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compost. This will in most cases consist of equal parts of peat and sphagnum moss with 

 a liberal addition of rough crocks and charcoal. Cattleyas are not especially liable to 

 insects, their worst enemy being scale. This must be kept under by frequent sponging. 



Eepresentative Species. 



Cattle ya Aclandia. — A charming species of mod- j C 

 erate growth suitable for baskets, as it likes a 

 good light. The sepals and petals are olive green, 

 with spots and blotches of purple, the lip bright 

 purple, with veinings of a deeper hue. This often C. 



Cattleya citiuna. 



flowers twice in the season, though it is not 

 advisable to encourage the plants to do so. 

 Bahia, 1839 (t). 



C. Alexandria. — Stems 18 inches high, with tall loose 

 panicles of flowers. Sepals and petals green, with 

 brown spots, the lip violet. Brazil, 1890 (i). 



C. amethystoglossa.— Growth tall, erect. Flowers 

 large and plentifully produced ; sepals and petals 

 light rose, lip deep purple. A very variable 

 kind. Brazil (i). 



bicolor. — A free-growing and profuse-flowering 

 species, the flowers very distinct ; sepals and petals 

 brown, tinged with green ; lip rosy-purple, with 

 no side lobes. Minas Geraes, 1838 (i). 

 Bowringiana. — A very useful and beautiful 

 autumn-blooming species, tall-growing 

 and with large spikes of rose-purple 

 blossoms, with deeper tinted lip. Re- 

 quires more water than most species. 

 British Honduras, 1884 (i). 

 C. chocoensis. — A pretty, sweetly scented, 

 winter-blooming orchid. Sepals and 

 petals white ; lip purple and yellow. 

 Choco, 1873 (i). 

 C. citrina. — Quite distinct from all other 

 Cattleyas, and remarkable in growing 

 with its head downwards. Pseudo- 

 bulbs roundish, with two or more 

 glaucous green leaves. Flowers beauti- 

 ful bright yellow, with a white fringe to 

 the lip ; very fragrant. Grows best on 

 a block of Tree Fern stem or a trellised 

 raft. (Fig. 39.) Mexico, 1838 (c). 

 C. crispa (syn. Lselia crispa). — Rosy-white 

 flowers, with crimson front lobe veined 

 with purple. An old plant, but still 

 worth every attention, as it is a strong 

 grower and very free-blooming. Brazil, 

 1826 (V). 



C. dolosa. — Does best on a block or in a 

 small pan. Habit dwarf. Flowers rosy- 

 magenta, with yellow centre and red 

 margin to the lip. Minas Geraes, 1872 (i). 

 C. Dowiana. — A most gorgeous and beautiful 

 Cattleya. In the type the sepals and 

 petals are bright nankin-yellow, suffused with 

 crimson ; the lip broad and spreading, deep rich 

 crimson, with streaks and veinings of golden yel- 

 low. It requires more warmth than the majority 

 of Cattleyas, and great care is necessary that it 

 does not grow out of season. Costa Rica, 1865 (i). 

 D. aurea. — A lovely and popular variety of the 

 above, even brighter and better than the type, and 

 thriving under similar conditions. There are 

 ib-varieties of this, varying in the 



