162 ORCHIDS. 
Var. roseum has brighter-coloured flowers than the type, 
the rosy colour predominating. 
Var. Wadllisiti—A very remarkable variety, the flowers 
being large and distinct; sepals white, with green veins; 
petals 8in. long, rather broad near the base, the apex 
tinted with brown; the lip large, yellowish, spotted and 
veined with dull crimson, white at the mouth. Syn. 
Selenipedium Wallisiz. 
C. concolor.—A charming little plant, very similar to C. 
niveum. It has strap-shaped, fleshy, blunt-pointed leaves, 
Fig, 42. Cypripedium concolor 
(2 nat. size). 
about 4in. long, dark green, mottled with grey, on the upper 
surface, vinous purple on the under side. The scape is 
erect, short, one-, sometimes two-flowered; flowers 2in. 
across; the sepals and petals oval, almost similar in shape, 
concave; pouch small; the whole flower is coloured clear 
