. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. 1^6 ORCHIDS Cypripedium. The plant blossoms during spring and summer, and lasts many weeks in full beauty. Malay Peninsula, 1840. (]>. M., t. 4234.) There are about twenty named varieties of this species. Many of these closely resemble each other. The most distinct are : Var. hiflorum. — Leaves narrower, and flowers smaller, than in the type ; scape about loin. high, usually two-flowered. Syn. var. Wariierianum. Var. nigrum.—Flowers very large, and much darker than in the type. This is sometimes called Fig. 45. Flo^vkrs Cypri
. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. 1^6 ORCHIDS Cypripedium. The plant blossoms during spring and summer, and lasts many weeks in full beauty. Malay Peninsula, 1840. (]>. M., t. 4234.) There are about twenty named varieties of this species. Many of these closely resemble each other. The most distinct are : Var. hiflorum. — Leaves narrower, and flowers smaller, than in the type ; scape about loin. high, usually two-flowered. Syn. var. Wariierianum. Var. nigrum.—Flowers very large, and much darker than in the type. This is sometimes called Fig. 45. Flo^vkrs Cypripedium bellatulum (much reduced). Var. j-w/iV-/'//;;/.—Leaves more clearly variegated. Flowers dis- tmct ui colour, the purple being deeper, and the white purer, than in the type. C. bellatulum {Rchh. /.).—A very pretty species belonging to the same group as C. coiicolor, &C., but larger than any of them. The largest leaves are leathery, loin. long, and 3in. in width, green, with grey marbling above, dotted with purple beneath. Scape 3in. to 4in high, bearing one large flower 3in. in diameter, white, spotted all over with purple-black, some of the spots being large ; the dorsal sepal is almost round, concave,. 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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