52 E. Pfitzer. — Orchidaceac-Plconandrae. 



(1870) 257 t. 661; Warner Sei. Orch. IL 1, 1; De Puydt, Orch. 259 t. 10, 189. 

 flg. 19 1, Godefr. Leb. Cyprip. t. 8; Veitch, Man. IV. 60; Williams, 1. c. 240 c. xyl.; 

 Orchidophile (18 87) 181 c. tab. ; Krzl. Orch. I. 49. — Selenipedium caudatum Reichb. f. 

 in Bonplandia IL (1854) 116; Xen. Orchid. I. 3; Pescatorea t, 24; Pucci, Cyprip. 56; 

 Desbois, Cyprip. (1898) 498. — Paphiopcdilum caudatum Pütz, ex Engler' s Bot. Jahrb. 

 XIX. (1894) 141; Halber, I.e. 45. — Paphiopedium caudatum Kerch. Orch. (1894) 

 454. — Phragmipedium caudatum Rolfe in Orchid Review IV. (18 96) 332. — Cypri- 

 pedium Humboldtii Warsc. ex Reichb. f. in Bot. Zeitg. (1852) 691, — Rhizoma breve, 

 folia circa 6 late loriformia subacuta, apice inaequali rotundato inciso, margine sub- 

 recurvo laevi, subtus argute carinata pallidiora. Scapus velutinus folia superans pluri- 

 llorus infra bracteas non vaginatus, bracteis latissime ellipticis subacutis compressis 

 germine multoties brevioribus; sepalum antice curvatum anguste lanceolatum apice ob- 

 tusiusculo cucullato dependente, margine basi reflexo undulato, nervis 9 parce trabeculis 

 transversis conjunetis, dorso minute pubescens; synsepalum paullo longius multoque 

 latius ovatum longissime acuminatum apice convoluto obtusiusculo margine leviter inflexo 

 undulato nervis 13 parce anastomosantibus ; petala basi lanceolata falcata angulo parvo 

 prominente inserta deinde longissima linearia torta dependentia, subacuta intus basi 

 parce, apicem versus dense brunneo-pilosa extus pubescentia nervo mediano intus paullum 

 prominente, extus manifeste sulcato, nervis 6 — 8 parallelis additis ; labellum sepalis 

 duplo brevius ellipsoideum basi convexum ante calceum ungui subaequilongum utrinque 

 intrusum area plana marginali aureo-pilosa lobis basalibus angustis lunatis, mediis late 

 rotundatis inflexis, intus glabrum exceptis pilis longis basi insidentibus ; stamina vix 

 dentata: staminodium late transverse triangulum angulo medio antico subacuto deflexo, 

 lobis lateralibus apice rotundatis margine parce pilosis; stigma convexum late ovatum 

 pubescens; germen longissimum cylindricum sericeum sepalis multo longius. — Sepala 

 luteo-viridia vel lutescentia, petala purpureo-brunnea, labellum basi viride, apice pur- 

 pureo-brunneum lobis inflexis albis purpureo-punetatis. Diam. flor. perp. 50 cm, horiz. 



5 cm, scapus 80 cm, folia 30 cm longa, 3 cm lata. 



Von Ruiz und Pavon bei Lima vor 1840 entdeckt, später von Lobb in Peru 

 und von Warscewicz in Costarica gefunden. Die Herkunft der zur Zeit kultivierten 

 Pflanze ist etwas zweifelhaft, vgl. Hallier 1. c. S. 57. — v. fl. v. 



Nota. De petalorum incremento, cf. pag. 22. 



Var. Albertianum Lindenia IV. 63 t. 174: Pucci, Cyprip. 57; Desbois, Cyprip. 

 (1898) 499. — Sepala lutea, labellum luteum antice brunneum, petala breviora roseo- 

 brunnea. 



Var. giganteum Lindenia II. 99 t. 96; Pucci, Cyprip. 58; Desbois, Cyprip. (1898) 

 500. — Sepala lutea purpureo-striata, petala longissima, labellum maximum brunneum 

 antice viride. 



Var. Lindenii Benth. in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVIII. (1881) 360; Veitch, Man. IV. 



6 0. — Cypripediwn Lindeni van Houtte in Fl. des serres XVIIL 155. — Uropedium 

 Lindeni Lindl. in Orchid. Linden 28; Bot. Reg. (1896) sub. t. 58; Brongn. in Ann. 

 sc. nat. 3. ser. XIII. 113; Xen. Orch. I. 32 t. 15; Belgique hortic. (1854) 193; 

 Gartenfl. X. (1861) t. 315 c. xyl.; Pescatorea t. 2; Pucci, Cyprip. 59; Desbois, Cyprip. 

 (1898) 54. — Gypripedium caudatum var. Uropedium Krzl. Orch. I. 50. — Peloria, 

 labellum petalis aequale longe caudatum planum. Columna cf. Fig. 2 5 J57. 



Cordilleren von Merida 1700 m (Linden n. 1846). 



Var. roseum Revue hortic. (1867) 113; Illustr. hortic. XXXIII. t. 596; Desbois, 

 Cyprip. 13 4. — Selenipedium caudatum var. Warscewiczii Veitch, Man. excl. syn. 

 Reichenbachianis ; Pucci, Cyprip. 60; Hallier, 1. c. 50. — Sepala labellumque pallide 

 brunnea, petala rosea. 



Chiriqui. 



Var. Seegerianum Gard. Chron. (1888) I. 428; Pucci, Cyprip. 59; Desbois, 

 Cyprip. (1898) 502. — Sepala lutea viridi-striata, petala brunnea, labellum atrocasta- 

 neum lobis inflexis albis castaneo-maculatis. 



