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PAPHIOPEDILUM 



PAPHIOPEDILUM 



longer than sepals, narrowly elliptic, obtuse, somewhat 

 falcate, pubescent on back, the face manifestly hairy at 

 base, golden yellow, purple-lined down middle and 

 brown-dotted at the base; lip about as long as petals, 

 yellow. May, June. Travancore. I. H. 24:265. A.F. 

 6:555. F.M. 1880:425. L. 6. O. 1914, p. 139. 



23. Spicerianum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium Spicerianum, 

 Reichb. f.). Lvs. up to 1 ft. long, and 2 in. broad, 

 broadly linear-lanceolate, pale beneath: scape about as 

 long as Ivs., glabrous, black-purple, 1-fld.; fls. about 3 

 in. greatest diam.; dorsal sepal transversely elliptic 

 when spread out, about 1 H in. long, deeply sulcate, the 

 margins strongly retroflexed, giving the sepal the 

 appearance of a spathe, white, a crimson-purple band 

 down the center, and a large green basal blotch speckled 

 with red; petals a little longer than sepal, spreading, 

 deflexed, somewhat falcate, oblong, strongly undulate 

 at margin, pilose at base on inner surface, green, dotted 

 and suffused with brown; lip longer than sepal, the claw 

 green, the pouch violet, pale-green-margined. Oct.- 

 Dec. Assam. B.M. 6490. I.H. 30:473. Gn. 48, p. 

 304. A.G. 11:159. A.F. 3:226. Gng. 1:242. F.E. 

 9:329. G.W. 14, p. 73. J.H. III. 44:27. Quite variable. 

 Among others, are the following varieties :Var . alboviride, 

 Pfitz. Differs in absence of median color of the dorsal 

 sepal. Var. grandifldrum, Hort. Fls. larger than usual. 

 Var. leodiense, Pfitz. Dorsal sepal for upper three- 

 fourths pure white, with tender green at base, the petals 

 green at the very undulate margins, with the center 

 brownish green, the lip bronzy green. Var. magnificum, 

 Pfitz. Lower sepal pure white. Var. Mercatellianum, 

 Pfitz. Fls. yellowish white marked with purple, green 

 absent. Var. nanum, Pfitz. Dorsal sepal without green 

 basal spot. Var. nigrescens, Pfitz. Fls. smaller, lip 

 blackish brown. Var. rubescens, Pfitz. Dorsal sepal 

 pure white on back, strongly tinted with violet- 

 red on face and marked down the center with a 

 purple band, the petals bronzy green, marked with 

 brown dots. 



24. Fairieanum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium Fairieanum, 

 Lindl.). Lvs. up to 6 in. long and 1 in. broad, strap- 

 shaped, light green, paler beneath: scape much exceed- 

 ing Ivs., green, hairy, 1-fld.; fls. about 3 in. greatest 

 diam.; dorsal sepal nearly orbicular, about 1% in. long, 

 the basal margin somewhat reflexed and undulate, 

 reticulated at the recurved apex, ciliate, pubescent on 

 back, greenish white, striated and reticulated with 

 violet; petals lanceolate, undulate on the ciliate mar- 

 gin, green, striated with violet; lip a little shorter than 

 the sepal, white at base, green at apex. Autumn. 

 Bhotan. G.C. III. 38:168. J.H. III. 51:321. Gn.M. 

 3:63. B.M. 5024. F.S. 12:1244. O. 1915, p. 15. 



25. Appletonianuin, Rolfe (Cypripedium Appletoni- 

 anum, Gower. C. Bullenianum Appletonidnum, Rolfe). 

 Lvs. ligulate, indistinctly tessellated: scape much 

 exceeding Ivs., slender, velutinous, 1-fld.; fls. about 4 in. 

 greatest diam.; dorsal sepal ovate, shortly acuminate, 

 the margin at apex involute, the basal margin revolute, 

 yellowish green, brown-striated; petals half longer than 

 sepal, horizontally spreading, somewhat rhombic- 

 dilated above, glabrous, the margins at base undulate, 

 the upper margin usually with a few warts, the lower 

 part green, purple-dotted, the upper part rose; lip 

 green, marked with purple. Siam. O.R. 4 : 17. C.O. 

 22. Var. Poyntzianum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium Poynt- 

 zidnum, O'Brien). Petals pale green, the apex lilac; 

 lip whitish, rose at base, purple-spotted within. Siam. 



26. Bullenianum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium Bullenianum, 

 Reichb. f. C. Hobkerae Bullenidnum, Veitch). Lvs. up 

 to 8 in. long, about 1 in. wide, tessellated: scape much 

 exceeding Ivs., 1-fld., hirsute; fls. about 3K in- greatest 

 diam.; dorsal sepal ovate, acuminate, the basal margins 

 reflexed, about 1J4 in- lng> olive-green, shaded with 

 brown; petals deflexed, dilated from a narrowly oblong 

 base, obtuse at apex, ciliate, the upper margin with 



hairless violet-brown warts, olive-green at base, rose- 

 violet above; lip green, marked with greenish brown, 

 longer than sepals but shorter than petals, the inflexed 

 lobes with warts. March and April. Borneo. Var. 

 anophthalmum, Reichb f. Petals not spotted; lip 

 green. Var. oculatum, Reichb. f. Claw of the lip 

 ochre-color, brown-spotted; lip red-brown, bordered 

 with green. 



27. Volonteanum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium Volontednum, 

 Sand. C. Hobkerae Volonteanum, Rolfe. P. Hobkerae 

 Volonteanum, Kerch.). Fig. 2758. Lvs. up to 8 in. 

 long, 2 in. broad, obscurely tessellated above, paler 

 beneath: scape much exceeding Ivs., 1-fld., pale brown 

 with white hairs; fls. about 4 in. greatest diam.; dorsal 

 sepal ovate, long-acuminate, ciliate, the basal margins 

 reflexed, yellowish green; petals nearly twice as long as 

 sepals, deflexed, the narrow base undulate, spatulate 

 and somewhat falcate, long-acuminate at apex, minutely 

 toothed, at the base long-ciliate and barbed, green, 

 rose at apex, upper margin with black spots; lip pale 

 green, suffused rose. June, July. Borneo. Var. gigan- 

 teum, Pfitz. A robust form. Var. Lowei, Pfitz. Darker. 



28. Hookerae, Pfitz. (Cypripedium Hobkerae. Reichb. 

 f. C. barbdtum Hobkerae, Hort.). Lvs. up to 6 in. long, 



and 2 in. wide, dark green, tes- 

 sellated: scape 1-fld., much ex- 

 ceeding Ivs., purple, pilose; fls. 

 about 4 in. greatest diam.; dorsal 

 sepal ovate, acuminate, pubes- 

 cent on back, ciliate, yellowish 

 white, marked centrally with 

 green; petals depressed, spatu- 

 late, ciliate, the undulate basal 

 part green with blackish spots, 

 the margin purple, the apex 

 purple; lip pale green, suffused 

 with rose, the infolded lobes yel- 

 lowish brown, purple-spotted. 

 May and June. Borneo. B.M. 

 5362. F.S. 15:1565. The fol- 

 lowing varieties are known: cseru- 

 lescens, liiteum, mdjus, Measure- 

 sidnum, and superbiens. 



29. venustum, Pfitz. (Cypripe- 

 dium venustum, Wall.). Lvs. up 

 to 6 in. long and 1^ in. wide, 

 above dark green blotched with 

 pale grayish green, beneath strongly violet-mottled: 

 scape about as long as Ivs., 1-fld., purple, pubescent; 

 fls. about 3 in. greatest diam.; dorsal sepal broadly 

 ovate, acute, white, veined green; petals somewhat 

 spatulate, spreading, ciliate, longer than sepals, barbed 

 at base, the basal part green with blackish warts, the 

 upper portion brownish dull purple; lip pale yellowish 

 green, rose-tinged, reticulated with green, the infolded 

 lobesyellow. Jan.-March. N.India. B.M. 2129. B.R. 

 788. Var. Measuresianum, Pfitz. Fls. white and green, 

 without the brown or red tinge. Var. pardinum, Pfitz. 

 (Cypripedium pardinum, Reichb. f. P. pardinum, 

 Pfitz.). Warts extending over whole upper surface of 

 the petals which are yellow, suffused with copper-color; 

 inflexed lobes of lip with large conic warts. F.M. 51. 

 Var. spectabile, Pfitz. Scape shorter than in the type, 

 the petals strongly colored with mahogany at the apex, 

 the middle area brownish, irregularly black-spotted, the 

 lip large, bronzy green, reticulated with clear green. 



30. tonsum, Pfitz. (Cypripedium tonsum, Reichb. f.). 

 Lvs. up to 8 in. long and 2 in. wide, tessellated, usually 

 beneath toward the base with purple : scape longer than 

 Ivs., 1-fld., reddish brown, shortly pilose; fls. 4-5 in. 

 greatest diam., shining; dorsal sepal broadly ovate, 

 acute, ciliolate, white, green-veined, or the alternate 

 shorter veins sometimes purplish; petals somewhat 

 spatulate, pale green, sometimes stained with dull 

 purple, green- veined, marked with a few black spots; 



2758. Paphiopedilum 

 Volonteanum. ( X 1 A) 



