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Title: Cassell's popular gardening
Identifier: cassellspopularg00fish_2 (find matches)
Year: 1884 (1880s)
Authors: Fish, David Taylor, 1824-1901; Fish, D. T. (David Taylor), 1824-1901
Subjects: Gardening
Publisher: London ; New York : Cassell
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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232 CASSELL'S POPULAE GARDENING. this resembles the type. The flowers are of a uniform pure white, the throat of the lip being con- spicuously stained with orange. September and October. Eio Negro. C. exoniensis. — This is another of the Dominy hybrids, and assuredly no more beautiful flower in its way can be raised. It is the result of a cross between Cattleya Moss ice and Lcelia purpurata. With two such grand parents it was impossible to have an inferior offspring. The pseudo-bulbs are clavate, and bear a single oblong-obtuse coriaceous leaf, the peduncle issues from a rather acute sheath, and bears four to five large flowers, fully six inches or more in dia- meter ; petals more than double the size of the sepals, all .of soft rosy-lilac, the former beautifully waved and frilled; lip very large and spreading, cordate, waved and crisp round the edge, rich pui-- plish-crimson in front, then a band of white, and the throat golden- yellow, whilst the edge is narrowly margined with white. August and September. Gar- den hybrid. C. gig as. — Of this grand species there are many forms. The pseudo-bulbs are stout and clavate, bearing a single oblong - obtuse leaf, which is very thick in texture, slightly bi-lobed at the apex, and deep green; the peduncle issues from a long acute spathe, bearing three to six flowers some seven inches in diameter ; sepals lance- olate ; petals ovate, more than twice as broad as the sepals, and soft pale rose-colour; lip deeply hi - lobed in front, very large and broad, deep rich purplish-crimson, then a band of white, the throat golden-yellow, with numerous pur- plish lines on the disc. April and May. New Grenada. C. gigas Sanderiana.—A free-flowering and superb form, equal to the type in size, with a rich deep purplish-magenta lip. July and August. Colombia. C. guttata, var. Leopoldii.—A bold-growing plant belonging to the two-leaved section, having terete, farrowed, stem-like, pseudo-bulbs, which attain a height of one to two feet; the peduncle issues from
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Cattleya Mosaic. a small acute sheath, and bears usually from six to twelve flowers, but in fine examples double that number have been produced; sepals and petals about equal, brown, with a greenish tinge, and profusely spotted with crimson; lip spathulate, reddish-purple. Summer months. Island of St. Catherine, Brazil. C. intermedia. — This is a charming old species, but too often slighted since the larger-flowered kinds have been introduced, yet still well deserving a place in the best collections. The pseudo-bulbs are slender, and attain a height of about one foot, bear- ing two and sometimes three coriaceous dark green leaved; peduncle four to six-flowered; sepals and petals about equal, white, or soft delicate rose ; lip broad, frilled in front, rich pur- ple. May and June. Brazil. C. labiata.—This is the species upon which the genus was estab- lished, and which still remains rare in collec- tions. The pseudo- bulbs are stout, and somewhat club-shaped, furrowed, and bear a solitary, broad-oblong, coriaceous leaf, which is deep green above, and slightly tinged with flesh-colour be- neath ; peduncle stout, bearing from three to four flowers, which are oftentimes seven inches in diameter; sepals linear-lanceolate acute, rich rosy-lilac ; petals same colour, but double the breadth of the sepais ; lip obovate, emarginate, beautifully crisp, deep ruby-red or crimson. October and No- vember. Brazil. C. lahiata, var. pallida—sometimes known by the name of the " summer-flowering lahiata'—is a plant which resembles the preceding, but both foliage and flower are lighter in colour, sepals and petals pale pink; the lip is crimson, with a beautiful, crisp, white edge. July and August. Brazil. C. Mardelli.—A fine garden hybrid, raised from C. ^peciosissima and C. Devoniensis. In growth it much resembles C. superba. Sepals and petals bright magenta; lip three-lobed, the side lobes spreading, soft magenta, pale towards the middle, middle lobe rich deep magenta in front, broadly streaked with yellow in the centre. June and July.

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