CYPRIPEDIUM CHARLESWORTHII. Borneo, also Eastern Burma. 
A charming species which can be included in either the second or third groups, 
though preferably the second. It is rather a shy flowerer in Brisbane, but when it 
starts to bloom it does so each year with great regularity. The leaves grow to 
about 9 inches in length and are about } of an inch in width. Like those of 
Spicerianum, they are prettily spotted underneath with minute purple spots—in 
some cases only at the base of the leaves and in others practically the whole length. 
The dorsal sepal is broad and flattish, white in colour, with veins of green and 
purple. The petals are about 14 inches in length, yellowish brown in colour. 
The pouch is yellowish brown also, sometimes spotted closely with darker brown. 
Cyp. Charlesworthii will do quite well in an ordinary bushhouse in all the warmer 
parts of Queensland, but in Sydney and the cooler places a glasshouse is preferable, 
particularly in the Winter months. Ample water is essential during the warm 
months, but just enough to keep the compost damp is all that is necessary in the 
cooler season. 
CYPRIPEDIUM CILIOLARE. Native of Mindanao. 
A distinct species of the first group. Leaves are long and pointed with a dark 
green base, prettily marked with lighter green. Flowers are about 4 inches across. 
Dorsal sepal white in the upper half, and suffused with purple in the lower part, 
greenish veins running longitudinally from the base to the top. The petals are 
green at the base, and the tips light purple, the edges lightly fringed with dark- 
coloured hairs. They are closely spotted with blackish-purple warts for two-thirds 
of their length. The lip is purplish-brown, shaded green towards the base. 
Treatment as recommended for Cyp. Argus (q.v.). 
CYPRIPEDIUM CONCOLOR. Native of Siam, Cochin China, etc. 
A small growing species of the second group. Leaves about four inches long, 
blunt, fleshy, and strap-shaped, marbled with grey on the upper side, reddish- 
purple underneath. Flower scape is erect, short, usually carrying one flower, but 
sometimes two. Blooms 2-24 inches in width. The sepals and petals are oval, 
concave, and similarly shaped. The pouch is small and shapely. Colour through- 
out a rich cream yellow, with numerous small spots of cinnamon-red. They 
appear in the Autumn and last for 4 to § weeks. 
Cyp. concolor grows upon the limestone rocks on the Bow Hills on the borders 
of Siam and Laos (Annam), and, as with C. bellatulum, the addition of limestone 
to the compost makes for better growth and healthier plants. 
Concolor is one of the slowest moving of all the Cypripediwms, and extreme 
patience must be exercised with it. In Sydney and the colder parts of Brisbane, it 
will need a heated house in the Winter months, but in the warmer places a glass- 
house will suit it—but the temperature of its surroundings should not be less than 
58 degrees at any time. It likes plenty of light and must have copious water 
right up to the beginning of the Winter—and even during that season the com- 
post must be kept moist. Drainage must be particularly good. When it is 
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