354 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NOVEMBER, 1913. 
and of good shape and well-defined colouring. The following is a brief 
outline of the method of culture :— 
Cypripedium bellatulum requires to be given a light position near the 
roof glass at the warmest end of the Cattleya house, and if the corner 
selected be one where moisture does not condense quickly so much the 
better, as drip is fatal to the plants. A warm moist atmosphere is needed 
throughout the year, and damping the staging and between the pots should 
be practised at frequent intervals, care being taken not to wet the foliage. 
This Orchid must never be subjected to a lower temperature than 55° 
Fahr. in winter, and will only need shade from direct sun. The most 
important point in regard to the culture of C. bellatulum is watering. 
Providing its immediate surroundings are kept moist, little water need be 
applied direct. When at rest, and during the winter months, a dose should 
be given only when the compost is inclined to dryness, but as the warmer 
weather approaches more may be given. Care must be taken when 
watering not to allow any water to touch the leaves, hence any overhead 
syringing must never be practised. I find that the best way to water this 
Orchid is to immerse the pot up to the rim ina pail of tepid rain water. 
Repotting should only be performed when the soil becomes exhausted, and 
this operation is best carried out about a fortnight after flowering. Use 
plenty of clean broken crocks, and for compost a mixture of good yellow 
loam, limestone, and brick rubble. 
Many fine hybrids have been raised from this species, as many as thirty- 
nine being enumerated in the Orchid Stud-book, fourteen of which are 
secondary hybrids, and a good many additions have been made since. A 
selection of them is appended :— 
Chapmanii (bellatulum x Curtisii). 
Cycnides (bellatulum x Swanianum). 
Dora (bellatulum x Charlesworthii). 
Gratrixiz (bellatulum x vexillarium). 
Helena (bellatulum x insigne). 
Hopkinsii (bellatulum x Mastersianum). 
Hunteri (bellatulum x tonsum). 
Lawrebel (bellatulum x Lawrenceanum). 
Olenus (bellatulum x ciliolare). 
Richmanii (bellatulum x barbatum). 
Rolfei (bellatulum x Rothschildianum). 
southgatense (bellatulum x Harrisianum). 
Wottonii (bellatulum x callosum). 
If care be taken’with these hybrids much pleasure can be derived from 
them, as healthy plants are very floriferous, and are among the most 
charming of the genus. C. ALwyn HarRISON. 
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