the same length. The 

 scape is erect, bearing from three to si-x flowers, which are 5in. 

 across and curiously flattened ; the sepals and petals are rosy- 

 purple, tipped with purplish-magenta, and the lip is pale purple 

 on the small side lobes; the front lobe is reflexed, pointed, 

 rich purple, with a yellow blotch in the throat. Brazil. (B. M., 

 t- 371I-) 



Var. iiivea (sometimes called alba). — Flowers white, slightly 

 tinged with yellow on the disk of the lip. 



L, praestans {Rchb. /.). — A variety of L. pumila, but by some 

 regarded as of specific rank. 



L. pumila (Rchb. /.). — A dwarf, compact-growing species. 

 Pseudo-bulbs thin, round, 2in. to 3in. long, one-leaved. Leaf 

 oblong, the same length as the pseudo-bulbs. Peduncles short, 

 one-flowered ; flowers 4in. across ; sepals lance-shaped ; petals 

 ovate, lin. broad; lip folding over at the sides, spreading in 

 front, where it is lin. across; colour of whole flower rose-purple; 

 front of lip maroon-purple, paler in the centre of the middle 

 lobe ; throat with three to five parallel ridges. The flowers are 

 developed in September or October, and remain good two weeks 

 or more. Introduced from Brazil in 183S. Syns. Cattkxa 

 margiiiata, and C. Pinelii. (B. M., t. 3656.) This species 

 should be cultivated in shallow pans or teak baskets, which 

 should be partly filled with drainage, the remainder consisting 

 of peat-fibre and a little sphagnum. During the growing season 

 the plants should have plenty of water, and at all times the 

 compost should be kept moist. The best position is near the 

 roof-glass in a warm, moist, intermediate-house. 



Var. Dayana has a dark purplish border, and darker veins. 



Var. p?-iestans has larger and more highly coloured flowers, 

 and broader sepals and petals. (B. M., t. 5498.) 



L, purpurata {Lindl). — One of the grandest Lfelias in 

 cultivation. It is a robust-growing plant, producing large, spindle- 

 shaped, compressed pseudo-bulbs, each bearing a broad, leathery, 

 dark green leaf ift. or more long. The scape is erect, and from 

 three- to seven-flowered ; the flowers are very large, sometunes 



