236 ORCHIDS. 



A. Cypripedium spectabile. North America. 



M. O. P, 3. 

 Lodd. Cab., 697. 

 B. R., 1666. 

 Fl. des Ser., 430. 



Perianth rosy white ; lip beautiful deep rose, with white 

 markings. This is our finest native species, and when well 

 grown is very beautiful. We grow it out of doors in a 

 Rhododendron bed where it has formed a tuft which pro- 

 duces stalks nearly three feet high, with three or four 

 flowers on a spike. If grown in a pot it should be win- 

 tered in a cold frame, and brought into gradual heat in 

 spring. 



A. Cypripedium Stonei. Borneo . . I. H., 355. 



B. M., 5349. 

 Jen. Orch., 12. 

 Fl. des Ser., 1792. 

 Bat. 2d Cen., 141. 



Petals light brown, spotted with chocolate ; very long; 

 lip whitish, with red lines, marbled with light purple ; 

 hood white ; scape two or three-flowered. A magnificent 

 species. 



A. Cypripedium superbiens. Assam . War. Orch., 2, 12. 

 SYN. Cypripedium Veitchianum. I. H., 429. 



Fl. des Ser., 1966. 



A free-growing species with beautifully variegated fo- 

 liage j lip beautifully shaded with purple ; sepals and 

 petals white, with stripes of green and spots of purple. 

 A very beautiful plant. 



