being grown under colder conditions than are prescribed, it will be desirable to 
reduce the Winter watering to a minimum sufficient to keep the compost just 
damp. 
Var. Regnieri is more robust growing, and bears from three to five flowers on 
each scape. 
CYPRIPEDIUM CURTISII. Native of Sumatra. 
A very striking species of the first group—deservedly popular with experienced 
growers. Leaves 8 to 9 inches long, mottled dark green on a light green base. 
Flower scape is about 10 inches to a foot in height, dull purple in colour and 
covered with a light down. Flowers are borne singly, and are large and attractive. 
Dorsal sepal is broad, short, and acutely pointed. It is green with a white margin, 
with purple and green veinings. Petals are narrow and pointed, curving back at 
the apex, and pendulous. Top half green, lower half white. Veined and spotted 
with reddish-purple, and with hairy edges. The pouch is large and shaped like 
an inverted policeman’s helmet. It is a dull, reddish-purple, with dark purplish 
veinings. 
It flowers in Winter and lasts 6 to 7 weeks. This species does best in a heated 
house in Sydney and colder parts of Brisbane. In warmer places where a minimum 
temperature of about 60 degrees can be given it, an ordinary glasshouse will do 
nicely. 
Copious water must be applied throughout the Spring, Summer, and Autumn, 
with a diminution in Winter. But the plant must not be allowed to become 
parched at any time. 
CYPRIPEDIUM DAYANUM. Native of Borneo. 
Another of the handsomely foliaged species of the first group. Leaves about 5 
or 6 inches long by 1} inches across, yellowish-green marked with olive green. 
The flower scape is a foot to fourteen inches tall and is stout and dark coloured. 
The flowers, borne singly, are of good size. The dorsal sepal is large and broad, 
and is white, lined with green. The narrow petals are deep purple in colour, with a 
dull greenish shading and a fringe of dense black hairs. The pouch is a dull purple 
with a few greenish veins. Flowers in Winter, and the blooms last up to 8 weeks 
under suitable conditions. 
Cultural treatment as for Cyp. Curtisii. 
CYPRIPEDIUM DRURYI. Native of Southern India. 
A small growing variety of the first group. Leaves are long, stout, somewhat rigid 
and green in colour. Scape 7 to 9 inches, stout, erect and hairy, brownish in colour 
and bearing one flower. Dorsal sepal broad and pointed, bent forwards, greenish- 
yellow in colour, with a broad purplish stripe down the centre. The outside is 
hairy. The petals are broad and, like the dorsal sepal, greenish-yellow with a broad 
dark stripe down the middle, and with a few dark, wart-like spots near the base. 
They are inclined to bend downwards a little. The lip is a very pale yellow, 
channelled at the base and with a number of brown spots at the bottom and 
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