. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. 524 ORCHIDS British and other Hardy Orchids. name of Ram's-head Orchis is due. This species inhabits swamps and damp woods in North America and West China. It thrives here in bog-peat, or in good sandy leaf-mould, and flowers in June. Introduced in 1808. (B. M., t. 1569.) C. Calceolus (Z.).—Interesting as being the largest- flowered amongst British Orchids; it is also an ornamental and useful garden plant. Stems ift. to lift, high, with about four large, ovate, pointed leaves, and one or two flowers. The latter have dark brown, wavy sepals and
. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. 524 ORCHIDS British and other Hardy Orchids. name of Ram's-head Orchis is due. This species inhabits swamps and damp woods in North America and West China. It thrives here in bog-peat, or in good sandy leaf-mould, and flowers in June. Introduced in 1808. (B. M., t. 1569.) C. Calceolus (Z.).—Interesting as being the largest- flowered amongst British Orchids; it is also an ornamental and useful garden plant. Stems ift. to lift, high, with about four large, ovate, pointed leaves, and one or two flowers. The latter have dark brown, wavy sepals and petals, i^in. long, the dorsal sepal the broadest; pouch lin. long, clear yellow, the. Fig. 177. Cypripedium (i) acaule, (2) Calceolus, (3) spectabile (much reduced). end rounded and curved upwards. This species blossoms in May or June. It should be planted 6in. deep, in good, light, fibrous loam, in a deep fissure of the rockery, or in a border where it will get shade from bright sunshine. It may also be cultivated in pots or pans, in a mixture of loam and peat. When happily situated it increases rapidly, and we have seen patches of it a yard square, bearing over fifty flower-spikes. Besides its British habitat, this species is also found in Northern Europe and Asia down to the Himalayas. (Figs. 177 and 178.) Var. major has flowers 4in. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Watson, William, 1858-1925; Chapman, H. J. , ed. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's sons
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