K^EMPFEtUA 



THE BULB BOOK 



K^MPFERIA 



corolla has an elongated tube and 

 spreading or reflexed lobes, the lip 

 being bilobed. The side staminodes 

 are broad and petal-like. 



These plants flourish in sandy peat 

 and loam and leaf -mould, and require 

 a temperature of 65 to 75 F. when 

 in full growth, but 15 or 20 less 

 when dormant. They are best pro- 

 pagated by dividing the roots as 

 growth is commencing, and are, 

 perhaps, more valuable for the decora- 

 tive character of their leaves than 

 anything else. The best-known kinds 

 are : 



K. angustifolia. From Bengal. 

 About 1 ft. high, with lance-shaped 

 wavy leaves, and pure white and 

 purple flowers. (Red. Lil. t. 389.) 



K. atrovirens. A Bornean species 

 about 9 ins. high, with sharp-pointed, 

 elliptic, oblong leaves, deep-green 

 above, purplish beneath, and violet- 

 purple flowers (III. Hort. 1886, 610). 



K. Bthelae. A native of Natal, 

 about 1 to 2 ft. high, having oblong 

 lance-shaped leaves a foot long, and 

 solitary rose-purple flowers with a 

 yellow blotch on the lower lip-like 

 segments (Gard. Chron. 1898, xxiii. 

 94, f. 34). 



K. Galanga. This is 'a well-known 

 economic plant in the East Indies, 

 being cultivated for its clusters of 

 ovoid tubercules, which are employed 

 medicinally and for perfumes. It 

 grows about a foot high, and has oval 

 roundish leaves, green and smooth 

 above, grey -green and downy beneath. 

 The flowers are pure white and 

 appear in summer. (Sot. Mag. t. 

 850.) 



K. Gilbert!. One of the most orna- 

 mental species from Moulmein. It 

 has tufts of recurving oblong, lance- 

 shaped, wavy, deep green leaves con- 

 spicuously but irregularly bordered 

 with white. The flowers are white 

 and purple. 



K. Kirki. A beautiful stove her- 

 baceous plant, having green plantain- 

 like leaves, and stout erect flower- 

 stalks 1 ft. or more high, bearing 

 numerous large flowers which expand 

 in pairs from the bottom upwards, 

 lasting for several weeks. Each 

 flower is about 3 ins. across, flattish, 

 and of a soft rosy-mauve with a 

 yellow blotch in the centre, having 

 radiating lines of white. (Gard. 

 November 1881, 504.) 



The variety elatior differs from the 

 type in being taller, and the large 

 rose-coloured flowers having a golden- 

 yellow blotch at the base of the lip, 

 the sides being marked with purple 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 8188). 



K. lutea. A stemless plant, native 

 of Penang, having leaves about 9 ins. 

 long, 4 ins. broad, smooth above, 

 hairy beneath. The yellow flowers 

 with orange lip are borne on scapes 

 3 to 4 ins. high. (Kew Bull. 1907, 

 60.) 



K. macrosiphcm. A native of 



German E. Africa, with tufts of green 

 lance-shaped leaves a foot long, and 

 numerous blue flowers (Gard. Chron. 

 1898, xxiv. 195). 



K. ornata. A fine foliage plant 

 from Borneo, having long-stalked, 

 sharply-pointed, lance-shaped leaves, 

 glossy green above with a broad 

 white central band, and purple 

 beneath. The yellow flowers with an 

 orange lip appear in summer. (111. 

 Hort. 1884, 159.) 



K. pandurata. A Sumatran species 

 with spindle-shaped root-stocks, short 

 reddish stems, smooth, oval lance- 

 shaped leaves, and red and purple 

 flowers (Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 587 ; Bot. 

 Reg. t. 173). 



K. Parish!. An ornamental species 

 from Moulmein. It grows about 1 ft. 

 high, and has pale green, erect, lance- 

 shaped leaves, and white and bright 

 violet flowers. (Bot. Mag. t. 5763.) 



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