L.TSLIA 



L/ELIOCATTLEYA 



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it be withheld tor very long periods. Watch caretullj' 

 for any symptom of sutTering from lack of water. 



The Jlexican Ltelias do best with a smaller quantity 

 of moss and peat, aud thrive best when put up in bas- 

 kets or cribs. They enjoy a great amount of direct sun- 

 shine, and should have tluring the time of active growth 

 an almost unlimited supply of water, which is best sup- 

 plied to them after the sun begins to lose its power. At 

 this time it comes as a welcome, refreshing hath. A 

 good syringing in the early morning is needed to help 

 the plant through the day. With such treatment plenty 

 of strong Howers must result. Ij. ciunabarhta , L. flara 

 and allied kinds enjoy the above treatment equally well. 

 Many beautiful hybrids have been raised in gardens, 

 and the needs of each from a cultural view will be best 

 obtained by noting to which section or group they be- 

 long, and giving the treatment recommended for such. 



A really good selection of La?lias for the adornment 

 of the orchid house is herewith appended: i/. anceps 

 and its varieties, alba, Dawsonti , UiUiana , Saaderi- 

 ana, Stella, rosea, Vcitehti, ^Villta)tisU, Schrcederiana 

 and Amesiana, all of which have pure white sepals and 

 petals and various colored labeliums; Seottiana and 

 grandiflora, distinguished for size; and a wonderful pe- 

 loriate form known as Nfsbliariianuin . L, albida, aiitinn- 

 nalts, cinnabarina, flava, pumila, Dayana, pra'stans, 

 Dormnniana, (jrandis, Lindleijana, majalis, tenebrosa , 

 monophi/lla, harpopJnjlla, Perrinii, piirpurata, super- 

 hiens, xanthina. In some species almost endless variety 

 occurs, notably so with L. pitrpurata, Perrinii and 

 albida, and pure white varieties are known in many of 

 the rarer species. Henrv T. Clikkaberrv. 



LffiLIOCATTLfiYA. A name proposed by R. A. Rolfe 

 to designate the bigeneric h3dirids of Ltelia and of 

 Cattleya, which readily hybridize. The species of the 

 two genera have 8 and 4 pollen masses respectively, 

 while the hybrids are irregular in this respect. Many 

 of the plants are natural hybrids, and many others 

 have been produced by artificial crossing. For a list of 

 Lasliocattleyas, see Rolfe in G.C. III. 0:78, 1.55. In 

 the following account L=L:i?lia ; Lc = Laliocattleya ; 

 C=Cattleya. 



H. T. Clinkaberry writes that the cultivation of Loelio- 

 cattleyas is the same as for Lfelia aud Cattleya. It is 

 therefore important to know the parentage in each case, 

 from which one may know whether warm or coolhouse 

 treatment is needed. He adds that many Lseliocattleyas 

 are of such a vigorous constitution that they are nearly 

 always in growth. 



INDEX. 



alba, 13. 

 amaTida, 2. 

 Andreaua, 7. 

 Brysiana, 1. 

 callistoslossa, 5. 

 Corbeillensis, 3. 

 Dominiana. 6. 

 Domiivjaiia, 0. 



Dormaniana. 16. praaiata. 1. 



Duvaliana, 10. raiUata, 9. 



elegaus, 1. Sallieri, 8. 



eximia inversa, 11. Schiheriaua, 13, 



Exoniensis. 17. Stelzneriano- H a r ■ 



iutermedio-flava, 15. dyana, 4. 



N.'/lephtlta, 1. Turneri, 1. 



iiartiueti, 12. velutino-elegans, 14. 



A. Fls. lig'nl or bright 



rose 1. elegans 



2. amanda 



H. Corbeillensis 



4. Stelzneriano-Hardyana 



5. callistoglossa 

 AA. Fls. rose-purple, 



mauve, violet, ete . . li. Dominiana 



7. Andreana 



8. Sallieri 



9. radiata 

 10. Duvaliana 



31. eximia inversa 

 12. Martineti 

 AAA. Fls. U'hiteoru'hitisJi, 



or yellow '.3. Schilleriana 



14. velutino-elegans 



15. intermedio-Slava 

 AAAA. Fls. olive-hroivn Id. Dormaniana 



AAAAA. Fls.tiHtedliglitblue.il. Exoniensis 



1. 6Iegan8, Rolfe (Leelia Regans , Reichb. f. Cattleya 

 Regans, Morren). Pseudobulbs terete, stem-like, 1.5-20 

 in.'high: Ivs. solitary, linear-oblong, coriaceous, 10-12 



in. long: scape short, stout, 3-7-tld. : fls. 5 in. in diani., 

 lighter bright rose, fragrant; .sepals olilong, acute, often 

 somewhat twisted or with revolute edges; petals much 

 wider, lanceolate, margin somewhat undulate; labelluni 

 with the lateral lobes elongate -obtuse, wdiitish with 

 purple apices, convolute over the column; middle lobe 

 broadened in front, subreniform, margin undulate, 

 crisp, entirely a very deep purple, without raised lines 

 or callosities". May-Sept. Brazil. B. M. 4700. I. H. 

 4:134 (as L. Brysianu); 11:402. -A showy, tall-grow- 

 ing species. 



Var. Nyleptha, O'Brien. Fls. large; sepals tinted with 

 yellow aud rose, lightly spotted with purjde toward the 

 tips; petals broader, more suffused with purple; lip 

 brigltt purple in front, paler at the side lobes. G.C. HI. 

 3:170. 



Var. Turneri, Warn. Fls. large, richly cidored; sepals 

 and petals bright ameth> st-purple, with deeper veins; 

 lip with a large purple blotch on the middle lobe; side 

 lobes white, tipped with rose. Gn. 47, p. 319; 49:1007 

 and p. 385. — One of the finest of the genus. 



Var. prasiata, Reichb. f. Sepals and petals rose, tinged 

 with green: labelluin white at the base and side lobes, 

 middle lobe crimson-pnrple. — Var. .s/fyn j 6((/h is adver- 

 tised. 



2. aminda, Rolfe (L'elia anuinda, Reichb. f.). Natu- 

 ral hybrid between C iiiter)iiedia and ])erh:ips Ltelia 

 crispa. Pseudobulbs thin, fusiform, 5-7 in. long, 1-2- 

 Ivd. : Ivs. shorter than the pseudobulbs, cuneate-oblong, 

 acute: fis. in pairs, from a small, narrow spathe; sepals 

 oblong-ligulate, acute, light rose, with a grayish hue 

 outside, wavy; petals siruilar but broader, with darker 

 tinted nerves oti the inside; lateral IoIk's of the labelluni 

 enveloping the column, rich dark purple; middle lobe 

 transversely oblong, short, emarginate, wavy, separated 

 from the others by an exceedingly short isthmus, veined 

 with rich purple. Brazil. I.H. 38:135. 



3. Corbeillensis, IVIaron. Garden hybrid of C. Lod- 

 digesii and L. pii inila , vnv. marginuta. Pseudobulbs 

 5-0 in. long, fusiform: Ivs. aliout in. long: fl. -stalk 

 2-3 in. long, bearing 1-2 showy fls. about 5 in. across: 

 sepals and petals bright rose, the latter veined with 

 deeper purple lines; throat of the labellura veined with 

 yellow on a white ground; blade intense purple, bilobed 

 and undulate. 



4. Stelzneriano -Hardyina, Maron. A garden hy- 

 brid of Lc. elegdiis. var. Slelzneriann and Vnttteya 

 Hardipiiia. Plants vigorous: pseudobulbs 7-8 in. long: 

 Ivs. 10 in. long by 2y2"in. wide: sepals pale clear rose, 

 deeper on the edges; petals undulate, rose on the mar- 

 gins, fading almost to white at the center; labellum 

 purple-magenta, undulate lacerate on the margin, with 

 a broad purple line in the center of the blade and 2 large 

 white spots in the throat. 



5. caIIistogI6ssa, Rolfe {LTelia eallistoglossa ,Ticichh. 

 f.l. Garden hybrid ot L. piirpurata and Cattleya labi- 

 ((/rt,var. Wurse'ewiezii. Pseudobulbs as in L. piirpurata: 

 Ivs. 12 in. long: petals broad, oblong, acute; sepals nar- 

 rower, all pure rose; middle lobe of the labellum broad, 

 refuse, dark purple, with yellow on the disk; side lobes 

 small obtuse-angled. 



6. Dominiana, Rolfe {Lalia i>o?n iji ;/•)«", Reichb. f.). 

 Garden bvbrid. Plants having the general habit of 

 Cattleya jlossiiv: pseudobulbs fusiform, rather short, 

 1-lvd.: Ivs. linear-oblong: raceme bearing few large, 

 handsome fls.: sepals narrowly oblong, acute, light 

 purple, with dark reticulations; petals broadly cuneate- 

 oblong, wavy, light purple ; labellum cucuUate, with 

 the middle lobe hirge, spreading, all wavy and crisp, 

 deep blackish purple. F. M. 1878:. 325. Raised for 

 Veitch by Mr. Dominv from a cross between Cattleya 

 Boiviana and some ' La?lia,- according to Reichen- 

 bach, Zfrlia (Laliocattleya) elegaii.^. Mr. R. A. Rolfe 

 suggests the more probable parentage of Cattleya 

 Doiriana and Lenlia lobata. The first plant flowered in 

 August, 1878. 



7. Andreina, Maron. A garden hybrid between C. 

 bieolor and Lalioeattleya elegaiis. Pseudobulbs 8-12 

 in. long, stem-like ; Ivs. oblong, in. long : fls. G-7 in. 

 across, rose-violet ; sepals and petals spreading, nar- 

 rowdy oblong, with the margins recurved, those of the 



