1 68' ORCHIDS 



Gypripedium. 



sepals are large and broad, of a china-white hue, thinly striped 

 with reddish -purple, and shaded with ochreous- yellow ; the 

 petals are 5in. to 6)n. long, narrow, curved downwards and 

 twisted, and are of the same colour as the sepals ; the lip is 

 large, and has a curious pouch, somewhat resembling a Turkish 

 slipper in form ; the ground-colour is dull red, with purple 

 veins, whitish on the under side. It is a native of Sarawak, in 

 Borneo, and in its specific name commemorates Mr. Stone, 

 formerly gardener to Mr. John Day, of Tottenham, who 

 flowered it for the first time in this country in i860. It 

 blossoms in autumn, and requires tropical treatment. (B. M., 

 t- S349-) 



Var. platyicEniiim. — A plant of exceptional interest and 

 beauty. The petals are lin. broad, white, tinted with yellow 

 and blotched with purple ; dorsal sepal white, with purple 

 stripes. The highest sum ever paid for an Orchid, at a public 

 auction sale, viz., 310 guineas, was given for a small plant of 

 this variety by Baron Schrreder, in 1S87. It first appeared in 

 the collection of the late Mr. John Day, in 1S67. 



C. superbiens {RcJib. /). — Undoubtedly the finest of the 

 C. barbafi/m section, and it deserves a place in every collection. 

 The leaves are 6in. long by 2in. broad, oblong and blunt at 

 the apex, beautifully mottled with dark green upon a yellowish- 

 green ground. The scape is ift. high, and bears a single very 

 large flower ; the dorsal sepal is large and broad, "ciliated, 

 white, beautifully streaked with purple and green ; the petals are 

 3in. long, and nearly lin. broad, white, green, and purple, the 

 margin warted, fringed with soft hairs ; the pouch is very large 

 and prominent, of a uniform rich brown-purple, reticulated in front. 

 It blossoms during summer, and. lasts a long time in full beauty. 

 It is a native of Java, and is regarded by some botanists as one 

 of the many forms of C. harhafum. It was introduced in 1835. 

 Syn. C. Veitchiaiium. (Fig. 49; Fl. des Ser., t. 1996.) 



C. tonsum {Rchh. /.). — A robust - growing species, with 

 tessellated foliage. Dorsal sepal whitish, covered with green 

 nerves, a small brown blotch on each border inside, and a 

 green disk outside ; lower sepal half as long as the lip ; petals 

 green, washed with sepia, and spotted with dark brown ; lip 

 greenish, the upper surface washed with sepia. Sumatra, 1883. 

 Allied to C. javauiciiiii, but with the foliage marked as in 

 C. Dayaiitiiii. 



C. Veitchianum (Hort.). — K synonym of C. siiperbkus. 

 C. venustum ( /r^?//.).— One of the first of the East Indian 

 kinds to be introduced to English collections, having been 



