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CATTLEYA GROSSII AND C. BICOLOR. 



A very interesting Cattleya has again flowered in the establishment of 

 Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, whose systematic 

 position is somewhat uncertain. It was exhibited at a meeting of the 

 R. H. S. on November 26th, 1901, under the name of Cattleya Grossii, and 

 was recorded in these pages as"a supposed natural hybrid from Brazil, 

 much resembling C. bicolor, but with a trace of spotting on the petals " 

 (Orch. Rev., ix., p. 367). The plant was originally described and figured by 



Fig. 31. Cattleya bicolor. 

 Figs. 32, ^. Cattleya Grossii. 

 Kriinzlin, in 1897, as a supposed natural hybrid between C. bicolor and C. 

 guttata (Gartenflora, xlvi., p. 113, t. 1436), and is said to have flowered in 

 the Royal Botanic Garden, St. Petersburg. It was dedicated to Herr 

 C. J. Gross. It had been sent by A. Lietze, of Rio de Janeiro, who in a 

 subsequent note {I.e., p. 359) explains that he collected it during a journey 

 made from that place, and sent it to Dr. Regel t at St. Petersburg ; the 

 plants not being in flower when collected. The same thing was described 



