in length, moderately broad and pointed. They are greenish-yellow, the upper 
edge being rose-pink and the lower twisted and blotched with brown. The pouch 
is green suffused with purple. 
This species requires a minimum temperature of 65 degrees, and in Sydney and 
the cooler parts of Brisbane and Queensland will need a heated house. In the 
warmer localities a glasshouse may serve. It needs a hot, moist atmosphere, with 
copious water right through the Summer. It is essential that the drainage be 
perfect, as the slightest sign of sourness in the compost is likely to cause root 
rot, with fatal results. It flowers in Autumn. 
CYPRIPEDIUM HIRSUTISSIMUM. Native of Bhutan, Assam. 
A popular species belonging to the second group. Leaves are about 9 to 12 inches 
long, rather narrow and keeled. Flower scapes are about ten inches high, green 
and hairy, and produce one flower. Flowers are large (up to six inches or more 
across). The dorsal sepal is large, heart-shaped, dark purplish, with a green mar- 
gin. Petals are large and undulated, blunted and fringed with black hairs. The 
base is dark green, dotted with purple, while the fore part is entirely purple. The 
pouch is large, helmet-shaped, deep green, tinged with purple. The whole of the 
back of the sepals is thickly covered with hairs. 
Cyp. hirsutissimum will do best in a glasshouse in Sydney and other cool local- 
ities, but in warmer parts does quite well in an ordinary bushhouse. Plenty of 
water is desirable during the Summer. In Winter the compost should be just kept 
sufficiently damp to avoid withering. Flowers in late Winter or early Spring. 
Flowers last 6 or 7 weeks. An easily grown plant, suitable for beginners at orchid 
culture, and one of the most attractive species. 
CYPRIPEDIUM HOOKERAE. Native of Borneo. 
Another of the variegated foliage type belonging to the first group. Leaves are 
six inches long, broad and blunted. They are of the deepest green in colour, 
beautifully mottled, and blotched with creamy yellow. The scapes are long, and 
bear a single flower. Dorsal sepal yellow with a greenish centre. Petals yellowish- 
brown, rosy-purple at the tips. They are horizontal, and spreading and pointed. 
Pouch small, dark green, tinged with chocolate. 
Flowers in the Summer, and lasts about a month or five weeks. 
This species requires heated glasshouse treatment in all localities where the mini- 
mum temperature falls below 62 degrees. In the warmer parts a glasshouse will 
do. 
Water copiously during the greater part of the year, and even in Winter, keep the 
compost quite damp. 
Although the flowers are comparatively small, the brightness of their colouring, 
and the beauty of the foliage makes this species worth while. 
CYPRIPEDIUM INSIGNE. Native of Sylhet, Nepal, Assam, etc. 
This is one of the third group, and is probably the most popular of all the Cypri- 
pediums. There are many varieties, some of which rank among the finest of all 
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