THE MOST USEFUL ORCHIDS 71 



was named after his gardener. It is a native of Sarawak, Borneo- 

 From an importation secured by the Messrs Low in 1863, Mr 

 Day purchased a number of plants, and one of these flowered in 

 1 867 and proved to be a far finer thing than the type, and so far 

 as is known no other plant of this novelty — C. Stonei platyt-snium 

 — has since been imported. From it a few small plants were pro- 

 pagated, but it was not until the disposal of Mr Day's collection by 

 auction in 1889 that this wonderful Orchid really came into the 

 market. The strongest plants were purchased by Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bt., and the late Baron Sir Henry Schroder, and at the 

 time of writing there are few examples of it outside the Dell and 

 Burford Lodge collections. It is generally understood that no less 

 than ;;^ 1 000 was paid for the finest specimen at the sale referred to. 

 C. Stonei has a white, crimson-striped dorsal sepal, and a lower 

 sepal of almost equal size and colour ; the petals are quite narrow 

 and about six inches long, pale yellow at the base, gradually 

 shading to dull crimson at the apex, and spotted with brownish 

 crimson. The lip projects as in C. Rothschildeanum, and is very 

 attractive, the colour being rose, with reticulating veins of crimson. 

 In the variety platyt^nium the flowers are in every way glorified ; 

 they are larger, and the petals are much broader, while the colour- 

 ing is more brilliant, the petals being heavily spotted with deep 

 crimson almost to the base. C. Morgania is one of the best of 

 the hybrids derived from C. Stonei. There are a few hybrids from 

 C. Stonei platytcenium^ i.e. C. plat y color ^ C. concolor being the 

 other parent; C. Morgani^e langleyense, and C. James H. Veitcb^ 

 the latter having C. Curtisii as its seed parent, and therefore really 

 a varietal form of C. Constance (C Curtisii x C. Stonei). 



C. SUPERBIENS has had many names, and as it has been described 

 as C. barbatum Veitchii and C. barbatum supurbum, some indica- 

 tion of its general appearance will be gained from these titles. 



