Orchids for everyone . ood form have a spread of eight inches, but theylack the breadth of petal found in the popular Cattleyas. Fromthree to nine flowers are borne on a stout spike in Spring or earlySummer. In the type the sepals and petals are white, flushed withrose, the large lip being of similar shade, with crimson lines in thepale yellow throat, and a broad red-purple front lobe. There arenumerous varieties, and a few of the finest of these are L. P. alba,L. p. atropurpurea, L. p. Brysiana, L. p. Russelliana, and L. p. SCHRCEDERIANA. L. TENEBROSA is Very like L. purpurata in growth, but
Orchids for everyone . ood form have a spread of eight inches, but theylack the breadth of petal found in the popular Cattleyas. Fromthree to nine flowers are borne on a stout spike in Spring or earlySummer. In the type the sepals and petals are white, flushed withrose, the large lip being of similar shade, with crimson lines in thepale yellow throat, and a broad red-purple front lobe. There arenumerous varieties, and a few of the finest of these are L. P. alba,L. p. atropurpurea, L. p. Brysiana, L. p. Russelliana, and L. p. SCHRCEDERIANA. L. TENEBROSA is Very like L. purpurata in growth, but itsflowers have rather broader petals and the lip is more trumpet-shaped. The colour is reddish brown, with coppery or bronzesuffusion, the lip purple, with darker shading and lighter TENEBROSA is variable in its colouring, and is closely allied L. T. Charleswokthii, L. t. Tring Park var., L. Grange var. (yellow sepals and petals), and L. Court var., are among the best VARIETIES OF L^LIA ANCEPS, THE MOST USEFUL ORCHIDS 107 Best Hybrids The Laelia hybrids are not so numerous as the Laelio-Cattleyas,nor are they, as a class, so generally useful as the latter. Thereare, however, a few of considerable beauty, and among these thebest are :—L. Breseis [L. harpophylla x L. purpurata\ L. cinna-BROSA [L. cinnabarina x L. tenebrosd], L. Daphne {L. Dayana xL. purpurata\ L. Edissa [L. anceps x L. purpurata\ L. Euterpe[L. crispa x L. Dayana)^ L. Gravesi^ [L. crispa x L. pumila\L. Iona [L. Dayana x L. tenebrosd)^ L. Latona [L. cinnabarina xL. tenebrosa\ L. Lawrencei [L. grandiflora x L. purpurata\ {L. pumila X L. tenebrosa)^ L. Oweniana [L. DayanaX L. xanthina\ L. pulcherrima [L. Boothiana x L. purpurata),and L. Stanislaus [L, autumnalis x L. cinnabarina). Other Species and Hybrids All the following have some special attraction, and are worthyof cultivation where space permits. L. albida, a white, rose-tinted, Mexican species
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