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L/ELIA JONGHEANA. 
L^LIA JONGHEANA was discovered 
by a man named Libon, who was sent 
' out to Brazil by M. de Jonghe, of 
Brussels. The date seems rather uncertam, 
although Reichenbach, when he described the 
species from a plant which flowered at Pans 
in 1872, remarked, "If I mistake not, I 
remember to have seen the plant in 1856 with 
M. de Jonghe. 
In the year 1873 it flowered with Messrs. 
Veitch and Sons, and was figured in the 
Botanical Magazine, t. 6,038. During the 
next ten years it was represented in several 
collections, but appears to have become 
gradually lost until i8g8, when Messrs. Sander 
and Sons imported it as Ltelia species. The 
following year one of the plants from this 
importation flowered with Messrs. A. J. 
Keeling and Sons, and proved to be Lselia 
Jongheana. 
Mr. E. Kromer, an authority on Brazilian 
Orchids, states that this species comes from 
Central Brazil, from the State of Minas 
Geraes, where it grows on trees at an eleva- 
tion of 2,000 feet. Cool treatment is 
eminently suitable, the Odontoglossum house 
being quite warm enough during the summer 
months. 
The flowers, which are produced without a 
sheath, are borne one to three on short stalks, 
and are of a bright rose-purple colour. The 
lip much crisped and with numerous bright 
yellow ridges which give a very distinct 
appearance to the flower. The flowering- 
season is early spring. The species does not 
vary very much in colour, two notable 
exceptions l^eiiig L. Jongheana Kromeri, in 
which the flowers are very dark, and L. 
Jongheana Ashworthiae, in which the flowers 
are silvery-white. y\ distinct \ariety having 
the petals mottled with a darker tint has 
recently appeared in the collection of Capt. 
Robert Twiss, Bird Hill, Limerick. 
Hybrids of Laelia Jongheana are not so 
numerous as those from other species of 
longer cultivation. Laelio-Cattleya Baroness 
Schroder (Trianas x Jongheana), which first 
flowered in August, 1892, is the only one from 
WORLD. [July, 1913. 
the early collected plants. All the remainder 
are from plants imported by Messrs. Sander 
and Sons, and other collectors. 
The following is believed to be a complete 
list : — 
Laelia Gwennie (J. x Cowanii), raised and 
flowered by Mr. R. G. Thwaites, February, 
1 904. Flowered in the remarkably short time 
of two years and six months from the date of 
seed sowing. 
L. De Geestiana (J. x flava), M. de Wavrin, 
July, 1904. The alba variety flowered with 
Mr. N. C. Cookson, November, 1905. It had 
white sepals and petals, and was the result of 
using L. Jongheana alba. 
L. Daphne (J. x tenebrosa), Sir George 
Holford, July, 1 906. 
L. Sidneana (cinnabarina x J.), Mr. H. A. 
Tracy, September, 1907. 
L. Adrienne (J. x prasstans), M. de Wavrin, 
December, 1907. 
L. lynwoodensis (J. x harpophylla), Mr. J. J. 
Neale, February, 1910. 
L. chamonicensis (purpurata x J.), Mr. E. F 
Clark, June, 1910. 
L. Jessica (J. x Coronet), Mr. E. F. Clark, 
April, 191 1. 
Laelio-Cattleya Baroness Schroder (Trian^ 
X J.), Baron Schroder, August, 1892. Inter- 
esting for being the first Jongheana hybrid, 
and remaining the only one for a period of 
eleven and a half years. 
L.-C. Gamma (J. x L.-C. Ernestii), Mr. N. C. 
Cookson, February, 1905. 
L.-C. Sunset (Percivaliana x J.), Sir George 
Holford, September, 1906. 
L.-C. Olivia (Schroderai x J.), Sir George 
Holford, March, 1907. 
L.-C. Daffodil (J. X L.-C. Mercia), Messrs. 
Armstrong and Brown, March, 1908. L. 
Jongheana alba was used in this instance, 
resulting in a very bright ) ellow flower. 
L.-C. Pizarro (J. x aurea). Sir George 
Holford, March, 1908. 
L.-C. Oberon (Mendelii x J.), Sir George 
Holford, June, 1909. 
L.-C. Wilsonii (J. x Hardyana), Messrs. 
Armstrong and Brown, April, 19 10. 
L.-C. Nereus (J. x L.-C. Pallas), Messrs. 
Armstrong and Brown, June, 191 1. 
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