168 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JUNE, 1906, 
Fairrieanum ” as well as one of Lindley we cannot say, but that name was 
clearly added after the painting was made. But when and how did Mr. 
wv 
Fairrie acquire C. hirsutissimum 
PAPHIOPEDILUM BELLATULUM. 
THE Journal of Horticulture, to which we are indebted for the loan of the 
accompanying block, remarks (p. 427) that this fine specimen is seldom 
seen growing luxuriantly, yet in the collection of Francis Wellesley, Esq., 
at Westfield, Woking, the plants grow with great freedom, and in the 
group illustrated several are carrying two flowers on one spike, and the 
Cultural Commendation given by the Orchid Committee on May I was 
Fig. 20. PAPHIOPEDILUM BELLATULUM. 
ee 
well deserved. They are grown suspended in the Stove Orchid house, and 
are potted in a mixture of loam, sand, and small pieces of crocks, with 
pieces of soft brick, about the size of walnuts, for drainage, and also 
worked in here and there through the compost. Ordinary pots are used, 
and much water is afforded at all seasons. The hybrids obtained from this 
species also grow very freely; in fact al 
robust health, and reflect 
charge. 
1 the Cypripediums are in most 
great credit on Mr. Hopkins, the able grower 1n 
