CYPEIPEDIUM CALUEUM 



[Plate 136.] 



A Garden Hy hrid. 



Epiphytal. Acaulescent. Leaves spreading, tufted, ensiform, dianucllcd especially 



towards the base, tapered to the apex, one and a quarter inch wide, 

 of a brownish-red colour, 



tall, branched, bearing several flowers, with 



Linceolate boat- shaped bracts at the ramifications. 



Flower 



green, 

 longisli 



Scape 

 ovntc- 



and handsome, 



luii^^^uiatc uucii-snapea oracts at tne rammcations. flowers large ana iiaiuisome, 

 five inches in lateral, three and a half inches in vertical expansion ; dorsal' sepnl 



oblong 

 darker 



ovate bluntish, pale watery green with several 



longitudinal 



green intermediate ribs, slightly flushed with red, the pur2)le tint 



purplish and 



strouwr 



o 



on the glossy exterior, which is olive green, the extreme edge white; lower sepal broad 

 ovate, half as long as the lip ; petals two and a half inches long, over half an 



inch broad at the base, 



mm f 



with 



an 



edge 



narrowing 



to the apex, pale green 



white in the centre 

 of wine-red one-eighth of an inch wide which meets towards tJio end 



so that the apex is wholly wine-red, the colour deeper and glossy outside witli the 

 central parts olive, the inside covered over with pellucid hairs, those on the lower 

 half near the base longer and purplish ; lip bold, oblong obtuse, nearly two inches 

 long, the pouch deep wine-purple in front, paler behind, the sides deeply inflcx*.d 

 and with a roundish projecting lobe at the front angle 



of the aperture, grcenisli 



creamy^ white with a few irregular purple spots, the inside of ^ the pouch ^more 



Staminode greenish white 



clothed with 



short 



stiff hairs, 



distinctly spotted, 

 tranversely oblong 



purple hairs on the front margin, the sterile lobe roundish, fleshy, greenish white, 

 hairy. 



or reniform with an apiculus and 



having 



a 



fringe 



of short dark 



Cypripedium calurum, Reichenhach Jil, in Gardeners' Chronicle, N.S., xv. 41. 



th 



The class of hybrid Cypripedi 

 e novelties are very distinct 



is becoming a 



numerous one, and some of 



beat the 



and beautiful, for although it 



ma} 



be 



< 



Wi 



to 



sh 



original 



ape or for 



and other 

 and 



types, yet in some cases 

 We are greatly indebted to 



^J 



are 



porsede 



Messrs. V 



1 as regards colour, 



& Sons, nf Cli^I»<;j, 



in taking up 



m 



* « 



for the good they have done 



ag the different forms which have appear 



d 



the n 



The 



of Ore hi 



Lady 



are 



amongst the 



easiest of Orchids to fertilize 



1 th 



e 



ise 



k 



ppors 

 Irss time 



than 

 ^vill 



my others of 



family 



the flowering stag 



A\ 



u 



trust the hybrid is* 



to 



continue their good work, as there is yet such 



abundance of choic*' ma 



•k 



upon, both as regards form 



and colour, and that 



care 



ful 



leetion mmo^ 



onderful changes may yet be 



ight 



We 



Imit that a great d.al haa bcm 



^ompHshed, but there 



is } 



a large 



field remaining unoci 



d f. 



^i'^posed to take an interest in this most important and plcamng w 



those 



rk. 



ho fc 



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