THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
CYPRIPEDIUM EXUL. 
THE appearance of the handsome variety of Cypripedium Exul, for which 
Major Joicey, of Sunningdale Park, received a First-class Certificate on 
April 7th last, and of the richly coloured C. E. aureum in the collection of 
W. M. Appleton, Esq., of Weston-super-Mare (noted at page 162), has 
again called attention to the species, which is proving rather more variable 
than at first supposed, and now that it has become established in 
cultivation it may be seen to better advantage, as hitherto it has had the 
character of being rather shy flowering. It was originally described by Mr. 
Ridley under the name of C. insigne var. exul (Gard. Chron., 1891, x., P- 94), 
the author remarking :—“ This is a native of Nepal, so it was surprising to 
me to obtain from a native collector a large quantity of a species closely 
resembling it from so far south as Siam. It is very distinct as a variety, 
both in form and colouring. The leaves are shorter and more crowded; 
the scape shorter, the flower rather smaller than that of the typical form. 
The general colouring is similar to that of the Nepal plant, but the white 
margin of the standard runs right down to the base; the purple spots are 
crowded into the middle of the apple-green centre. The petals and lip 
much resemble those of the Indian forms, but the lip is more yellow. The 
shield is different in shape; instead of being cordate with a notch in the 
apex, it is almost ovate, with, at the most, a depression at the top. It is 
decidedly a charming plant, of very neat habit, and appears to be very 
floriferous. It will, I think, be welcomed by the lovers of Cypripedia. A 
considerable quantity was brought into Singapore, and a number of plants 
have ere this found their way to England.” A plant was exhibited at a 
meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society on April 12th, 1892, under the 
name of Cypripedium insigne siamense, from the collection of R. I. 
Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell, and being referred to Kew 
for determination, re-appeared a week later (April r9th) under the name of 
C. Exul, Rolfe, with a note to the effect that it was the C. insigne var. exul 
mentioned above, but evidently a distinct species nearer C. Druryi in several 
Tespects. An Award of Merit was then given, and a note appeared in the 
Journal of Horticulture for April 21st (page 301), in which its distinctness 
was briefly pointed out. Two days later a description by Mr. J. O’Brien 
appeared in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, together with a figure (1892, Xie pp. 
522, 523, fig. 77). A figure appeared also in Lindenia, whence the following 
note on its distinctness is extracted :— Last autumn I saw a large im- 
Portation of this particular plant, together with a coloured drawing. In 
the former I could not see a evidence of C. insigne, though the drawing 
certainly bore a a ») to that species, yet there were 
certain discrepancies which I could not understand. And now, having seen 
