Laelia purpurata
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Read about Laelia purpurata in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Laelia purpurata (Cattleya Brysiana ). Fig. 2057. Pseudobulbs long-elliptical, 6-8 in. high: lvs. solitary, oblong, leathery, dark green, 1 ft. or more in length: scape erect, 3—7-fld.; fls. very large, 6-8 in. across; sepals linear-oblong, spreading, white, suffused with light rose; petals much broader, ovate, undulate, crisp, base attenuate, colored like the sepals; labellum very large, bell-shaped; middle lobe rounded, undulate, crisp, rich purple with darker veins, throat yellow. A robust plant, whose large fls., borne on strong erect stalks, make it one of the grandest laelias in cult. Spring. Brazil. I.H. 1, p. 54, and 3:83. F.S. 11:1138, 1139. Gn. 54, p. 17; 56, p. 46 (var. Mrs. Measures). G.C. II. 14:45; 20:533. A.F. 6:223. O.R. 15:156. G.M. 57:723 (var. alba). Var. atropurpurea, Williams. Sepals and petals deep rose; labellum large, expanded, purple-magenta; throat yellow, veined with purple. Brazil. Var. Ashworthiana, J. Anders. Petals wider than in the type, 2 in. wide, purplish rose, with darker stripes. A highly colored form. G.C. 111. 20:39. Var. Nelisii, Hort., Versch. Sepals and petals subsessile, the former rose-colored outside; midlobe of the labellum ovate, acute. Much like the type in color. I.H. 15:569. Var. Russelliana, Williams (L. Russelliana, Hort.). Fls. large; sepals somewhat narrow, white, suffused with lilac; petals broader, deeper lilac; labellum large, rose- lilac; throat yellow, marked with rose. Autumn. Var. Schrdederi. Reichb. f. Sepals and petals white; labellum white, with a tinge of rose in the center; tube pale yellow, with fine, dark purple lines. I.H. 38:139. Var. Mandaiana, Hort. Pseudobulbs thinner and narrower than in the type: fls. as large as those of the type, pure white, with a faint tinge of pink on the labellum. Var. praetexta, Reichb. f. No description of this plant is available. Many other varieties appear under Latin names. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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