botanist-orchl&ologist for south-west Asia, an &- 
mount of worlds and pamflets have seen light. An 
important booh, The Enumeration of the Qrche&aceae 
of Sumatra and Holghbowlng Is lands 1 ) contains” 
thonsands of k iu&s of urehIds but most of them 
have only scientific (botanical) and few economic 
(commercial) -value. The work is not nearly comp* 
lete. 
Java bears 750 species in its bosom. A small 
species enjoy in the importance of the growers and 
collectors. 
Rorebene&th follows a list of a grip of the 
most beautiful number of species being usually 
attractive for collector and lovers also for for¬ 
eign markts descend from Soeaatera with mention 
of' geographical distributions elsewhere in paren¬ 
theses (). 
The genus Cypripediu m or Paphl^opc&llu m is 
wellknown. Many species to this genus have* beauti¬ 
ful foliage as well as flowers, and on this acc¬ 
ount are worth a place in every collection. They 
are of easy culture and require but little space. 
The form of the flowers is curious being that of 
slipper; hence,they sire generally called our lady's 
Sl ipper! “ 
Cypr ipodiuB ohamberla iniauu m If its. endemic; C. 
burtlsii Ifta. item; T 7 javani cuift Pfitz. (JavaT; 
C. X o wii Pfits. (Java, Borneo, Celebes, Malay Pen¬ 
insula) . The latter is curious and beautiful with 
ohlong!1gulate light green leaves. It produces it 
flowers on a spike, generally two or more t©getfee 
The dorsal sexual is downy outside, pale green wit 
in petals long, the basal half greenish spotted 
with purple, wholly purple towards the end, the 
margins being ciliated; lip large, smooth, and, 
shining, bluntly oblong, light brown in colour 
suffused with purple. Farther C, rotschiIdlanuB 
If its. (Borneo); C_ £ t onsu g Pfitz. endemic and C. 
victoria marlac Ifits. endemic. 
Under the genus Habexiaria may bo called H. 
medusa ftild. (Java, Celebes) and B. paradiseoidea 
Wild, endemic. 
Plsitanthera has two representations: P. ou- 
Lindl. and 1. b lumei lindl, (Java) .They^ 
are interesting and pretty, herbaceous Orchids. 
The Sundaneso compares lit cod es potola Lindl. 
(Java) - peculttry the venation of -the loaves - 
to jaranese writ!ing-eharaeters, the Javanese sees 
in it a filmy reticular texture. In former times 
oil Friday-&ornLi;gs the native sonetir.es dropped 
the juice expressed from the loaves into their 
eyes in order to get more proficient in the art 
of writing. Be non *h v-Jro ... I 2) 
1) Yerlag des Reportoriums, Bonder-Abruck, Bah1cm 
bei Berlin, 1955- 
2) R.C. Bakhuizen van den Brink. Verii&eular Raises 
and Use of Orchids. 
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