Laeliocattleya elegans

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Scientific Names

Read about Laeliocattleya elegans in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Laeliocattleya elegans (L. tlegans, C. elegans). Pseudobulbs terete, st.-like, 15-20 in. high: lvs. solitary, linear-oblong, coriaceous, 10-12 in. long: scape short, stout, 3-7-fld.; fls. 5 in. diam., light or bright rose, fragrant; sepals oblong, acute, often somewhat twisted or with revolute edges: petals much wider, lanceolate, margin somewhat undulate; labellum with the lateral lobes elongate-obtuse, whitish with purple apices, convolute over the column; middle lobe broadened in front, subreniform, margin undulate, crisp, entirely a very deep purple, without raised lines or callosities. May-Sept. Brazil. B.M. 4700. I.H. 4:134 (as L. Brysiana); 11:402. G.C. III. 42:248. G.M. 50:627. Gn. 60, p. 196. C.O. 7.—A showy, tall- growing species. Var. Nyleptha, O'Brien. Fls. large; sepals tinted with yellow and rose, lightly spotted with purple toward the tips; petals broader, more suffused with purple; lip bright purple in front, paler at the side lobes. G.C. III. 3:176. Var. Turneri, Warner. Fls. large, richly colored; sepals and petals bright amethyst- purple, with deeper veins; lip with a large purple blotch on the middle lobe; side lobes white, tipped with rose. Gn. 47, p. 319; 49:384 and p. 385.—One of the finest of the genus. Var. prasiata, Reichb. f. Sepals and petals rose, tinged with green; labellum white at the base and side lobes, middle lobe crimson-purple.—Var. superba is advertised. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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