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C A T T L E Y A LABIATA TRIAN/EI m.
VAR. SCHRCEDERIANA.
CATTLBVA LAUIATA Lindl. ; pscudabulbis rusiformi davalis varie
ini—plurinoro, flore máximo expanso niombmnnceo, sepalis ligulatis acuti
•arie trilobo, varie crispo, columna recta clavata, androclinii apiciilo jioslic
CATTLI;YA LAUIATA Lindl., Coil. 331 ; Hook-., vol. iii., 15; ! etc.
Planta inter Orcliidc.is forsan máximo polymorjilia, plciocliroraa.
VAR. TBIAK/U: Ducharlre, Journ. Soc. imp. d'Hort, i860, p. 369, I
ligtilalo supra aniheram Roxo.
b, 1671 ; llore aperto, sepali« al lo subrhomhco, rctusiuKrulo, lit
TLÍLANÍI-L Lind., R .r. Flor.-., i860, n
ic grillila purpurea, m
. SimiUima Cattlcya; labiata; Men.
N.G W./
THIS variety, which was named in compliment to Baron Schrceder, possesses a beauty of form and colour quite peculiar
to itself, indeed it is so distinct.from the almost endless varieties of C. Triana;i that any critical orchidist wlio has once
seen it would ever after recognise it. The chief point of distinction is the beautiful form of the flower, the sepals and
petals being so broad and massive, and the lip so large and exquisitely frilled. The soft pale pink of the sepals and
petals blends charmingly witli the rich tints that adorn the lip. The lower part of the lobe is of a glowing magenta red
which loses itself in a broad mass of pale yellow. The colours vary somewhat in different plants, as was seen when some
])lants were shown at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society in February, 1886, when it was awarded a first class
certificate. This variety is unquestionably worthy of taking rank with the finest varieties of C- Trianaji, and will doubtless
be much sought after.
Drawn by permission of Baron J. I I. W. von Schrccdcr from plants in the Dell collcctioii, Egham, near Windsor.
ODONTOGLOSSUM SANDERIANUM /
Simile C
libérrimo, cunc.-ilo panduriito seu oblongo, laciniis
crispula, eallis rhonibeis longitudinal ¡bus medio ema
ODÓN TOC! LOSSÜ.M SANnEKIAXL'M Uchb. r.
Kx America; Centrali, Sierra Nevada mi<¡¡
bus lancéis acuminaUs divaricatis, li
ic pandurata apieulata, marine dcntic
la; alis triangulo acuminalis ci
WHKN I described this fine discovery of Mr. Arnold, Mr. F. Sander's late traveller, I expressed the suspicion that it
might be a mule between Odontoglossuin nevadense and O. n.-evium. This surmise may be incorrect, since, so far as I
know, none of the parents were collected with our plants. I had a fine fresh inflorescence from Mr. Holbrook Gaskell in
April 1882, Tlie ground colour of the flower is not white but whitish yellow. The inferior part of the column, however,
is white. There arc brown stripes and lines on the sepals and petals, and purple spots on the lip. I may distinctly state
that the large pyriform ancipitous bulbs look very much like those of Odontoglossum nevadense Rchb. f. The leaves are
linear acute. This plant is very .scarce as it has been imported but once. It is dedicated to Mr. F. Sander in acknowledgement
of his wonderful merits in enriching our collections. Bearing in mind the many beautiful and entirely new
Orchids introduced by Mr. Sander, when one knows the histoiy of the re-introduction of Cypripedium Spicerianum,
Odontoglossuni Harryanum, Masdevallia tovarensis, Lalia harpophylla, Odontoglossum nsvium, and many others,
one cannot help admiring the wonderful energy, sagacity and strength of character displayed in these undertakings.
//. C. Kchb. f .