370 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
In nearly every garden where indoor plants are cultivated the old Cypri- 
pedium insigne will be found in bloom at this season. It has always 
been a general favourite amongst gardeners, owing to its vigorous con- 
stitution and easy culture, and as the handsome flowers remain fresh for a 
very long time, they are especially valuable for cutting and decorative pur- 
poses. At the present time there are a great number of C. insigne varieties 
in commerce, some of them better than others, and the best certainly deserve 
a place inthe most select collections. In C. insigne Maulei and Chantini 
we have varieties that will take a lot of beating, but undoubtedly the most 
beautiful and distinct variety yet seen is C. insigne Sanderz, which is, so far 
as at present known, only represented in three or four collections. 
The best time to repot C. insigne is immediately after flowering. It 
requires no special kind of compost, as I have seen it well grown and 
flowered when potted like an ordinary stove or greenhouse plant, and it will 
thrive in almost any house where frost is excluded, proper attention being 
given in the matter of watering, etc. 
Among the multitude of Cypripedium hybrids artificially raised in this 
country, C. x Leeanum, and its varieties superbum and giganteum, stand 
out conspicuously. These coming and flowering, as they do, at this season, 
are particularly welcome for brightening up the Orchid house. For this 
reason alone they should be grown in quantity. Like its parents, C. insigne 
and C. Spicerianum, it is a plant of easy culture, growing and flowering 
freely in the cool part of the intermediate house and deluged with water the 
whole year round. 
ORCHID PORTRAITS. 
GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
CATTLEYA X CHLORIS. (See p. 339 of our last issue.)—-Oct. 28th, p- 
525, fig. 88. 7 
CIRRHOPETALUM ORNATISSIMUM, Rchb. f. A handsome species which was 
awarded a First-class Certificate by the Royal Horticultural Society on 
October 24th, when exhibited by Sir Trevor Lawrence.—Nov. 4th, p. 553> 
fig. oI. 
PAPHINIA GRANDIS, Rchb.f. The finest species in the genus.—Nov. 4th, 
pp. 560, 561, fig. 93. 
CaTTLEYA LABIATA, Lind].—Nov. 11th, pp- 585, 594, fig. 96. 
THE GARDEN. 
LYCASTE CRUENTA, Lindl. A hantlsome yellow-flowered species mis~ 
named “ L. aromatica”’ on the plate.—Oct. 28th, p. 394, t- 933+ 
