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Title: The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants
Year: 1885 (1880s)
Authors: Williams, Benjamin Samuel, 1822-1890
Subjects: Orchids
Publisher: London : Victoria and Paradise Nurseries
Contributing Library: University of Pittsburgh Library System
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Avay as those of the type. Wereceived a grand spike of this from Mr. Hill, gardenerto Sir Nathaniel de Rothschild, Tring Park, Tring.—CostaRica. ¥lG.—Orchid Album, iii. t. 112. C. speciosissima Lowii, Anderson.—This is a very hand-some form of the C. labiata section. The stems are oblongand deeply channelled, each bearing an ovate shining leaf;flowers large, frequently measuring eight inches in diameter,borne upon a somewhat short spike three or four together;sepals and petals broad soft flesh colour, the latter being thebroadest with erose edges ; the lip forms a circle, throughclosing over the column, the front portion being of an intenseamethyst colour, varied with white and yellow markingstowards the centre, where are also several lines of brightamethyst. It is a gem amongst Cattleyas, but it is not sofree-flowering as some of the other kinds.—Venezuela. C. speciosissima regina, Bchb. f.—A distinct and handsomevariety, flowered by Sir T. Lawrence, Bart., M.P,, in 1884;
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CATTLEYA TKIAN^. CATTLEYA. 201 the ovary, column, sepals, and petals are of a rich purplecolour ; lip dark mauve-purple, having the two lateral yellowspots usual in the type. Professor Reichenbach thinks thisone of the grandest Cattleyas ever seen.—Venezuela. C. SUperba, Lindley.—This truly beautiful plant is a slow-growing species, usually attaining ten inches high, with club-shaped stems and a pair of short thick ovate-oblong obtuseleaves. It flowers in June and July, and the blossoms, whichare very fragrant, and of a deep rose colour, with a richmagenta-crimson lip, will remain in bloom for three weeks;it produces three to six flowers on a spike, and is a verydistinct species. It requires plenty of water at all times, andshould never be allowed to get into a shrivelled state—if so,it is very difScult to restore it to a healthy condition ; itrequires more heat than the other Cattleyas, and is best grownon a block of wood or basket with live sphagnum moss, but isdifficult to pr

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