THE ORCHID WORLD. [March, 1915. 



Cypripedium bellatulum, in the collection of J. J. Neale, Esq., Lynwood. Penarth. 



it was figured in La Bclgiqne Horticole, and 

 described by M. Morren from a plant in the 

 Botanic Garden at Brussels. 



Cypripedium bellatulum. — Remarkable 

 success has been obtained in the cultivation 

 of Cypripediums bellatulum and niveum 

 m the collection of Mr. J. J. Neale, 

 Lynwood, Penarth, an enthusiastic amateur 

 who possesses an interesting assemblage 

 of Orchids contained in eight houses. 

 Our illustration of C. bellatulum, repro- 

 duced from a photograph taken by Miss 

 Muriel Neale, shows an excellent plant, 

 one of several pieces which, when imported 

 in March, 1907, only required 3-inch pots; 

 the following year they were placed in 

 5-inch pots, and so rapidly did they grow that 

 in igio pots having a diameter of 8 inches 

 were necessary for their accommodation. 

 These plants always bloom twice yearly, but 

 never produce so many flowers in the autumn 



as they do in the spring. The specimen 

 forming the subject of our illustration yielded 

 14 blooms, although only 12 were open when 

 the photograph was taken. These plants are 

 grown in a warm and moist house, and just 

 over a water tank, in company with other 

 warmth-loving Cypripediums. The compost 

 consists of local rock, broken in fine pieces, 

 and mixed with fibrous loam, to which some 

 old mortar rubble is added ; on account of the 

 fact that this species is frequently discovered 

 growing in situations where lime is present, 

 the practice of occasionally using lime water 

 to moisten the compost is found to be 

 beneficial. The plants look a picture of good 

 health, and, notwithstanding the apparent 

 strain imposed upon them by carrying so 

 many flowers, show not the slightest sign of 

 deterioration. It is pleasing to add that Mr. 

 Haddon, who has had charge of the collection 

 during the past ten years, reaps almost equal 

 success with man\- other species and hybrids, 

 the whole collection being in an excellent 

 condition of good health. 



