retains its violet colour, and in some cases also the contiguous halves of the 
latéral sepals, forming a very élégant contrast. 
Phalaenopsis violacea has already been utilised by the hybridist, as it was 
the pollen parent of the handsome hybrid P. X Harriettae , and with so promising 
an offspring it is not improbable that it will again be utilised in the same 
direction. R. A. Rolfe. 
(Contihued from page 32.) 
rences of sex. It also proved that there aretwo distinct sections in the genus, one 
in whichthe flowers of both sexes closely resemble each other, the other in which 
they are very dissimilar (see my article in Gardeners’ Chronicle , 1891, pt. 1, p. 69). 
The former section, as it contains the original species of the genus, may be 
designated Eucycnoches, the latter section, Heteranthae. To the former belong 
C. chlorochilon Klotzsch, C. Loddigesii Lindl., C. Haagei Rodr., and C. versicolor 
Rchb. f. The latter includes C. ventricosum Lindl. (syn. C. Egertonianum Batem.), 
C. W arscewiczii Reich, f., C. maculatum Lindl., C. pentadactylon Lindl., C. aureum 
Lindl. C. Rossianum Rolfe, C. peruvianum Rolfe, and two or three other 
imperfectly known species. Several of these species are not in cultivation at 
présent, but we observe with pleasure that the group is now receiving more atten¬ 
tion in gardens, and venture to hope that the next few years may see a further 
advance in our knowledge of so interesting a genus. 
R. A. Rolfe. 
The re-importation of Cattleya labiata marks a new sensation in Orchid 
records... Now we are offered it in quantities from the house of which M. Lucien 
Linden is director-in-chief, and we are glad to welcome it once more as one of 
the foremost of its race. Its easy culture makes it more popular, and with the 
quantities gathered there is sure to be varieties, some of which will doubtless 
éclipsé the other forms so long in cultivation. Whenever we saw the one provi- 
sionnally named C. Warocqueana, we unhesitatingly declared that it was one or 
other of forms of Cattleya labiata so long looked for. 
...This labiata Pescatorei , that we purchased on the continent was exactly 
the Cattleya Warocqueana of to-day... it is a nobilis nobilior flower. We hâve 
seen a good many plants from babyhood to maturity, there are some of the 
reddish-bulbed labiata among their number, the far greater portions, however, 
being the old labiata Pescatorei. 
“ The Northern Gardener. ” 26Ü1, September, 1891. 
