AXD THEIR MAXAGEMENT. 



459 



Selenipedium. 



in floral colour. There seems to lie very little di 

 it and 6'. J\\>c:.//i. Native of Central America 

 1S70. (B. M., t. 5970.) 



A'ar. Hincksiaiiuiii has larger and brighter-coloured flowers than 

 in the type. 



erence between 

 introduced ni 



5. reticulatum {Rchl>. f). — A synonym of J5'. Boissierianuni. 



5 . 5 c h 1 i m i i 



(Rchb. /). — This dis- 

 tinct and pretty species 

 is suitable for culti- 

 vation in a greenhouse. 

 The leaves are 6in. 

 to Sin. long, thin and 

 narrow, and light green. 

 The scape is erect and 

 branched, bearing six 

 or more flowers, which 

 are 2in. across ; the 

 sepals and petals are 

 snow-white, tinged with 

 green towards the ends, 

 and mottled with pur- 

 jilish-rose ; the pouch 

 is round, very much 

 contracted at the 

 mouth, white, with a 

 blotch of deep rose 

 in front. This plant 

 should be grown in a 

 mixture of peat, sphag- 

 num, and sand, and be 

 well drained ; it should 

 be kept moderately 

 cool, and at all sea- 

 sons of the year freely 

 supplied "with water, 

 but during the grow- 

 ing season a copious 

 supply must be given. 

 It blossoms at various 

 times of the year. It 

 is interesting as being 

 hybrids represented by 



Fig. I 



one of the 

 5. Sedeni. 



7. Inflorescence a.n^d Le.^f of 

 Selenipedium .Schlimii 



(much reduced). 



progenitors of the many fine 

 It inhabits swampy places in 



Colombia, at an elevation of 4ooort. above the sea, where it was 



