The flowers are a sweet combination of both parents, and will last a long period 
in perfection, providing they are kept free from damp. The dorsal sepal when 
young stands up bold and erect, but as the flower advances with age they become 
slightly reflexed, as is the case with most crosses from C. Spicerianum, and this 
is even the case with that species itself. The upper half is of the purest white, 
and the remaining part of the base is of a bright green, with a strongly marked 
central line of deep purple, and deep green veins which run up into the white 
portion. The petals are of beautiful form, fairly long and _ broad, beautifully 
undulated on the upper margin, on which are a few rosy-coloured hairs; they are of 
a delicate bright yellowish green, suffused near the base on the upper half with reddish 
brown, and each have a well-defined midrib of deep purple. The lip or pouch is 
somewhat bell-shaped, and of good medium size, with the everted auricles on each 
side very prominent; it is of a bright bronzy yellow, deeply flushed and veined 
with light rosy purple. The staminode in this variety is very conspicuous, large, 
and of mauve-purple colour marked in the centre with dark green. 
Cypripedium Adonis thrives best with pot culture, and should be placed in 
well-drained pots, with a compost of good fibrous peat and sphagnum moss; the 
plants should be well elevated above the rim, and fixed firmly, although not 
rammed in. It succeeds well in the Cattleya house temperature, and should be 
treated similar to all other evergreen Cypripediums, and never be allowed to become 
dry. This beautiful and interesting novelty is quite distinct from anything yet 
in commerce, but it must not he confounded with the C. Adonis which is 
reported in the pages of the Orchid Review for October, 1893, where it is stated 
that a plant under this name was exhibited by C. J. Ingram, Esq., of Godalming, 
as a cross between C. hirsutissimum and C. Curtisii, which must be quite a 
distinct hybrid from our present subject. 
CYPRIPEDIUM CALLOSUM SANDERAE.—This lovely variety of Cypripedium callosum 
is without doubt one of the most beautiful acquisitions introduced in recent years. 
It was shown by Messrs. F. Sander and Co., of St. Albans, at the Temple Exhibition 
in May, 1894, for the first time, where it was a great attraction, and was 
unanimously awarded a First Class Certificate. The plant exhibited bore leaves 
identical with the species, and carried one flower of grand form, as large as the 
very best form of the type. The dorsal sepal is bold and_ stands quite flat, 
pure white, and distinctly veined about half-way up with emerald green. The 
petals are drooping, as is the case with C. callosum, of a delicate shade of green 
about two-thirds of their length, the tips being slightly reflexed and pure white. 
The whole lip, which is of good shape, is of an emerald green colour throughout. 
This superb variety, which well merits the award bestowed upon it by the 
Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society, bears the same relation to 
Cypripedium callosum as C. Lawrenceanum Hyeanum does to that species, but is 
decidedly more beautiful and more graceful in shape; and all enthusiasts of this 
popular genus who have seen it will greatly desire to have it numbered amongst 
their own collections.—W. H. G, 
