L ^ L I O - C A T T L E Y A (l-IYBRIDA) A R N O L D I A N A AW/..
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A hybrid between Ltclia pur|)urala, Lindl., and one of the suramer-flowering variclics of Cattleya Ubiala, Li
actcr. It is a plant of vigorous habit, wilh rarrowly fusiform, monopliyllous, somewlial compressed pseuiiobulbs, C
shining green, about a foot long by 2>i irchcs broad. Flowers over 7 inches across. Sepals narrowly lanceolate, ar
very much broader tlian tlie sepals, drooping or decurving at Ibc tips, bcauiifiilly undulate, slightly darker than the ;
centre. I-ip very lai^c, front lobe nearly lliree inclies across, intense magenta-crimson with darker veins and a i>aler
lobes much paler in colour, throat pale golden-bronze, with darker radiating lines on the disc- Column while.
L/EI.IO-CATTI.KVA (hybrida) ARNOLDIAKA, Rolfe in Lind. Journ. d. OROH., II,, p. 134; I.indenia, 1. 299.
L/ELIA (hybrida) ARNOI.IJIANA, Hort, Card. Cliron., 1891, pt. I, pp. MO, ?42 I joum. of Hort., 1S9!.
The splendid hybrid ivhich is the subject of the present pl.ite was raised in the establishmcnl of Me:
purpurata fertilised with tlic pollen of one of the summor-floivcrinB varieties of Cattleya labiata; which one
Society on Junc plh, 1891, when it WM awarded''boUi a First-class Certificate and a Silver-Gilt Flora
Lxli.n purpui-ata in its general shape, but modified in t
of the lip and the colour generally. It is a great horti
, and Bcnerally inlcrmediate in char-
8 inches long. Leaves stoul, bright
f a delicate pale rosy-putple. I'etals
Is, and «'ith a few darker veins in the
i undulate ma^in ; the infolded side
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d at a meeting of the Royal
lie (lower bears considerable
its Cattleya parent, both in Ihe breadth and curve of the petals, the shape
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Our analjtical drawinj from front and side, and the pollitiia, sc
THIS higli-class hybrid orchid has been raised in our establishment, and is the result of a cross between La:lia purpúrala
and a variety of Cattleya labiata, combining the free dwarf habit of Cattleya labiata with the noble foliage of L-xlia
purpurata. To say that it is one of the most magnificent orchids yet raised, is a fact, in support of w^hich we draw our
readers' attention to its having gained a Pirst-class Certifícate and also the Silver-Gilt Flora Medal for the best seedling
orchid of the year. Such honours have never previously been bestowed on any oichid at one time. The class was a
special one provided by the Royal Horticultural Society, at its meeting at the Drill Hall in June of last year. The
exceptional merit and astonishing beauty of this mule was the admiration of all horticulturists, and especially the
orchidists. The seed was sown in 1881, and the plant flowered for the first time in 1891—just ten years from the
ripening of the seed.
La:lia hybrida Arnoldiana is a very free-growing plant of good habit, the stout fusiform pseudo-bulbs being seven
to twelve inches long, with leaves a foot or more in length by three inches in width, ample, bright-shining green, sometimes
tinged with purple, of great substance. The flowers are upwards of seven inches in diameter, with a wavy, graceful
outline and bold contottr. The sejjals and petals are of a rich rosy-purple hue, suffused with crimson, the latter much
undulated at the margins and strikingly veined with dark purple. The labellum is upwards of three inches in diametei',
of a superbly rich crimson coloration, densely suffused with magenta and traversed by dark purple veins. The throat is
of a golden bronze colour. The whole aspect of the noble inflorescence displays the exceptional merit of this grand
hybrid, produced under artificial conditions and brought to perfection in ten years.
The cultivation of this plant is simple and easy. It may be \vell grown with Cattleyas and La:lias, at the warmest
end of the Cattleya house. A little more heat than is usually given to " Trian®" and " Mendelii" is necessary, especially
in the growing season.
Our plate was taken from a plant now in the collection of Micks Arnold, Esq., S Kast 84th Street, Ke>v York, U.S.A.
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