. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . f.—A very pleasing and distinctvariety, in which the flowers have pale rose-coloured sepalsand petals, and the lip is large, and of a bright rosy magentacolour; the throat is pale yellow, and the dark line usuallyseen in the species is entirely wanting.—Mexico. L. anceps VeitcMana, Rchb. f.—We saw this distinctplant well flowered in the collection of Baron Schroder, TheDell, Staines, in January, 1884. The sepals and petals arewhite, suffused with lilac, the petals being about an in
. The orchid-grower's manual : containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants . f.—A very pleasing and distinctvariety, in which the flowers have pale rose-coloured sepalsand petals, and the lip is large, and of a bright rosy magentacolour; the throat is pale yellow, and the dark line usuallyseen in the species is entirely wanting.—Mexico. L. anceps VeitcMana, Rchb. f.—We saw this distinctplant well flowered in the collection of Baron Schroder, TheDell, Staines, in January, 1884. The sepals and petals arewhite, suffused with lilac, the petals being about an inchacross in the centre ; the lip is white, its front part and theangles of the side lobes violet-purple, after the style of L. ; the crests of the disk are yellow, and the throatstriped with brownish purple. It blooms in January andFebruary. —Mexico. L. anceps vestalis, Rchb. f.—A very lovely white-floweredvariety, distinct both from Dawsoni and alba. The flowersare large; the sepals, broad petals, and lip pure white, witha pale yellow disk, and a few purple lines in the throat. This.
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