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water does not lodge in the heart of the plant. It is best 

 grown at the cool end of the Cattleya house. — Colombia; New 

 Grenada: Ocana. 



-piQ.—Bot. Mag., t. 5614 ; Batem. 2nd Cent. Orch. PL, t. 200 ; III. Sort., 

 3 ser., t. 183 ; Pescatorea, t. 34 ; Flore de$ Serves, t. 1917 ; Xenia Orch., 

 i. t. 44, 



Stn. — Selenipedium Schlimii. 



C ScMimii albiflorum, Lemaire.—K very pretty variety, 

 differing from the type in being more robust and free-growing 

 in habit, with shorter leaves. The flowers have the sepals 

 and petals white dashed with delicate pink at the base, and 

 the lip is white suffused with rose, more deeply coloured 

 opposite the column, which is bright yellow. It flowers 

 during the winter months. — Colombia. 



Fig.— III. Hort., t, 183. 



C, Sclirdderse, Rchb. f. — A very distinct and beautiful 

 hybrid between G. caudaUim and C. Sedeni, raised by Mr. 

 Seden, and named by Messrs. Veitch in compliment to the 

 Baroness Schroder. A fine specimen of it was exhibited by 

 Mr. Ballantyne, gardener to Baron Schroder, The Dell, Staines, 

 in December, 1883. It is a really grand plant, with leaves as in 

 C. Sedeni, and a branching stem with several large and high- 

 coloured flowers. The dorsal sepal is pale reddish green 

 lined with greenish purple ; the petals, which are four inches 

 long, very broad, and turned downwards, are whitish green in 

 the centre, and stained with purple -crimson ; and the lip is 

 large, similar in shape to that of C. caudatum, of a dull 

 crimson. The plant blooms in December. — Garden hybrid. 



C. Sedeni, Rchb. f. — A very handsome hybrid raised 

 between C. Schlimii and C. longifolium. The leaves are 

 strap-shaped, tapering to a point, deep green, and about a 

 foot in length. The flower stem, which is taller than the 

 leaves, bears several blossoms, which are large and showy, 

 the sepals being ovate, greenish white, the petals longer, 

 twisted, white edged with crimson-purple, and the lip rich 

 crimson, spotted inside with crimson on a white ground. 

 This Lady's Slipper may be said to be a continuous bloomer, 

 as it throws up a succession of flowers from the same spike. 

 We have found it do best in the Cattleya house. It belongs 

 to the Selenipedium group. 



'ElG.— Jennings, Orch., t. 4 ; Floral Mag., 2 ser., tt. 206, 302 : Veitch, Cat., 

 1874, 7, with fig. 

 Stn. — Selenipedium Sedeni. 



