The dorsal sepal is broad and pointed at the apex. The basal part is green, the 
balance being a snowy white with a distinct purple stripe running from the apex 
to the bottom. The petals are about 2 inches long, horizontal, wavy on the edges, 
pale green in colour, striped and spotted with purple. The pouch is large and a dull 
purple. The mouth is wide. Cyp. Spicerianum grows well in an ordinary bush- 
house in the warmer parts of Brisbane, but in Sydney and the cooler areas glass- 
house treatment is desirable. In fact, a plant I have growing under glass in 
Brisbane is making better progress than another plant growing in a bushhouse, but 
the flowers last longer under bushhouse treatment. Give plenty of water during 
the warmer weather, but in the Winter time just keep the compost damp. This 
is one of the easiest of the Cypripediums to grow, and is quite a desirable item 
in any collection. 
CYPRIPEDIUM STONEI. Native of Sarawak, Borneo. 
Another fine species belonging to the first group. Leaves a foot long, thick and 
leathery in texture, and blunted at the ends. Flower scape up to 2 feet in length, 
and bearing up to three large flowers. Sepals are large and broad, white, tinged 
with greenish-yellow, and streaked with thin lines of reddish-purple; the under- 
side of the sepals is tinted with purple. The petals are 5 or 6 inches in length, 
and are pendulous. They are greenish-yellow at the base and up to about half 
their length. The apical half is whitish, streaked with purple, with a purple end, 
the lower part being spotted with brownish-purple markings. The lip is large, 
reddish-purple, marked with dark veins. . 
Variety platytaenium has very broad petals, on the inside white blotched with 
purple, on the outside, white blotched with yellow and with purple tips. 
There are several other varieties differing more or less from the type species. 
The cultural treatment required is similar to that prescribed for Cyp. glanduli- 
ferum. 
CYPRIPEDIUM SUPERBIENS. Native of Java. 
Another fine species of the C. barbatum class, belonging to the first group. 
Leaves six to seven inches in length and about two inches wide—rounded at the 
apex and beautifully mottled with dark and yellowish-green shades. Scape up to 
12 inches tall, and single flowered. Dorsal sepal large and broad, and gracefully 
pointed. It is hairy at the edges, white, streaked with brownish-purple and green. 
Petals are three inches long and about an inch across. They are white, tinted 
with green at the base, the edges being suffused with purple. The margins are 
fringed with a row of hairs, the upper edge having a number of blackish warts. 
The pouch is large, and a rich purplish-brown in colour, netted on the front por- 
tion. Flowers in the Summer, the blooms lasting for about 6 weeks. 
Treatment as suggested for Cyp. barbatum (supra). Syn. Cyp. Veitchianum and 
Cyp. barbatum Veitchii. 
CYPRIPEDIUM TONSUM. Native of Sumatra. 
Another tessellated species belonging to the first group, but which may with care 
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