sepal is white, faintly streaked with green, and flushed near the edge with soft rose ; 
petals white, with a patch of rose-coloured hairs towards the base; the lip or pouch 
is round and full, and rich rosy carmine in colour. It blooms at different seasons, 
and continues in flower for several months; indeed, we believe this section of plants 
is seldom to be found without flowers throughout the whole year. 
All the Cypripediums of this section are characterised by their free growth, and 
when well grown they make fine handsome large specimens, which produce flowers in 
abundance from the young growths, so that they may be almost accorded the title 
of perpetual bloomers. They are free-rooting plants, and consequently require adequate 
pot room. The soil we have found the most suitable for them is a mixture 
in about equal parts of good fibrous-peat, turfy-loam, and good leaf-mould. The 
drainage must be good; indeed, we usually half-fill the pots with drainage material. 
In potting, the plant should be slightly raised above the rim of the pot, and the 
whole made firm and compact. These plants require a large amount of water about 
their roots during the growing season, and even when they are not active they 
should never be allowed to become dry, as they have no thick and fleshy pseudobulbs 
to assist in supplying the deficiency. It will be found, however, that nearly all the year 
round these plants are more or less active, and during warm and sunny days a slight 
syringing with tepid water will be found highly beneficial, but this should not be 
performed in a heavy drenching manner, as it will cause a quantity of water to 
gather in the sheaths and in the young leaves, a state of things which is not 
conducive to health, neither should the flowers be wetted at any time. Water also 
should be freely used about the pots and upon the stages, as it tends to keep a 
genial moist atmosphere which the plants enjoy, and it also prevents the attacks of 
thrips, red-spider, and other insects. The East India house is the most suitable 
position for C. cardinale, in the winter fully exposed to sun and light, but during 
the summer months we have found these plants thrive best when shaded from the 
sun during the hotter portion of the day. 
Propagation is effected by division, the young growths being taken off with roots; 
these should be put into small pots at first, and kept in a somewhat closer position 
until they are established. 
