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| + | 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. | ||
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Revision as of 22:22, 11 May 2009
{{Inc 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. }}
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Read about Laeliocattleya elegans in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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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
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