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CATTLEYA INTERMEDIA.— Graham. 
(INTERMEDIATE OR MIDDLE-SIZED FLOWERED CATTLEYA.) 
CLASS. . ORDER. 
GYNANDRIA. MONANDRIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
ORCHIDEyE. 
Generic Character Sepals spreading. Column of Fructification, half round. Labellum hollow, 
clasping the half round column. Pollen Masses four, in two pairs. 
Specific Character. — A Parasite. Stems numerous, jointed, nearly free from furrows, terminated by 
two dark green flat leaves from four to six inches long. Spathe rounded at the top, of a light green 
colour. Flower stalk smooth or nearly so, supporting from one to five flowers. Sepals nearly 
equal, of a delicate light rose colour, terminating in a point. Lip about two inches long, somewhat 
paler than the sepals, forming a considerable curve downwards. Column of fructification about 
half the length of the lip which clasps it, rose colour, streaked with purple. 
For the figure of this truly splendid Orchideous plant, we are indebted to the 
kindness of Mr. Cooper, gardener to the Right Honourable the Earl Fitzwilliam, 
under whose judicious and excellent management the valuable collection of orchidea 
at Wentworth House are grown to very great perfection. The present plant 
flowered in June, when our drawing was taken. 
According to Dr. Graham, in the Botanical Magazine, 2851, specimens of this 
plant were first brought from Mr. Harris, of Rio Janeiro, by Captain Graham, in 
1824. In general habit it bears a close resemblance to C. Forbesii, but differs in 
the colour and size of the flowers. 
The general mode of culture is as follows : — - 
1. Never allow the temperature of the house in which they are grown to be less 
than 75 degrees, nor greater than 95 degrees Fahrenheit. 
2. It is indispensable that the atmosphere of the house be kept excessively moist 
it is all the better if it nearly reaches the point of saturation, as no heat, soil, or 
care will make the plants flourish in a dry air. No dry country, however hot, suits 
their habits, and therefore none are ever found naturally growing in such situations, 
whilst in the woods of Rio Janeiro, where the air is humid, and the temperature 
high, they are found in abundance. 
