CYPRIPEDIUM ADONIS. 
[Pirate 500.] 
Garden Hybrid. 
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Epiphytal or terrestrial. | Acaulescent. Leaves distichous, narrowly oblong, 
channelled, of a pale yellowish green colour, faintly tessellated on the upper 
side, and with a few reddish spots at the base beneath. Scape stiff, erect, solitary, 
about six or seven inches high, and with an oblong sheathing bract near the top, 
which embraces the pedicel. Flowers large, of good form, and very handsome; 
dorsal sepal of medium size, standard-like, slightly recurved, becoming reflexed with 
age, the upper portion being of the purest white, bright green at the base, 
with a well-defined centre line of deep purple, and with deep green veins; Jateral 
sepals smaller, oblong, greenish white, with bright green veins; petals rs 
prettily undulated on the upper margins, where they are slightly hairy, laterally 
deflexed, of a bright yellowish green colour, flushed near the base on the upper 
half with reddish brown, and with a central pronounced vein of deep purple; lip 
pouch-shaped, of medium size, with round everted auricles on each side, wm 4 
green, suffused and veined with light rosy purple, pale green beneath. Stamino 
very showy, large, of mauve-purple, with a dark marking in the centre. 
Cyprireptum Aponis, H. Williams, B. S. Williams and Son's Catalogue of 
New Plants, 1893, p. 7. Williams’ Orchid Grower's Manual, 7th edition, p. 131. 
This beautiful hybrid “Lady’s Slipper Orchid” was raised in the Victoria and 
Paradise Nurseries, Upper Holloway, about five years ago, and is the result of a 
cross between Cypripedium Spicerianum magnificum and C. Harrisianum superbum, 
and which may be noted as being the reverse- cross to our beautiful variety of 
C. Pitcherianum. It is quite distinct, however, from that plant, as may be seen 
by comparing our present illustration with plate 453 in the tenth volume of 
this work, where C. Pitcherianum is figured. Our present plate was own 
by our artist, Mr. J. N. Fitch, from a_ plant which flowered recently in - 
establishment, and which is a faithful representation of this beautiful hybrid. It is 
one of the very best forms obtained from the popular and pretty C. ee Le 
which has so often been used by the hybridist as a parent plant. This 3 
mentioned species has since its introduction been brought s0 much inp ae sit 
that it has produced quite a distinct type of Cypripediums, which coule - 
have been obtained had it not fortunately been discovered and imported in suc 
large quantities, 
Cypripedium Adonis is a beautiful ornamental foliage plant, 7 Sa 
one of the strongest-growing, produces its bright evergroel ag wers are past. 
profusely, which considerably help to brighten the house when the Ho 
