72 COOL ORCHID GROWTHS. 



*C. barbatum (Malacca, Mount Ophir, 1838). This is a 

 well-known plant, and very commonly met with at summer 

 exhibitions. Leaves from five to six inches long, green and 

 variegated. Flowers from two and a half to three inches across, 

 of a purple colour mixed with green, the dorsal sepal being 

 nearly white, striped with purple, greenish towards the base ; 

 petals having shining hairy warts along their upper margins. 

 Lasts six weeks, and blooms from January to June. 



a. *0. barbatum Dayi. A large and handsome variety. 



b. *C. barbatum nigrum. Another good and distinct variety, 

 distinguished by the superior size of the flowers and the dark 

 purple colour of the lip. 



c. *C. barbatum Veitchii. This has flowers as large as Dayi, 

 but with spotted petals, It is a grand variety, and should be 

 added to the most select collections. July. Often met with 

 in nurseries named C. superbiens or C. grandiflorum. 



*(7. caudatum (1848). This is a curious long-tailed species 

 from the highlands of Peru, and is often killed by being 

 coddled in a high temperature. It is one of the finest of 

 all the Cypripediums, and grows well in a cool temperature. 

 Leaves from twelve to fourteen inches long, bright green. 

 Scape one to two feet long, bearing two to three large yellow 

 and rosy purple flowers, the petals of which gradually elon- 

 gate after the flower-bud expands, and ultimately reach the 

 great length of twenty or thirty inches. This plant 

 grows vigorously in the compost above recommended, and the 

 top of the pot should be covered with fresh living sphagnum, 

 into which the plants will be found to root freely. 



a. C. caudatum roseum. This is a deeper coloured, and by 

 some growers is considered a better variety than the normal 

 type. 



'*G. Fairieanum (Assam). This is a rare and very distinct 



