Orchids for everyone . ich purple veins, halfof which are shorter than the rest and alternate with them. Theout-spread petals are green, tipped with purple, and have marginalhairs and blackish warts. A few varietal forms have occurred,some remarkable for the richness of their colouring, but the onethat shows the greatest divergence from the type is the albino,C. Lawrenceanum Hyeanum. In this all the purple colouring hasdisappeared, and except for the white ground of the dorsal sepalthe flower is light apple-green. C. Lawrenceanum has been freelyused as a parent, and, in combination with other
Orchids for everyone . ich purple veins, halfof which are shorter than the rest and alternate with them. Theout-spread petals are green, tipped with purple, and have marginalhairs and blackish warts. A few varietal forms have occurred,some remarkable for the richness of their colouring, but the onethat shows the greatest divergence from the type is the albino,C. Lawrenceanum Hyeanum. In this all the purple colouring hasdisappeared, and except for the white ground of the dorsal sepalthe flower is light apple-green. C. Lawrenceanum has been freelyused as a parent, and, in combination with other species, it hasyielded C. Lavorebel^ C. Mdudi<;E [C. L. Hyeanum was the parent inthis case), C. concola-wre^ C. Gcwerianum^ C. gigas, C. Aphrodite^C. Euryale, etc. C. niveum, the dainty little species from the tropics of the farEast, is one of the gems of the family. Its rounded white flowersalways attract attention, and the tiny dots of purple that groupthemselves towards the base of the sepal and petals add to its. CYPRIPEDIUM THALIA. THE MOST USEFUL ORCHIDS 69 beauty. It was introduced by Messrs J. Veitch & Sons, in1868, but its habitat was not known until Forsterman collected itin the Langkawi Islands for Messrs Sander & Sons, many yearslater. Other references to C. niveum will be found under thenotes on C. bellatulum and C. Godefroyce. C. PURPURATUM is a beautiful, but unfortunately a very rarespecies. It is a native of Hong Kong and the adjacent Chinesemainland, and was introduced by Mr Knight, of Chelsea, as longago as 1836. It is a dwarf plant with short, thick, tesselatedleaves, and carries its flowers about six inches high. As a rule theflowers are about three inches across, the dorsal sepal being whitewith a green base, and very regularly marked with purple-brownstripes. The petals are purple, sometimes shaded with crimsonand veined with green; the lip is purplish, with darker veinsC. PURPURATUM is a very pretty plant, but it does not seem to takekindly to cultiva
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