May, 19¢7.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. , 
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LAZLIO-CATTLEYA WOLTERZ AND ITS PARENTS. 
WE are now able to give «a figure of the pretty little Lelio-cattk y: 
Wolter (fig. 15), which was described at page 39 of our February issue, 
together with those of its two parents, Cattleya Loddigesii @ and Leelia 
anceps 3, the group being reproduced from a photograph kindly sent by 
M. Paul Wolter. A second photo shows the entire plant with the flower. 
The plant is most like the Lelia parent in habit, and the scape is some- 
what elongated, with ancipitous sheaths, and at present one-flowered, but 
the pseudobulbs are two-leaved. As regards the shape of the flower, little 
need be said, but we may point out the resemblance to the Lelia parent 
in the shape of the petals, otherwise it is fairly intermediate in character. 
The sepals and petals are rose-pink, and the lip white, with a rose-purple 
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Fig. 15. L#LI0o-CATTLEYA WOLTER 
Fig. 16. LaLIA ANCEPS. Fig. 17. CATTLEYA LODDIGESII. 
apex, and some reddish purple radiating veins on the disc, which also 
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show the influence of the Lelia parent. It should develop into a fine thin 
when the plant becomes strong, as both parents have several-flowered 
scapes. : 
LAELIA ANCEPS (fig. 16), the pollen parent of the preceding, isa ver 
popular winter-flowering plant, which was introduced as long ago as 15835, 
and has been continuously cultivated ever since. The figure shows the 
well-known rosy purple type. 
CaTTLEYA Loppicest (fig. 17), the seed parent of the SOIR iy 
equally well known, and was introduced a quarter of a century earlier, | 
tSro. It is very common in cultivation, and its pretty mauve-purp! 
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flowers are very useful during late summer and autun 
