THE ORCHID REVIEW. , 
SOME CATTLEYA LABIATA VARIETIES. 
We may supplement the list of Cattleya labiata varieties given in our 
last number (vol, ii. p. 357) with a short account of three others which have 
come under our notice :— 
C. 1. lilacina was exhibited by Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Clapton, at 
the Royal Horticultural Society’s meeting on November 13th last. It has 
light lilac sepals and petals, and the front lobe of the lip is a peculiar blue 
purple or slaty blue. Thus it is allied to C. 1. delicata, but darker in 
colour. 
C. 1. pallida is a very pretty variety from the collection of J. W. 
Arkle, Esq., Holly Mount, West Derby, Liverpool. The flowers are of a 
nearly uniform pale rosy lilac, the usual crimson of the front lobe of the lip 
being absent, and the disc rather pale. It is a well-shaped flower, and 
typical in other respects, It must not be confounded with a plant figured 
in the Orchid Album (iii, t- 121) as C. 1. pallida, which is really C. Gaskel- 
liana. 
C. 1. Weathersiana is another beautiful variety, which was exhibited at 
the Royal Horticultural Society’s meeting, on November 27th last, by 
Mr. P. Weathers, Silverhall Nursery, Isleworth. Its flowers are large and 
of good form, the colour blush white with a few pink nerves on the lip, and 
some orange deep down in the throat. 
We note in the Gardeners’ Chronicle for December 15th, p. 723, a note by 
Udo Dammar on a variety bearing the name of C. |. autumnalis alba, which 
flowered with M. Keyssner, of Zossen, Germany. The flowers are said to 
be white, with two large purple spots at the apex of the lip, which is finely 
rose-coloured and striated below. It is not C.1. alba (supra, i. p. 8), which is 
pure white with a very light yellow throat, and as it appears to be different 
from any described variety, may bear the name of C. I. Keyssneri. 
MASDEVALLIA TOVARENSIS VAR. MOOREANA. 
Singularly little variation has been observed in the charming little 
Masdevallia tovarensis, and this chiefly in the size of the flowers—a pecu- 
liarity common to flowers which are normally white. A variety which has 
appeared in the establishment of Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, 
forms a notable exception, as it has the tails of the sepals light orange- 
red, becoming almost scarlet towards the tips, giving it quite a distinct 
appearance, and forming a very pleasing contrast with the typical form. It 
appeared in an importation of M. tovarensis, and in other respects agrees 
with that species, so that it is evidently a variety of the same. It is 
dedicated, by request, to Mr. F. W. Moore, A.L.S., of the Royal Botanic 
Garden, Glasnevin. 
