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C A T T L E Y A LABIATA /./,„«
VAR. LUEDDEMANNIANA KM./.
1 uni—iilurifloro, floro m
11. Orchid Album, 11., t
«lobulbis fusi fonili bus clavatis varie sulcalis moiioiiiiyliis, spatha
[ianso membranaceo, scpnlis liguintis acutis, pctalis obiongi
rccla clavata, androclinii apicuio postico ligiil.-ilii supra anti
Dot, t'33; ìd., Dot Rcg., t 1859; Hooli, Exot 11., II.,
in Walp. Ann., VI., p. 313.
no polymorpha, plciociiroma.
lAbollo panilo minora anfustion".
in Card. Ciiron., 1883, pt. i, p. 243 (in noia); Vcitch Man.
1 f. Xon, Orch. I.,
Sol. Ordì., seM,tl6.
ort., Card. Chron., 1808, p. 14 (in Warn. & Will. Orchid A 5i (va.
• variety on'^nally appoai-cd in the i
ifler lhat gentleman's gardener, M.
in 1861, Fora long lime
Low & Co., of Clapton, fro
than iJio variety Mossia;.
years previously. As in s
• ;ed il as a variety
,Rchb. f. in Walp. Ann., V!., p. 315.
ebrated collection of M. Pcscalorc, at St Cloud, Pari
Iddemann ; the principal character relied on being tl
Cattleya labiata (which, however, lie n.-rertcd to the g
nothing appeared to be known of its origin until it w
id to grow on the Cordillera m
n figured for the firit time in 1863, under the nanie of Cattlcj
ollcction of the late Mr. Daivson, at Meadow Bank, near G1
Jgraphical varieties of Cattleya labiata, there appears to bo a
and to deep amethyst-purple on the front lobe of the lip, bi
of pale yellow or white blotcliea at the top of the lliroal, wi
58 ; Hook, Cent. Orch., L
•.15; Rolfo, in Gard. Chron., 1889, pL
15 Kpidendnim) in "Walpcrs' Annales,"
imported in quantity by Mc.<isrs. Hugh
i from Caracas, and at a lower elevalion
lonii, in Warner's " Select Orchidaceous
appear to be readily distinguished by Ih
lies of reddish-purple on the dise. It als
R. A. Kùlfc.
Cattleya lictter repays the
icross, and for brilliancy of
leones analj'i
THE beautiful Venezuelan orchid, herewith illustrated, is deservedly a favourite, and
cultivator for his trouble and care. Its flowers are of great size, often 8 inches or nK
colouring it is almost without a rival, while an actually bad or poor form is rarely, if ever
It was introduced in 1854, and has been known in collections for many years, always being notable as a species
wonderfully prolific in varieties. Owing probably to this variability, it has appeared at different times under the names
of C. Lueddemanniana, C. speciossisslma, C. Bassettii, C. Malouana, the C. Dawsonii of Warner, &c., which flowered in
the Meadow Bank collection some twenty years ago. Since then many magnificent forms have come to light in various
collections, notably the Cattleya speciossissima regina of Sir Trevor Lawrence, of which the late Prof. Reichenbach wrote
{Card. C/iron., March 22nd, 1884, p. 372): " I think our young queen regina one of the grandest Cattleyas ever seen "—a
view that was cordially endorsed at the time. Shortly after this, at the Orchid Conference in May, 1885, we exhibited
a lovely white form of C. speciossissima, which created a veritable furore; its snowy whiteness only broken by
the orange of the throat and the mauve-purple lines on the lip. This plant is now in the collcction of Baron
J. I-I. W. Schröder under the name of C. labiata Schroederiana. Besides these, special mention should be made of the
fine variety shown by Admiral Fairfax at the Royal Horticultural Society, June 8, 1886 ; and also of C. speciossissima
Buchananiana, which is certainly of great merit; but every fresh importation brings some new beauty into our possession,
and we know not when our present idols may be overthrown to make placc for greater.
Belonging to the labiata group, Cattleya speciossissima occurs in that section, whose flowers are produced on the
newly-formed growths of the current year, and before the resting season, It should be grown in the Dendrobium house,
a sunny, bright, and very warm position suiting it best.
ur plate > lie colleclion of Herrn W. I.auche, Eisgrub, M