ORCHIDS. 



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C. Schilleriana. Tall stems, with large spotted brown-and- 

 purple flowers. Brazil. I. 



C. Skinnerii (fig. 691). Flowers in fine heads, bright-rose. There 

 is a white variety. Guatemala. I. 



C. superba. Short stems, with rose -purple flowers. British 

 Guiana. W. 



C. Walkeriana (bulbosa). Brazil. I. 



C. Warscewiczii. Flowers often larger than C. labiata ; rose and 

 crimson. Also called C. gigas. Colombia. I. 



Hybrids of garden origin: — 



C. Atlanta. Leopoldii x Warscewiczii. 1894. 



C. calummata. Intermedia x Aclandise. 1884. 



C. Chamberlainiana. Leopoldii x Dowiana aurea. 1881. 



C. Hardyana. Warscewiczii x Dowiana aurea. 1885. 



C. Mantinii. Bowringiana x Dowiana aurea. 1895. 



C. Maronii. Velutina x Dowiana aurea. 1898. 



C. O'Brieniana, Loddigesii x Walkeriana. 1890. 



C. Sedenii. Lawrenceana x Percivaliana. 1898. 



C. Victoria Regina. Leopoldii x labiata. 1892. 



C. Weedoniensis. Mendelii x granulosa. 1899. 



C. Weadlandii. Bowringiana x Warscewiczii. 1894. 



C. Whitei. Schilleriana x labiata. 1882. 



C. Wm. Murray. Mendelii x Lawrenceana. 1893. 



Chysis. — Showy epiphytes with thick fusiform pseudo- 

 bulbs and simple racemes of large wax-like flowers. 



C. aurea. Yellow, with crimson marks on lip. Venezuela. I. 

 C. bractescens. White, with yellow streaks on lip. Mexico. I. 

 C. loevis. Yellow, with red streaks on lip. Mexico. I. 

 C. Limminghei. White, tipped with rose. Mexico. I. 



Cirrhopetalum. — Allied to Bulbophyllum, with very 

 singular flowers of quaint forms. 



C. O'Brieniarium. Flowers in umbels, pale-yellow and crimson. T. 



C. picturatum. Flowers yellow and purple. Burma. I. 



C. Rothsch.il dianum (fig. 692). The handsomest of the genus. 

 Flowers 6 inches long, dark-crimson. Darjeeling. I. 



C. Thouarsii. Yellowish, spotted rose or purple. Mascarine 

 Islands. W. 



Cochlioda. — A small genus, some of the members of 

 which have been included in Mesospinidum. C. Noezliana 

 has orange flowers, and C. vulcanica, carmine. C. 



Ccelogyne. — A noble genus inhabiting India, Malaya, 

 and China, often at high elevations, and embracing many 

 garden favourites. It may be divided mainly into two 

 sections, viz. true Ccelogynes, of which C. cristata is a 

 good example, and Pleiones, which include G. lagenaria, 

 C. maculata, C. Wallichiana, &c, frequently known as 

 Indian Crocuses. They require abundance of water 

 while growing, and a distinct dry resting season. The 

 bulk of the true Ccelogynes are evergreen. 



C.asperata. Avery large white species. Malay Archipelago. W. 



C. barbata. White, with blackish lip. India. C. 



C.corrugata. Wrinkled bulbs.white and orange flowers. India. C. 



C. cristata. White, with yellow base to lip. The variety alba 

 or hololeuca is all white. India. I. 



C. Dayana. Long drooping racemes of brownish flowers. 

 Borneo. Grow in baskets. W. 



C. Gardaeriana. Racemes pendulous ; white, with yellow on 

 lip. Khasia Hills. C. 



C. Massangeana. A fine species for baskets, with cream and 

 brown flowers. India. I. 



C. ocellata. White and orange flowers. India. C. 



C. pandurata. A noble species, with racemes of large emerald- 

 green and black flowers. Borneo. W. 



C. Sanderiana. A grand species of the C. cristata class. Ma- 

 laya. W. 



C. Wallichiana. This with C. humilis, C. maculata, and several 

 others, form the Pleione section. All have lilac, rose, or white 

 flowers, marked with yellow and crimson on the lip. Himalayas. C. 



Cycnoches.— Singular plants requiring the same 

 treatment as Catasetum and Mormodes, viz., abundance 

 of water while growing, and a cool dry rest after. The 

 best-known species are C. chlorochilon (the Swan Orchid), 



cream-yellow, C. Loddigesii, and C. Peruviana. All are 

 remarkable for the dissimilarity between their male and 

 female flowers. Chiefly from South and Central America. 

 I. 



Cymbidium. — Sturdy evergreen plants, among which 

 are some of our handsomest garden Orchids. 



C. Devonianum. Flowers in pendulous racemes ; greenish, 

 spotted purple, lip purplish-crimson. Khasia Hills. I. 



C. eburneum. Very large, white, often marked with yellow and 

 purple on the lip. Khasia Hills. I. 



C. giganteum. Himalaya. I. 



C. grandijlorum (Hookerianurn). Himalaya. I. 



C. Lowianum. Flowers green, with red-brown lip. Burma. I. 



C. Traceyanum. A supposed natural hybrid between C. grandi- 

 jlorum and C. giganteum ; one of the handsomest. Burma. I. 



Fig. 692.— Cirrhopetalum Rothschildianum. 



Hybrids of garden 



C. eburneo-Lowianum. Eburneum x Lowianum. 

 C. Winnianum. Giganteum x eburneum. 1S93. 



1889. 



-A section of Cymbidium. including 

 C. elegans, both white -flowered and 



Cyperorchis. 



C. Mastersii and 

 Burmese. I. 



Cypripedium. — A very large genus, comprising too 

 many species to admit of their being fully enumerated 

 here, and forming one of the most fertile fields of work 

 for the raiser of garden hybrids. There are two distinct 

 sections which should be kept botanicaHy distinct, viz. 

 the Cypripedium proper of the O. barbatum and C. insigne 

 class; and the Selenipedium of South America, with 

 shining green leaves and structural difference of the ovary; 

 of these S. caudatum is a familiar example. There is also 



