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VAR. PUNCTATISSIMA
Fscudobulbis dongalis subgradllbiis cylindmccis v. litvilcr sul.
ampia oblaaa, raconio s—6 Horo, bradais btcvibin uvatia acatis tigidis, lli
iabollo Irilobo, lobis lataralibus amplis apiac roluiidalo oblaso, iotaj mci
vaginalis, ioliis biais aiiiplico- v. iancaotalo-obioagis a
j : :
VATA, Lindl. Bot Reg., XXII.'CiSjô), sub. t. igig,
, Linci 1.1. c.
iiiTlivsTiNA, Morr. in Ann. d. Cand, IV., t. 201 ; I.cm. Jnrd. Fleur., IV.,
fAlilLIs, Hort, ex Vcilch Man. Ordì. l'I., pt. 2, p. 35.
Glbi:zMiL. Lind, et Rod. in Undetiin, 111., p. 77,1. 133 ; C. Gikriie. L.
I'ALLIIM, Lindl. Hol. Reg., XXil., t. 1919.
PARTÜCNIANA, Rdib. f. in Gard. Chron., Aug. 18, 1888, jj. 17g,
lard. Chroti.,July2, 1887, p.13, fig. 3.
IU5 copiose rosco-plinctatis.
lally sent lo the Glasgow Bolanio Gardon by Mi
VAR. PUSCTATISilMA,
Caltlcya intermedia wn
Inter it llowcied for llic fi
Li lid Icy scpfirated
several specics of Catllcy<
arc distinctly labelled " S
C. Intcmicdia. Rcichcnbach
In fact
n, in 1824. Two
idlcy, is right,
Marrisnn, of Rio do Janeiro, Ihrougli Captai
.„ .„«V 11 vtij iviuciy uiiiu»i.ti in Southern l!rav>il, and also vciy variable. 1 wcc-die, v
ks (on his tlckoB) lhal it grows equally well on Ihe sea-bcalcn nxk and the moss-covered trcu in Ihc heart of 1
^a.sons, Uiat it is by far the handsomest of llic tribe in the district of SanU Calhcrina, and th.it llicre is no end •
'ne form under tlio name C. marilima, rcraarkinK, " I siisiicct that Mr. Twcedic confounds difl"eronl It
in the iic;ghbourhoo<l of Buenos Ayres." There can be 110 doubt, however, Ihnt Twcctlic, and not Li
:5. The locality " Buenos Ayrcs " is also surely an error. TM'eedie collected in Ihis district also but
\nother species described by Lindley, namely, C. ovala, collected by Ilindcs in Ihe same localitV, is also a form of
• ' C. Loddigesii, but l.indley's lyjie specimens conclusively prove Ihis 10 be
as var. angustifolia, Hook. (Hot. Mag., t 3711) is l_-elia I'crrinii, and ver.
s of Rio de Janeiro, Minas Geraes, and even Bahia, as
•n. It varies in colour froni pure while lo light rose, as
A'. A. Ho / fi.
•ion in the early history of
variegata. Hook. (Bot, Mag, 14085) is Caltleya Loddigesii. The species is reportcd from
— from Santa C.itherina, ihough Ihc corrcctncss afone or Ivo recoi
: seen by Ihc figures and descripUons above eilcd, Tiie shape of
ire distiiictiy unguiculate than in the annexed woodcut
sanalytica'. Labellum
THE distinct species of Cattleya, whicli rcccivecl tlic name of C. intcrineclia about sixty-five years ago, was introduced to
England by Captain Graham, who obtained plants from a Mr. Harrison, at Rio Janeiro. It flowered for the first time in
1826, but as the flowers were damaged by an accident, no piiblislied description or drawing appeared at the time, and it
\vas not until 1828, when flowers were produce<l for the second time, that a drawing was secured for the " Botanical
Magazine" (t. 2851). Thii? form, upon which the specific description was founded, had long, narrow sepals and petals of
a rosy tint, the lip being lighter in colour, with a large central lobe of a deeper crimson shade, veined, and having the
margin neatly frilled.
Since then many varieties have been introduced, differing considerably in merit—.some much more brightly
coloured and others paler, the flowers also differing in size and form. That represented in the accompanying plate,
however, is one of the most distinct yet introduced, and possesses very unique characters. The sepals and petals are
proportionately broad ; the lip also is of good shape, and all are profusely dotted with rose on a lighter ground, to which
peculiarity the name refers. It was introduced by us from Southern Brazil among a batch of L,T2lia elegans, .some forms
of which it reseinbles. It is as easily cultivated as the type, which is one of the freest-growing and mo.st profuseflowering
of all the Brazilian Cattleyas.
In 1886 wc introduced from Brazil a plant of a pure white Cattleya intermedia, and named it " alba." We rarely,
if ever, have seen a more lovely orchid than this : the flowers are of perfect shape, and snow-white. Our collector sent it
home as "white," but having imported C. intermedia annually for over twenty years, and never having seen a white
variety—moreover, knowing how this species opens oftentimes white, and after a few days changes into a deep rose
colour—wc did not believe the story; and Mr. R. H. Measures wishing to take the risk of its turning out true, it passed
into his hands for a few pounds, and this pure white variety is now one of the greatest treasures in the Woodiand.s
collection, and the only plant in Europe.
Our plate was taken from a plant that (lowered in our eslablishment at St Albans.