ORCHID SPECIES 



lines on a greenish-yellow ground ; the pouch is large, blackish-purple in 

 front with a greenish area at the base and a purplish reticulation where 

 the two colours meet. 



Plants flowered for the first time at Coombe Wood in June 1905. 



CYPEIPEDIUM (PAPHIOPEDILUM) TONSUM, Echb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1883, vol. xx. p. 262 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 53. 



Discovered in the mountains of Sumatra by Curtis, who collected it, 

 mixed with Cypripedium Curtisii. 



The specific name, tonsum, " shorn," refers to the absence of black 

 marginal hairs that fringe the petals of closely allied species. 



CYPEIPEDIUM (PAPHIOPEDILUM) VILLOSUM, Lindl 



Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1854, p. 135 ; 1'Illus. Hort. iv. (1857), pi. 126 ; Fl. des Serres, xiv. 

 t. 1475; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 54; The Garden, 1891, vol. xxxix. 

 p. 568, pi. 810. 



First discovered by Thomas Lobb on the mountains near Moulmein 

 at 4,000-5,000 ft. elevation, and introduced through him in 1853, 

 Cypripedium villosum has proved to be one of the most potent of hybrid- 

 izing agents, and has entered largely into the composition of some of the 

 finest seedlings yet raised. 



DENDEOBIUM ACEOBATICUM, Echb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1871, p. 802. 



Introduced from Moulmein, and named acrobaticum by Professor 

 Eeichenbach on account of the peculiar growth of the pseudo-bulbs, 

 which reminded him of acrobatic contortions. 



DENDEOBIUM ALBOSANGUINEUM, Lindl. 



Lindl. in Paxt. PI. Gdn. vol. ii. t. 5 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5130 ; Fl. des Serres, torn. vii. p. 209 ; 

 Veitchs' Man, Orch. PI. pt. iii. p. 16. 



Introduced in 1851 through Thomas Lobb, who found it on the hills 

 near the Atran river. It occurs in several parts of Burmah, always on the 

 tops of the highest trees. The flowers are white with a reddish maroon 

 blotch on the sides of the lip. 



DENDEOBHJM AMETHYSTOGLOSSUM, Echb. f. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1872, p. 109; Bot. Mag. t. 5968; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. 



pt. iii. p. 16. 



Introduced in 1872 from the Philippines through Gustave Wallis, who 

 sent a single plant mixed with Dendrobium taurinum. Though since 

 imported in restricted numbers, it still remains a rare species in collections. 

 The specific name is in allusion to the rich amethyst-purple of the lip. 



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