538 FLOWERS OF GARDEN AND GREENHOUSE 
with brown; pouch greenish, dotted with brown; April and May. Stove. 
Introduced from Khasia, 1857. 
C. Hooker# (Lady Hooker's). Leaves broad, very dark green, 
beautifully blotched with white. Flowers solitary on long scapes, 
yellowish brown, tipped with rosy purple; pouch small, brown, tinged 
with green; summer. Stove. Introduced from Borneo, 1862. 
C. INSIGNE (remarkable). Flowers about 4 inches across; yellow- 
green, streaked and spotted with reddish brown, shining; pouch large ; 
December and January. Introduced from Khasia, 1819. One of the 
cheapest and most easily cultivated of Orchids, growing well in a cool 
greenhouse or dwelling-room window. Plate 246. 
C, LAWRENCIANUM (Lawrence’s). Height 1 foot. Leaves mottled 
or tesselated with dark green and yellow. Flowers usually solitary, 
greenish white, marked with purple veins and spots; pouch very large, 
purplish brown and yellow; summer. Stove. Introduced from Borneo, 
1878. 
C. NIVEUM (snow white). A small plant with short dark green 
marbled leaves and erect scapes 3 to 6 inches long, bearing one or two 
elegant, wax-like, pure white flowers, sometimes slightly dotted with 
purple. Stove. Moulmein. 1858. | 
C. PUBESCENS (downy). Height 14 to 2 ik Stem downy. 
Flowers large, yellowish brown, marked with darker lines; pouch pale 
yellow, flattened from sides; May and June. Hardy, Should be grown 
in light loam or leaf-mould. 
C. ROTHSCHILDIANUM (Rothschild’s). Scape about three-flowered, 
1} foot high. Flowers yellowish, with dark purple stripes and blotches ; 
pouch crimson-coloured, with reddish mouth. Stove. Introduced from 
New Guinea, 1888. 
C. SPECTABILE (showy). Moccasin flower. Leaves covered with 
white downy hairs. Flowers large, white; pouch much inflated, soft 
rich rose; June. Hardy. Should be grown in deep peat soil. 
C. SPICERIANUM (Spicer’s). Flowers usually solitary, 24 inches 
across, white, striped with purple; pouch open, dull purple; October to 
December. Stove. Introduced from Assam, 1878. Can be grown Ww ith 
fair success in intermediate house. 
C. STONEI (Stone’s). Scape usually three-flowered, 2 feet high. 
Flowers large, white, tinged with yellow, and striped with reddish purple ; 
pouch large, dull red, veined with purple; autumn. Stove. Introduced 
from Borneo, 1860. It is worthy of note that for a small plant of the 
var. platyteniwm Baron Schroeder paid the large sum of £325, which is 
believed to be the largest sum ever paid for a single Orchid. 
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