SELENIPEDIUM 



wrote Selenipedium). OreltUlicew. The genus Seleni- 

 pedium comprises the South American Cypripediunis. 

 Technically it is separated from the genus Cypripe- 

 diura on account of the three-loculed ovary. Aside from 

 this character the flowers resemble those of Cypripe- 

 dium, but the inflorescence is quite distinct. The 

 scapes of Cypripedium hear a single flower (rarely 2 or 

 more), while those of Selenipedium bear se\eial flowers 

 and often become paniculately blanched In general 

 habit the Selenipediums are more robust md luiuiiant 

 The Ivs. are crowded in dense tufts on short creepmg 

 rhizomes As in many oichid geneia the species ot 

 Selenipedium lie reinukable foi the number ot color 

 variations of then ri h is Iluu are many varieties 

 that form connettn i species, thus mak 



ing the genus i \ t >r satisfactory de 



sciiption It IS li I wmg account, how 



ever, will sum t ! I idmgt\i(s 



This ^pi 1 I Imnis 1 si en a 



SELENIPEDIUM 



1651 



V 1. lit (t the ^.tULia Cy 

 im h IS been sepaiated by 

 net genus, Paphiopedilum, 

 id m horticultuial wiitmgs 



HeINRIOH HASSELBEINf, 



All Selenipediums enjoy plenty of heat and moisture 

 in the growing season, March to November (65-90°) 

 Give good drainage. Use chopped sphagnum with 

 broken clinkers from the furnace, and the addition of a 

 little leaf-mold, raising the material as high above the 

 1 of the pot as possible. This material is especidllj 



to be recommended for 



Give slight ~'i:i'l.-. :m,.I - 



glass. W.iN ' 



S. Sargtiii ., - 



three-fourth.^ Lull o; .1k 

 of coarse fern ro(.t, uii 

 rim. Place the plant "ii 

 top with chopped si>li:i:;i 

 coar.se sand or pulvfiizi- 

 in a growing condition. 



Lin.; ind 



ided pla 



I 1 HI lies near the 

 1 _Ni The four 



s s Jilimii and 



I I It 1 Fill pots 

 ill I thin layer 



t t I.\p1 of the 

 I till ' to 3 m on 

 t 111 i i mixed with 

 IS K, I p the moss 

 Wm Mathew s 



(Including some n 

 Ainsworthii, 6. 

 albiflorum, 1. 

 albo-purpureum, H. 

 atratum. 15. 

 Boissierianxim, 17. 

 ealurum, 12. 

 caudidulum. 2. 

 eardinale, .5. 

 caricinum, 19. 

 caudatnm, 14. 

 Dominianum, 16. 

 gigauteum, 1. 

 grande, 15. 

 Hartwegii, 10. 



advertised undei Cypripedii 



Klotzschianum 18 

 Lindeni, 14 

 Lindleyanum 9 

 longifolium 10 

 Luxeniburgense U 

 magnitlorum 10 

 iiigreseens, 14 

 Feared. 19. 

 porphyreum 4 

 reticulatum 17 

 RcezlU, 10. 



SargentiinuB 

 Schhmu 1 

 lichomburgku 



vittitum 7 

 Wall.su 14 

 Warsceiiiczi 



Weidlichianum 3 



PetaJs , 

 Petals I 



1 Schhmu 



1 Sedem 



1 Weidlichianum 



4 porphyreum 



1 cardmale 



f) Ainsworthii 



7 vittatum 



s Sargentianum 



> Lindleyanum 



10 longifolium 



11 albo purpureum 

 1-' ealurum 



13 Schroederae 



14 caudatum 



I gi ande 



K Dominianum 



1" Boissierianum 



Is Klotzschianum 



I I caricmum 



1. ScUimii, Linden (Cypripedium Schlimii, Linden). 

 Fig. 2306. Lvs. 4-6, ligulate, leathery, sharp-pointed, 

 9-12 in. high: scape longer than the lvs., hirsute, often 

 branched, 2-8-fld. : sepals less than 1 in. .long, ovate- 

 obtuse, the lower a little larger than the upper and con- 

 cave, white or spotted with crimson on the inner side; 



petals like the sepals, labellum an elliptic bag with a 

 contracted opening white with a large crimson blotch 

 m front staminodium ^ ellow Late summer Colombia 



BM 5614 PS 18 1917 -Vai 

 Fls white except the -s ellow stimii 

 blotch on the 1 ibelhim 1 H 21 I 

 and sup6rbum are ilso advertised 

 2 Sideni, Hort Fig 2307 I ^ 

 12-18 m long tapering to i | i 

 high, about 4 fld but often s( n 1 1 1 

 ering branches from the axils t 

 farst fls have fallen fls 3^ -4 i 

 lower sepal owl, greenish white 

 acute with faint purplish green 

 late, twisted purple shiding to i 

 base labelhini rirh emus nimi 

 purple hehinil s] tt 1 i 



albifldrum, Linden 

 odium and a suffused 

 ^ i \ ars giganteum 



I 1 I I itter the 

 Rii ss the petals, 

 pet sepal oblong, 

 US petals lanceo 

 ■nish white at the 

 sl till r to paler 

 I 111! lietween 

 < lit free 



floweungpliiit 1 M I i> ls-q470 



^ ar candidulum K i I t i s | [ i i t Is white 



tin„'id\Mth rose Kbclhini diik.i use \ Inbiid be 

 twciii s I inoifohum and .S Sc/i/imii, var albiflorum 

 Till t II wing names are also in the trade grandiH6- 

 rum, sangTuneum, supSrbum. 



' Weidliclu4num Hoit \ garden hybrid between 

 s Ifntii III ml s s lliiiin It h irdly differs from 

 s ^ 1 ,11 (, -\I 4 J,t (IS Cyjmpedutm Weidhm 



4 porphyreum Ken hi t {( i// j / Imiij ilnn um 



cardinile, Ri ichb f [Cypripedium caidindXe, 

 .hb t ) L-ss long, straight doisal sepal blush- 



