ORCHID SPECIES 



CYPEIPEDIUM (PAPHIOPEDILUM) CUETISII, Rchb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1883, vol. xx. p. 8 ; Orcliid Album, iii. t. 122. 



Discovered in Sumatra in 1882 and introduced by Curtis, whose name 

 it bears. It inhabits the great mountain range that stretches almost 

 through the entire length of the island, at elevations of 3,000-4,000 ft. 



CYPEIPEDIUM (PAPHIOPEDILUM) HAYNALDIANUM, Rchb. 



Gard. Chron. 1877, vol. vii. p. 272 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6296 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. 



p. 28. 



Introduced in 1893 from the Philippine Islands, through Gustav Wallis, 

 who had discovered it at San Isidro near Manila, and dedicated to Cardinal 

 Haynald, Archbishop of Kaloesa in Hungary. 



CYPEIPEDIUM (PAPHIOPEDILUM) JAVANICDM, Ewdt. 



Lindl. in Paxt. PI. Gdn. 1850-1851, vol. i. p. 38 ; PI. des Serres, 1851, vol. vii. t. 703 ; 

 Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 35. 



First discovered by the Dutch botanist, Eeinwardt, on the mountains of 

 Eastern Java in 1826, though not introduced to European gardens till 

 1840, when Thomas Lobb sent plants to Exeter. 



CYPEIPEDIUM (PAPHIOPEDILUM) LAWEENCEANUM, Rchb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1878, vol. ii. p. 748 ; id. 1880, vol. xiii. p. 780, fig. 134 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 6432 ; Fl. des Serres, torn xxiii. t. 2372 ; 1'Illus. Hort. 1883, vol. xxx. t. 478 ; 

 Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 36, fig. opposite. 



Discovered by F. W. Burbidge in 1878 on the left bank of the Lawas 

 Eiver, near Meringit, North Borneo, at an altitude of 1,000-1,500 ft. 

 above sea-level, growing in company with the dwarf palm, Pinanga 

 Veitchii. 



It was dedicated by Professor Eeichenbach to Sir Trevor Lawrence, the 

 President of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, and the owner of a very rare 

 collection of orchids. 



CYPEIPEDIUM (PHEAGMOPEDILUM) LINDLEYANUM, Schomb. 



N. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. 1885, vol. xxiv. p. 262 ; Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1886, 

 vol. xxv. p. 680 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 64. 



First discovered by Schomburgk. during his exploration of British 

 Guiana, on the southern slopes of the Eoraima mountain at 6,000 ft. 

 elevation, it was re-discovered in 1881 by David Burke, who brought plants 

 to Chelsea in the autumn of that year. None flowered till January 1886. 



In the meantime it had been sent to Kew, where it produced its flowers 

 for the first time in 1885. 



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