Epiphytal. _Stems_ clavate, furrowed, monophyllous. _Leaves_ short, ovate-oblong, coriaceous. _Racemes_ three-flowered, issuing from a pair of oblong-obtuse compressed sheathing bracts. _Flowers_ medium-sized, very handsomely coloured; _sepals_ ligulate-oblong, entire, recurved at the edge, of a deep rosy tint with a flush of olive green, which is more evident on the outer surface and at the tips, about as long as the lip, the dorsal one longer, the lateral ones falcately deflexed, all acute with the tips recurved; _petals_ broader (an inch and one-eighth wide), ovate-oblong, acute, undulated towards the recurved apex, of a bright magenta-purple; _lip_ two and a half inches long, stipitate, the lateral lobes truncate with the upper angle acute, pale blush towards the base, where they are rolled closely over the column, the tip which is recurved tinted with magenta, the lower side of the tube and throat bright yellow; front lobe of lip an inch long and an inch and a half broad, roundish reniform, with the edge neatly undulated, and distinctly fimbriate-denticulate, the ground colour magenta-rose, veined closely all over except the extreme edge, which is white, with deep crimson-magenta, the veins running back in a wedge-shaped figure to just within the tube, where they pass to crimson; a strong central line of magenta passes half way down at the back. _Column_ clavate, semiterete, the edge thin, almost wing-like, whitish with a tint of blush at the apex. Cattleya Whitei, _Reichenbach fil._, _Gardeners’ Chronicle_, N.S., xviii., 586. This most beautiful _Cattleya_ is of recent introduction, and is one of the most rare, chaste and distinct kinds that has been introduced of late. It is supposed to be a natural hybrid, the result of insect fertilisation in its native country. The specimen in the hands of Holbrook Gaskell, Esq., Woolton Wood, Liverpool, in whose fine collection it bloomed in July last, and through whose kindness we have been enabled to figure it, is believed to be the only plant ever imported; and we must congratulate the owner on his being the means of bringing such a magnificent species to the notice of Orchid growers. It is very gratifying to find that so many new forms of _Cattleya_, both species and varieties, have been brought home by our collectors within the last few years; they are grand acquisitions to our collections, as there are no other Orchids that make such an effective display. Now that there are so many and such varied kinds introduced, we shall be able to have Cattleyas in bloom all the year round, by procuring the different species and varieties which are of nearly all shades of colour, many of them being very brilliant and distinct. We are glad to know there are some kinds that will do in cooler houses and others of them are small-growing species, which will increase their value to those who have only small houses in which to grow them.