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CATTLEYA LABIATA MENDELII, 



QUORNDON HOUSE VAR. 



CATTLEYA LABIATA, Lindl., pseudobulbis fusiformi-clavatis varie sukatis ntonophyllis, ped»™k '^^^•^^^Z^^ 



naceo, sepalis ligulatis acutis, tepalis oblongis obtusiusculus varie crispis, labello max>mo oblongo vane tnlobo, ^ar,e cnspo, columns clavata, 



apiculo postico ligulato, supra antheram flexo. 



CATTLEYA labiata, Lindl. Coll. Bot, t. 33. Hook. Exot Fl„ t. 1 57, etc pseudobulbis 



Var. MENDELII (Backh. pro specie in Will. Orch. Grow. Man., 5 th ed„ 1877, p. m\ !"<; a ™^ ™^^Uto lo^kto crispuo denticulate, 



demoninanda varietate haud omnino characteristica Certificate from the Royal Horticultural Society on May 3rd, 1892, when 



The variety here figured is a superb white form, which received a tirst-class ^ e ™ ca " [ lr0 "\ L • near the variety B luntii, but the yellow of the 



it was exhibited by W. E. J. B. Farnham, Esq., Quorndon House Loughborough under the f™°"^ n an importation of C. 



throat is of a decidedly deeper shade, with the nerves of the disc light orange-buff .^"f^ form of Uvis handsome 



Mendelii made by Messrs. F. Sander & Co., of St. Albans, and was sold as an ordinary unfWred plant. A more r ^ ^ 



Cattleya it would be difficult to find. 



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tfiULf, 



U NDER the name "Quorndon House variety," this excellent Cattleya was exhibited by Mr. ^ ^-r ^W. E. J. R 



ain rose ^ blush suffusil^ 'the enJe flower added mueh to make it, if anything, more artistic, beautiful, and pleasant to 

 th Id T e i" us enough colour in the flower to take away the hardness of the absolutely strict pure white colour, 

 benoia. i nereis ju^i t ^ 5 .> , T u c , n ,i c Qr p broad and uprkrht— a characteristic in C. 



^■tl^^TrSitL - = o^lrough ( wh,h bears his ^ with the -*. 



well undu.ated The labellum is most exquisite in its shape and form and flushed white colour, dc^ly fol d mg in. Th 

 throat of C. Mendelii Bluntii is light yellow ; but in our new aspirant to grandeur and value it is striped vwth beautiful 



""""ris-rare that such a gem as this appears among arrivals of any species of orchid, and we are pleased indeed 

 that it passed from our establishment into Mr. Farnham's collection, having been imported by us and sold as an 

 undowered nlant and acquired by him for a few shillings. 



At th moment of going to press (on the day of sale of the Quorndon House collection, Apnl ,., .893) we hear 

 that thf plantls sold under the hammer to G. Hardy, Esq.. Timperley, Cheshire, for 22 o gs. The first bid for ,t was 



100 gs. 



'the second 150 gs., and the price rose slowly by bids of 10 gs. to the figure it w; 



