EDWARDS''''S BOTANICAL REGISTER V1842, LINDLEY

EDWARDS'S BOTANICAL REGISTER: OK, ORNAMENTAL FLOWER-GARDEN AND SHRUBBERY: CONSISTING OF COLOURED FIGURES OF PLANTS AND SHRUBS, CULTIVATED IN BRITISH GARDENS; ACCOMPANIED BY THEIK i^istoij), iJest i^etiioU oC treatment in (iCiiUtbatton, JSro^^agation, $ct* AND y MONTHLY CHRONICLE ^^ OAKOeN OF BOTANICAL and HORTICULTURAL NEWS CONTINUED By JOHN LINDLEY, Ph.D F.R.S and L.S PROFESSOR OF BOTANY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, LONDON, AND THE ROYAL INSTITUTION OF GREAT BRITAIN, FICE-SECRETARY OF THE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, (^C lS ^C SfC 1842 OR VOL XXVIII OF THE ENTIRE WORK I OR VOL XV OF THE NEW viret semper- SERIES nee fronde caduc^ » BUPLICATA DE LA BIBLIOTHEQUB ITT'coiMSERVA'T^rinE ECTivKTQUE DE GENEVE Carpitur -^^VDU ExI 1322 LONDON JAMES RIDGWAY, PICCADILLY M.DCCC.XLII.> Vol, 2? "^ t CATTLEYA granulSsu Rough-lipped Cattleya GYNANDRIA MONANDRIA Nat ord Orchidace^, § Epidendre^ CATTLEYA , Botanical Register, ll,/ol 953 vol granulosa; caulibus teretibus gracilibus diphyllis, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis, sepalis oblongis obtusis, petalis obovato-spathulatis undulatis obtusissiniis, labello cucuUato tripartite laciniis latei-alibus semiovatis intermedia sinu lato divulsa ungue sequilateri Isevi lamina dilatata rotundata plicata granulosa denticulata : Of this, at present the rarest of the genus, a single small specimen exists in the garden of the Horticultural Society, where it was sent by Mr Hartweg from Guatemala, without any intimation as to its native habits It has a slender stem, terminated by two narrow leaves, something like those of C bicolor, but shorter When it flowered only one blossom was formed, such as here represented but it will probably bear a larger number when in health The sepals were two inches and a half long, oblong, olive green, mottled with rich brown spots The petals were obovate, very much rounded at the point, and narrowed to the base wavy at the margin, and of the same colour as the sepals Strongly contrasted with the dingy colours of those parts is the lip, of a pure white at the sides and point, and of a glowing orange spotted with crimson in the middle its lateral lobes curve over the column, but arc divided very deeply from the middle lobe by a wide slit the middle lobe itself has its surface broken up into numerous granulations, something in the way of C guttata ; ; ; ; The high temperature and excessive moisture which Indian Dendrobiums is most injurious to so well the January, 1842 b suits this A night temperature of 55" in winter and 60" in summer is quite high enough for it and by planting it in well drained turfy peat, and keeping it rather dry when not growing, it will be found one of the easiest to manage Cattleya ; ' c^-'/ ^'rjr^e cUU 9U: /^ ^^AxC^u^a^ %m^/.