. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. OKCHIDS. 153 base. Mexican division. erect, bearing about four to five fragrant flowers; sepals and petals spreading, the latter being broader, pure white; lip three-lobed, the side lobes cover- ing the column; front lobes white, with a faint tinge of lemon-colour on the disc, and a blotch of deep purple at the Winter months. Guate- mala. L. albida.—This spe- cies requires to be grown in the Mexican division. The pseudo-bulbs are small and clustered, bearing a pair of cori- aceous leaves. Scape terminal, three to six- flowered; sepals oblong- acute; pe
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. OKCHIDS. 153 base. Mexican division. erect, bearing about four to five fragrant flowers; sepals and petals spreading, the latter being broader, pure white; lip three-lobed, the side lobes cover- ing the column; front lobes white, with a faint tinge of lemon-colour on the disc, and a blotch of deep purple at the Winter months. Guate- mala. L. albida.—This spe- cies requires to be grown in the Mexican division. The pseudo-bulbs are small and clustered, bearing a pair of cori- aceous leaves. Scape terminal, three to six- flowered; sepals oblong- acute; petals much broader, somewhat ovate-acute, white; lip white, streaked with pale yellow lines. Very variable in colour. Winter months. Moun- tains of Oalaca, Mexico. L. anceps.—Like the two preceding species, this plant succeeds best on a block, and should be kept in the IMexican division. Pseudo-bulbs ovate and ribbed; leaves, one to two, thick and coriaceous; scape one to two feet high, bearing on the summit three to six flowers; sepals and petals rose, or purplish - rose ; lip deep purplish-rose, streaked with yellow on the disc. There are numerous varieties. The flowers open during the winter months, and last long in perfection. • Guatemala and Mexico. L. anceps, var. Bawsonii.—This is a beautiful and distinct form of the species. Sepals and petals pure waxy-white, side lobes of lip white, front lobe purple, with numerous lines of deeper purple, and streaked with yellow on the disc. There is also a pure white variety (Z. anceps alba). Winter months. Juquila, IMexico. L. autumnalis is another of the Mexican species. The pseudo-bulbs, wliich are clustered, ovate, and. lOXOPSIS TENERA much wrinkled, bear two narrow coriaceous leaves ; scape terminal, erect, bearing three to six flowers,, some four inches across; sepals and petals rosy- purple ; lip white, with a broad border of deep rose, and yellow at the base. There is much varia- tion in the depth of colour in differen
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