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species, first found on Mt. Kina Balu, in Borneo. C. Druryi is 

 from Southern India and is notable for the broad median band of 

 blackish purple down each petal and the dorsal sepal. C. Haynal- 

 DiANUM is another species from the Philippine Islands, and like 

 those that hail from thence needs a warm house ; the purple 

 shading on its flowers gives it a distinction and it almost always 

 bears several flowers on a spike. C. hirsutissimum was found in 

 the Khasia Hills ; all its segments are margined with hairs, the 

 petals are much undulated and the dorsal sepal is densely dotted 

 with purple. C. Hookers has a good deal of yellow-green 

 colouring, but its flowers are comparatively small. C. Lowii, 

 from Borneo, bears several of its yellow-green, purple-stained 

 flowers on a spike, in the Spring months. C. Mastersianum is a 

 Javanese species that was little known until its re-importation a 

 few years ago by Messrs Sander and Sons ; it has a bright green 

 dorsal sepal, with yellowish white margin to the dorsal sepal, the 

 latter being very large in proportion to the size of the flower. 

 C. Parishii is a distinct species with long, twisted, green ribbon- 

 like petals, and a prominent lip. C. Sanderianum is a Bornean 

 species that has long, narrow, pendulous petals, but otherwise it 

 suggests a miniature C. Rothschildeanuni. C. toxsum has polished 

 flowers in which white, green, and purple, are the principal colours. 

 C. VENUSTUM, from North-west India, used to be largely 

 grown, and it is still worth cultivation because of its freedom of 

 flowering, its green, warted flowers and its handsomely variegated 

 foliage. 



From the Phragmopedilum section three species may be 

 selected as worthy of cultivation if space permits. These are C. 



LiNDLEYANUM, C. LONGIFOLIUM, and C. ScHLIMII. C. LOXGIFOLIUM 



is a very strong grower and needs a stove temperature ; its flowers 

 are borne on a tall spike and follow each other in steady succession 



