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L^ELIOCATTLEYA (HYBRIDA) BEHRENSIANA Hart 



A hybrid derived from Laelio-Cattleya X Schilleriana-sometimes called L. X elegans alba, but in reality a form of L. X S ^" a ? a -f ert ?^ 

 with the pollen of Cattleya Loddigesii, as might be inferred from the colour and other details. The pseudobulbs are elongated, somewhat thickened ^above 

 and bear two elliptical-oblong leaves. The scape at present bears three flowers, which recall somewhat a fine form of Cattleya mtermedia with broader 

 petals and an enlarged lip. The sepals are delicate blush-pink and spreading, and the petals similar, but twice as broad. The hp is three-loted the : side 

 lobes broad, obtuse, enrolled round the column, and similar in colour to the sepals and petals ; the front lobe spreading, broadly rounded, retuse, undulate, 

 and bright rosy-crimson in colour. Thus it presents an unmistakeable combination of characters of the two parent forms. 



L^ELIO-CATTLEYA (hybrida) BEHRENSIANA, Hort.,Gard.Chron, i8 9 i,pt. II., p. 254. :«,««, i* «. 



This handsome hybrid was raised in the collection of Messrs. F. Sander & Co., of St. Albans, and flowered for the first bmem .*£ » was 



exhibited at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on August 25th of that year, when it received an Award of Merit It approaches rather nearly to 



the Cattleya Loddigesii in shape, and in fact combines the general shape of this parent with the colour of Laeho-Cattleya 



there are two well-marked natural hybrids which are not always properly distinguished from each other. Both are derived 



the other. Both are extremely variable, but a careful examination rarely, if ever, fails to show from which 

 These two Cattleyas are C. Leopoldi and C. intermedia. The hybrids derived from the former belong to 



the seed parent of the secondary hybrid here 



Schilleriana. The fact is that 

 derived from Laelia purpurata < 



hand, but from two quite distinct Cattleya 



Cattleya any given form has been derived. These two Cattleyas 

 Laelio-Cattleya x elegans proper, but those from the latter to L. > 

 figured, the undoubted resemblance to a fine form of Cattleya intermedia 



Schilleri 



As the last-named 





elegant and charming addil 



> the group. — R. 



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p (expanded) and column, the latter 



, both from the front and side. 



A BEAUTIFUL and interesting addition to the group of garden hybrids, now so rapidly rising into prominence and favour. 

 It is the result of crossing Lselia elegans Schilleriana with Cattleya Loddigesii, and it certainly carries in its blooms 

 unmistakeable evidence of its origin. 



This hybrid is remarkable for its sturdy, well-developed pseudo-bulbs and thick, glaucous foliage, and for its 

 habit of flowering twice annually. The flowers, like the foliage, are very thick and fleshy in substance, and last quite an 

 exceptional time in perfection, preserving their exquisite form and colouring to the last. Its vigorous constitution and 

 charming flowers cannot fail to be appreciated by orchidists. 



As is the case with many hybrids, the growth of the plant is much freer than either of its parents. It may justly 

 be termed a free grower, and is easily cultivated in pots, baskets, or pans in the usual material used for Cattleyas and 

 Laslias. 



We exhibited the first plant that flowered with us before the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society 

 on August 24, 1891, when it obtained an Award of Merit. 



It is named in honour of E. Behrens, Esq., of the well-known Hamburg banking firm of Behrens & Sons. 



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