by about 2 inches broad, dark green, handsomely tessellated with a yellowish green. 
Scapes up to fifteen inches tall, purplish, hairy, and carrying a single large flower. 
The dorsal sepal is very large and spreading, white with broad parallel lines of 
brown purple. The petals, wide-spread, 2 inches long by about } an inch wide, 
green with a purplish tip, and reddish at the base, the edges are hairy and have a 
few blackish warts here and there. The pouch is large, cylindrical, purplish- 
brown in colour, and yellowish at the base. Flowers are produced in the Summer 
time and last a month or more. 
Cypripedium Lawrenceanum grows in the gorges of the Kapuas, Schwaner, and 
Muller ranges where the climate is hot and moist throughout the year. 
It will, therefore, be necessary for it to be grown in a heated house in Sydney, 
and in all the cooler climates. In Brisbane an ordinary glasshouse will serve, pro- 
viding it does not allow the temperature of the atmosphere to fall below about 
64 degrees. Profuse water should be applied throughout the year and the drainage 
must be kept open so that no sourness of the compost occurs. 
Variety Hyeanum has the dorsal sepal white with pale green lines; petals are 
yellowish-green and covered with short, dark hairs—the pouch being yellowish- 
green with darker veins. 
CYPRIPEDIUM LOWII. Native of Borneo, 
An outstanding species which seems to do best when treated as a member of the 
second group. The leaves grow to thirteen inches in length, and are about two 
inches in width, with a small notch in the apex, a palish green in colour. The 
flower scapes grow to a length of three feet and are many flowered, though in 
cultivation they rarely produce more than two flowers on a spike. The dorsal 
sepal is pointed and rather oval in shape, narrowing towards the base, and is 
pale green in colour, tinged with purple (sometimes with yellow). The petals 
are long, with a single twist, broadening out at the apex and fringed with a row 
of hairs. They are green with purple spots at the base, and the broad end is all 
purple of varying shades of richness. The pouch is purple, tinged with green. 
The flowers are about four inches across, and appear in late Spring and early 
Summer. If the plant is moved into a cool position when in bloom, the flowers 
will live for 7 to 8 weeks, 
The majority of the Cypripediums are terrestrial growing by nature, but Cypri- 
pedium Lowii grows high up on the giant ironwood trees in the thick jungles of 
Sarawak and the northern section of Dutch Borneo. This Cypripedium does best 
in a fibrous compost packed very firmly into the pot, i.e., very similar potting to 
that used for Cattleyas. 
Cyp. Lowii likes plenty of light, but not direct sun rays. Copious water through- 
out the warmer weather is desirable, and the compost should be kept moist in the 
Winter. Glasshouse culture in the cooler climates (with artificial heat when 
glasshouse temperature falls below 56 degrees). 
It is altogether an interesting and beautiful species, 
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