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CYMBIDIUM LOWIANUM secu. r. var. SUPERBISSIMUM tno. 
Mr. LOW’S CYMBIDIUM, VERY SPLENDID VARIETY, 
CYMBIDIUM. Vide supra, p. 13. 
Cymbidium Lowianum. Racemo C. gigantei, labello tamen trifido, laciniis lateralibus angulatis , lacinia antica 
cordato-triangula expansa, non undulata; callis in ipso disco ante basin laciniae anticae crassis triangulatis; caudiculae 
cruribus divaricatis aristaeformibus. Flores viriduli brunneo striati. Labellum albido flavidulum, disco laciniae anticae 
purpureo, margine angustissime flavidulum. Calli antice purpureo lavati. Maculae quaedam purpureae in labelli basi. 
Columna ima basi purpureo maculata. 
Var. superbissimum. Floribus magnis, labelli lobo anteriore splendide purpureo-aurantiaco maculato. 
Cymbidium Lowianum Reus. F. in Gard. Chron., 1879, i, p. 332. — Floral Mag., n. s., t. 353: 
Cymbidium giganteum var. Lowianum Reus. ¥F. in Gard. Chron., 1877, i, p. 685. 
ymbidium Lowianum was introduced in 1877, by Messrs Low & C?, of 
Clapton, and described by Retcuensacn the same year, from rather 
Le incomplete dried materials, under the name of Cymbidium giganteum var. 
Lowianum. It flowered for the first time in 1879, when the celebrated Orchido- 
grapher gave to it its proper specific name. He then described it in the following 
terms : — 
“ This is a beautiful novelty, according to my taste. It ranks near Cymbi- 
dium gigantewm Watu., and C. longifolium Don, the two short abrupt calli in 
the disc of the lip, the cordate not wavy anterior lacinia of the lip, and the 
straight short divaricate tails of the caudicula, give it the strongest claim to be 
considered an excellent, well-marked species. 
..-.. There are no ciliae of the lip, no hairy running lines from the disc to the 
anterior part, no wavy middle lacinia. The large flowers have sepals and petals 
green, with a few faint sepia-brown lines over the strongest nerves. These organs 
get more pallid by and bye, changing to a yellowish green. The lip is whitish 
yellow, disc of anterior lacinia in the beginning purple, later maroon brownish 
purple, with a very narrow pallid border, and there are some purple spots at the 
base of the lip. Calli washed on their anterior parts with purple. The anterior 
part of the base of the column has a few spots.... I am informed it takes a 
very long time to expand its flowers : this is also the case in C. Hookerianum, 
as is well known. ” 
The plant was exhibited on the 11th March, at a meeting of the Royal 
Horticultural Society of London, and obtained a First-class Certificate. Since 
then it has been distributed in large numbers, and is now the most popular 
species in the genus. It is a plant of vigorous growth, and forms strong spec 
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