i2o THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



CATTLEYA TRIAN^ ABNORMAL. 



A remarkable abnormal form of Cattleya Trianae is here reproduced from 

 a photograph sent by Dr. A. W. Hoisholt, of Stockton, California. He 

 writes : — " About four years ago I purchased a case of Cattleyas, containing 

 a mixture of C. Trianse, quadricolor, and Warscewiczii, collected by Mr. 

 Lager in Columbia [Of course not collected together.— Ed.] . Among them 

 was a small plant with a couple of still smaller ones — apparently seedlings 

 —at its base. The larger piece has gradually increased in size, and at the 

 beginning of this year it developed a spike bearing a single flower, which 

 differs in form and colour from any Cattleya I have seen. Its petals showed 



Cattleya Trianae Abnormal. 

 a frilled margin, measured about three inches in their greatest diameter, 

 and were light blush in colour. They were placed perpendicularly to the 

 lip, hke the wings of a butterfly when at rest. The lip was rolled up as 

 much as in Lselia purpurata, while the edges were beautifully fluted, and 

 the colour a peculiar tint of claret-crimson, with a faint streak of maroon." 

 The dried flower sent shows all the details, including the characteristic 

 orange throat, of C. Trians, of which it is a remarkable form (even when 

 dried one petal is three inches broad). A second photograph shows the 

 remarkable arrangement of the petals mentioned. In the one reproduced they 

 are shown nearly end on, hence only the recurved apex is shown, and the 

 dorsal sepal is reflexed behind them. It will be interesting to note the 

 behaviour of the plant next year. 



