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The variety Warscetviczii was first detected by the excellent Polish 

 botanical explorer Von Warscewicz on the mountains of Chiriqui in 

 Central America, where, according to R. Pfau, it grows "exclusively 

 on the tops of the highest trees, at 60 — 100 feet and more above the 

 ground."* It differs from the typical Cypripedium can datum chiefly in 

 the deeper and brighter colour of its flowers, especially of the petals 

 and labellum. This form is best known in British gardens under the 

 name of G. caudatum roseum. 



Another form is known as the Luxembourg variety from its having 

 been first detected in the Luxembourg garden at Paris. It is easilv 

 recognised by its narrower leaves that are very stiff, leathery and 

 sub-erect, giving the plant the aspect of a Vanda, especially of 

 V. ccerulescens in a young state. The flowers of this variety have 

 not yet been seen by us. 



The specific name caudatum, literally ""tailed," or "furnished with 

 tails," refers to the greatly elongated petals. 



0. Klotzschianum. 



"Pedunculo subtereti, basi nunc unifoliato, puberulo, squaniato, squamis 

 supremis oblongis, obtusis, apice 2-3 floro; bracteis ovatis, acutis, cucul- 

 latisj perigonio phyllis supremo lanceolato, acutiusculo, extus pubescente, 

 lateralibus extremis coalitis latioribus, cseterum aequalibus ■ perigonii 

 phyllis lateralibus internis lanceolatis, apice valde attenuatis, margine 

 undulatis ; externis tertia parte longioribus ; labello ovato contracto, ore 

 subovali; stamine sterili trilobo, lobo medio acuto, lateralibus transversis, 

 rhombeis, puberulis." 



" Blatter lederartig, lineallanzettlich, fein zweispitzig, iiber fusslanc. 

 Bluthenstiel bis 15" hoch. Bluthen so gross wie bei Cypripedium 

 Lindleyanum."j H. G. Reichenbach fil. in Linnasa XXII. (1849), p. 811. 



Leaves from a creeping rhizome, 6 — 8 to each shoot, distinctly 

 distichous, linear, sedge-like, 12—15 or more inches long, imbricate at 

 base, acute with a sunk mid-line, keeled beneath, deep green. (As 

 seen in the plants in cultivation under the name of Cypripedium 

 SchomburgManum) . 



Scape upwards of 2 feet long, pubescent, the cauline bracts narrowly 

 lanceolate, the floral bracts broader. Flowers about 2 inches across 

 vertically ; upper sepal lanceolate, acute, symmetrically veined ; lower 

 sepal broader, ovate, acute; petals linear, acuminate, 3 inches long, 

 pendulous or sub-pendulous ; lip cylindric ; the infolded lobes nearly 



* Gard. Chron. XX. (1883), p. 722. 



t In all the dried specimens we have examined, the flowers are smaller than in Cypripedium 

 Lvtdleyanum. 



