68 ORCHIDS FOR EVERYONE 



Among other charming varieties composing this section, but 

 scarcely so beautiful as C. i. Sanderje, are C. i. Cobbianum, C. i. 

 Ernestii, C. I. Laura Kimball, C. i. Lindenii, C. Mac- 

 FARLANEi, and C. L Sanderianum. C. insigne (or its varieties) 

 has been one parent of about sixty hybrids, including 

 C, Fowlers, C. Hitchins^, C. tEson, C. Arthurl-^num, 

 C, cenanthum, C. Gem, C. Venus, C. Milo, C. magnificum, 

 C. Thalia, C. nitens, etc. 



C. Lawrenceanum is a very fine Lady's Slipper Orchid and 

 one that needs and thoroughly merits stove treatment. It was 

 discovered in North Borneo by the late Mr F. W. Burbidge, in 

 1878, and named after Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bt., the President of 

 the Royal Horticultural Society. The flowers are often five 

 inches across and are carried on stems about eighteen inches high. 

 The broad dorsal sepal is white with deep, rich purple veins, half 

 of which are shorter than the rest and alternate with them. The 

 out-spread petals are green, tipped with purple, and have marginal 

 hairs and blackish warts. A few varietal forms have occurred, 

 some remarkable for the richness of their colouring, but the one 

 that shows the greatest divergence from the type is the albino, 

 C. Lawrenceanum Hyeanum. In this all the purple colouring has 

 disappeared, and except for the white ground of the dorsal sepal 

 the flower is light apple-green. C. Lawrenceanum has been freely 

 used as a parent, and, in combination with other species, it has 

 yielded C. Lawrede/, C. Maudia [C. L. Hyeanum was the parent in 

 this case), C. concolawre^ C. Goivcrianum, C. gigas, C. Aphrodite^ 

 C. Eurja/e, etc. 



C. niveum, the dainty little species from the tropics of the far 

 East, is one of the gems of the family. Its rounded white flowers 

 always attract attention, and the tiny dots of purple that group 

 themselves towards the base of the sepal and petals add to its 



