168 ORCHIDS. 
pouch is somewhat small, dark green, suffused with choco- 
late. It blossoms during the summer months, and is very 
easily cultivated. C. Hookere is a native of Borneo, 
whence it was introduced in 1862; it was named in 
compliment to the late Lady Hooker. Syn. C. Bullen- 
7anum. 
Botanical Magazine, t. 5362. 
C. insigne.—This is one of the best known of all exotic 
Orchids, and it is also one of the easiest to cultivate. It 
was introduced, along with C. venustum, many years before 
any other Cypripedium, and it still remains a useful and 
handsome garden plant. It may be cultivated in a green- 
house, along with Geraniums, or even in the window of an 
ordinary dwelling-room, where, with ordinary care, it will 
grow freely and flower annually. The leaves are about 
gin. long, green; the scapes rft. high, bearing a single 
flower 4in. across, and shining as if varnished; dorsal sepal 
large, oval, the apex bent forward, apple-green, with dull 
purple spots, and a white margin; lower sepal small, pale 
green; petals broad, spreading, wavy, pale green, with 
purple longitudinal lines; lip green and brown, paler near 
the mouth. It blossoms in December and January, the 
flowers lasting fully a month. Native of Sylhet; intro- 
duced in 1820. 
Fig. 44; Botanical Magazine, t. 3412. 
There are no less than forty named varieties of this 
species, but not one-fourth of them are really distinct. 
The following are the best: 
Var. Chantini has the dorsal sepal pure white on the 
apical half, and spots of a rich purple; petals with amber 
veins; and the pouch reddish-brown. Syn. var. punctatum 
violaceum. 
Var. Mauler is large-flowered, has less white on the 
