The Development of 
Lc. CANHAMIANA, ALBERTS’ VARIETY 
A little history of what it takes and the time consumed to produce a 
tested orchid parent plant may be of special interest. In this case, it is 
Le. Canhamiana, Alberts’ variety. The plant is unusually robust, bears 
large flowers every spring, medium dark lavender with a very large, 
intensely dark lip. Alberts’ variety is not to be confused with our pre- 
vious strain of Lc. Canhamiana alba. 
In 1920 we grew about 2000 plants of Le. Canhamiana from seed. At 
that time they were considered above average, but lacked shape that 
would meet present-day requirements. Anticipating this, we chose 
seven of the most outstanding plants, all of which were large and of 
good shape with fine flowers similar to the glorious dark flowers of fall 
hybrids. Out of the seven, six proved absolutely worthless for breed- 
ing, and the seedlings were discarded upon maturity. However, the 
seventh plant yielded such excellent results that it was tested again on 
three different crosses and again the results were outstanding. This 
particular parent is Lc. Canhamiana, Alberts’ variety. The record for 
flowers, so far, is 28 large blooms on one Le. Nellie Cohen in a 7” pot, 
one of the above crosses. 
In recent years we have used Le. Canhamiana, Alberts’ variety as a 
parent breeder. Regardless of the other parents used, the offspring 
flower in late March, April and May. They are robust growers and 
free-flowering upon maturity. We are offering these for the first 
time with every confidence that the results will be among the finest 
of the modern spring flowering hybrids, as follows: 
Le. CANHAMIANA, ALBERTS’ VARIETY CROSSES 
917 Le. FLORIDA var. Gold Star x Le. Canhamiana var. Alberts 
134,” pot size—3.00 each; 3 or more 2.50 each 
214”’ pot size—5.00 each; 3 or more 4.50 each 
990 Le. MIAMI var. Louis XV x Lc. Canhamiana var. Alberts 
134,” pot size—3.00 each; 3 or more 2.50 each 
214” pot size—5.00 each; 3 or more 4.50 each 
992 Le. MIAMI var. Superba x Le. Canhamiana var. Alberts 
134,” pot size—3.00 each; 3 or more 2.50 each 
214” pot size—5.00 each; 3 or more 4.50 each 
993 Le. MIAMI var. Anton x Le. Canhamiana var. Alberts 
134” pot size—3.00 each; 3 or more 2.50 each 
1016 C. DUPREANA var. Gloriana x Le. Canhamiana var. Alberts 
Community pot size—1.50 each; 12 for 16.80 (bare root) 
and Boynton Beach on the Gulf Stream 
