be cultivated as a member of the second group. It is a free-growing species with 
leaves up to 10 inches in length by about 14 inches across, mottled dark green 
on a light green base, the underside of the leaves being tinged with purple. Scape 
a foot high, bearing a single flower. Dorsal petal broad and somewhat heart- 
shaped. White in colour, veined with green and with a brown blotch on each 
inside border, and a greenish disk on the outside. Petals greenish, tinged with 
light brown with dark brown spots. The lip is green, the upper part suffused 
with light brown. It flowers in the Autumn, and the blooms last 5-6 weeks. 
Treatment as suggested for Cyp. Javanicum is generally successful. 
CYPRIPEDIUM VENUSTUM. Native of Sylhet and Nepal. 
A fine species which may be included in the third group. The leaves are about 
six inches in length, and a little over half an inch in width. They are a bluish-green 
colour, mottled with grey-green on the upper surface, while on the underneath they 
are mottled with purple. Scape is about 7 inches high, and bears a single 
flower. The dorsal sepal is short and broad and greenish-white (sometimes flushed 
with pink), striped with green (occasionally purple). Sepals greenish-white, 
fringed, with purplish warts and streaked with green (sometimes purple). Pouch 
yellowish-green flushed with brownish-purple and veined with dull green. It 
flowers in late Summer and the blooms last up to 8 weeks. 
Variety pardinum is more robust in growth, and the flowers are rather brighter 
in colour, the flowers sometimes being produced in pairs. 
Treatment as already suggested for cool growing species—such as insigne, etc. 
CYPRIPEDIUM VILLOSUM. Native of Lower Burma. 
A very handsome species belonging to the third group. Leaves long and leathery, 
bright green on top, lighter underneath and spotted purple near the base. Scapes 
about a foot in height, very hairy, and producing a solitary flower. The dorsal 
sepal is upright, oval in shape and curling back at the base, and with a hairy 
fringe. It is pale green in colour, fading to white at the apex. The petals are 
tongue-shaped, narrowed to a short stalk at the base and about an inch across 
at the widest part. They are a reddish-orange in shade, with a purplish streak 
down the middle and touches of pale green in the veins. The pouch is large and 
open mouthed, and reddish-orange like the petals. The whole flower is beauti- 
fully glossy. It is one of the most pleasing of the cool-growing Cypripediums, 
and should be in every collection. 
There are a number of varieties, none of which exceed the beautv of the type, 
although some of them are as fine. 
Cyp. villosum grows well under ordinary bushhouse treatment as already pre- 
scribed for the cooler species. 
There are many other species of Cypripediums, but I believe that those treated 
above will comprise all the species and varieties likely to be grown by Australian 
orchid growers, 
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