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THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Selenipedium continued. 



Chiriqui, Peru, 1851. A very remarkable, stemless, evergreen 

 orchid. SYN. Cypripedium caudatum (F. d. S. 566; G. C. n. s., 

 iii. p. 211 ; Gn. iii. 313 ; L. & P. F. G. L 9 ; B. G. 661 ; B. H. 1857, 

 p. 318, and 1885, p. 472 ; W. S. O. ii. 1). 



S. c. rosenm (rose-coloured), fl. dark rose, intermixed with the 

 yellow and green. (I. H. 1886, 596.) 



S. conchiferum (shell-bearing), fl., dorsal sepal whitish, veined 

 with pale greenish-yellow, oblong-triangular ; petals white, veined 

 with green at base, brownish-crimson towards the tips, twisted, 

 ribbon-like; lip pale olive-green, having the inflexed side lobes 

 spotted with brown, and covered at the top with green warts. 

 A hybrid between S. caricinum and S. Roezlii. 



S. Dominianum (Dominy's).* fl. yellowish-green, tinged with 

 coppery -brown ; lip deep reddish-brown in front, with sharper 

 reticulations, yellowish-green behind, the incurved mouth also 

 yellowish, spotted with dark purple ; stems erect, three-flowered. 

 I. linear-elongate, broader than in S. caricinum, between which 

 and S. caudatum this plant is a hybrid. See Fig. 471. SYN. 

 Cypripedium Dominianum (F. M. 499; F. & P. 1874, 57; 

 Gn ift! 491). 



S. grande (large).* fl. large ; dorsal sepal yellowish-white, veined 

 with yellowish-green, elongated, incurved; petals ribbon-like, 

 more than 1ft. long, pendulous, broadest at base, where they are 

 yellowish-white and hairy, the narrow part crimson ; lip large 

 and prominent, narrow at base, where the unfolded lobes are 

 whitish, spotted with crimson, the front part greenish-yellow, 

 paler and whitish beneath ; staminode yellow, flushed with crim- 

 son, fringed on its upper edge with blackish-crimson hairs ; scape 

 3ft. high, many-flowered. 1. sword-shaped, 2ft. to 2Jft long. A 

 grand hybrid between S. caudatum and S. Roezlii. 



S. Hincksianum (Hincks'). fl., sepals whitish-green, with 

 nerves of a darker tint; petals light greenish, with a deep 

 greenish middle line and a brown border at base, the tails 

 brown ; lip green, marked with some small, brown spots near the 

 base, long and narrow. ~ ' 

 Hincksianum. 



, 

 Darien, 1878. SYN. Cypripedium 



S. kaietenrnm (Kaieteur Fall). A synonym of S. Lindleyanum. 



S. Undent (Linden's).* /., sepals white, veined with green, broad, 

 oval-lanceolate, the linear-ligulate petals and lip velvety-white, 

 streaked with green at base, the points lengthened out into pur- 

 plish-red, tail-like appendages, sometimes 2ft. long ; scape 

 branching, velvety, two-flowered, 1ft. or more high. May. 

 I. erect, ligulate, obtuse, pale green, lOin. long, forming a di- 

 stichous tuft. New Grenada, 1850. SYN. Uropedium Lindeni 

 (B. H. 1854, 193 ; F. d. S. vi 123 ; R. G. 315 ; B. H. 1857, p. 511 ; 

 B. X. 0. 15). 



S. Lindleyannm (Lindley's). fl., sepals pale green, with red- 

 dish-brown nerves on the outside, pubescent, with crisped 

 margins, the upper one hooded at apex ; petals pale green, with 

 brownish-crimson veins, 2iin. long, falcately linear, the margins 

 recurved and ciliated ; lip light olive-green, with brownish- 

 crimson veins, and densely dotted on the side lobes ; scape many- 

 flowered, pubescent. I. coriaceous, bright dark green, 7in. to 9in. 

 long, 2in. to 2iin. broad. Kaieteur Fall, British Guiana, 1885. 

 SYN. S. kaieteurum. 



S. longifolium Gong-leaved), fl., dorsal sepal yellowish-green, 

 streaked with purple, the lower ones large ; petals green, with a 

 red marginal band, bordered with white, several inches long ; lip 

 green, suffused with shining purplish-brown; spike many- 

 flowered. I. distichous, long-ligulate, keeled, dark green. Cen- 

 tral America, 1869. SYN. Cypripedium longifolium (B. H. 1873, 

 p. 65 ; B. M. 5970 ; F. & P. 1871, 126), C. Reichenbachianum. 



S. L coloratura (coloured), fl. with purplish-veined sepals and 

 purplish petals. I. broader. 1873. A fine variety. 



S. Pearcel (Pearce's). A synonym of S. caricinum. 



S. porphyreum (porphyry-coloured). fl. nearly purplish, very 

 much like those of S. Sedeni, but the open sides of the slipper- 

 like lip are not provided with tumid protuberances, and lioth 

 petals and the odd sepal are very distinctly shaped, more tapered 

 to the point /. as in S. Roezlii. 1878. A hybrid between 

 S. Roezlii and S. Sehlimii. 



S. reticulatum (reticulated), fl. whitish, reticulatelv veined 

 with green ; dorsal sepal narrow-lanceolate, acute ; lower on 

 broadly elliptic-oblong, very obtusely rounded at apex ; peta 

 linear, acute, twisted, horizontally spreading. Ecuador 18 

 A remarkable species. 



S. Roezlii (Boezl's).* fl. very large ; dorsal sepal yellowish-green, 

 suffused with rosy.purple on the borders, the lateral ones flesh- 

 coloured ; petals green, with a bright red-purple border and tip, 

 linear-lanceolate, spreading ; lip 3in. long, the saccate part 

 greenish-yellow ; scape manjr.flowered, 3ft. high. March to May. 

 1. 2ft. long, 2in. broad, bright green, ligulate, keeled. New 

 Grenada, 1873. SYN. Cypripedium Roezlii (B M 6217 F M 

 ser. ii. 119 ; I. H. ser. iif 138; B. G. 754). 



S. Sehlimii (Schlim's).* /. 2in. across ; sepals and petals white 

 mottled and striped with dark rose ; lip white, the front of the 

 pouch marked with a large blotch of de 



petals 

 1885 



Selenipedinm continued. 



S. S. albiflorum (white-flowered). fl., sepals and petals white, 

 dusted with delicate pink at the base ; lip white, suffused with 

 rose, more deeply coloured opposite the bright yellow column. 

 Winter. 1875. A robust, free-growing variety. SYN. Cypripedium 

 Sehlimii albijlorum (L H. 183.) 



Fio. 472. INFLORESCENCE AND LEAF OF SELENIPEDIUM SCHLIMII. 



S. Schroderw (Baroness Schroder's).* /., dorsal sepal pale 

 reddish-green, lined with greenish-purple ; petals whitish-green 

 in the centre, stained with purplish-crimson, 4in. long, very 

 broad, turned downwards ; lip dull crimson, resembling that 

 of S. caudatum. December. 1. as in S. Sedeni. Stems branch- 

 ing. A very distinct hybrid between S. caudatum and S. Sedeni. 

 (W. O. A. 196.) 



S. Sedeni (Seden's).* fl. large and showy ; sepals greenish-white, 

 ovate; petals longer, white, edged with purplish - crimson, 

 twisted ; lip rich crimson, white and crimson-spotted inside ; 

 stem taller than the leaves, bearing several flowers. I. ligulate, 

 tapering, about 1ft. long, deep green. A handsome hybrid 

 between S. longifolium and S. Sehlimii, See Fig. 473. SYN. Cy- 

 pripedium Sedeni (F. M. ser. ii. 206, 302 ; R. G. 1875, p. 150, and 

 1877, p. 86 ; B. H. 1879, p. 470). 



S. S. candidnlnm (whitish). Jl., sepals and petals white, with a 

 rosy hue on the edge ; lip purple. A hybrid between S. longi- 

 folium and S. Sehlimii albijlorum, 



S. stenophyllum (narrow-leaved). /., dorsal sepal rosy, very 

 pallid, green-nerved ; the lower one the same colour, but nearly 

 white in the centre, shell-like ; petals purplish at their ends, 

 much bearded towards the cordate base ; lip pale purplish the 

 mouth of the inflexed lobes greenish-white, and streaked 'with 

 rows of purple blotches. I. lorate, linear-ligulate, acute, very 

 long. 1876. A hybrid between S. Sehlimii and S. caricinum. 



S. vittatum (striped), fl., sepals pale green, the upper one only 

 half as broad as the lower, striped with red ; petals brownish-red, 

 lined with green towards the oase, linear, arcuate-deflexed, un- 

 dulated ; lip brownish, inside green, spotted with reddish-brown, 

 shorter than the lower sepals, and half as long as the petals scape 

 1ft. to IJft. high, minutely puberulous, few-flowered. 1. 1ft. long, 

 linear-ligulate, acute, bright green, very distinctly margined with 

 yellow. Brazil, 1876. (L H. 238.) 



S. Wallisii (Wallis'). fl., sepals pale green, striped and slightly 



rtted with bright green ; petals white, veined with green, about 

 . long, passing into very narrow tails, tinted with very pale 

 brown at apex ; lip large, white, spotted and veined with crimson, 

 the mouth margined with yellow ; stems three to flve-flowered. 

 I. ligulate, acute. Ecuador. SYN. Cypripedium Wallisii (B. X. O. 



