. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. 310 â okchidtGrower's manual. C. VENUSTUNl PARDINUM, ffort.âThis variety on its first introduction was two-tiowered, but many of the forms now called pardinum appear to produce but one flower; it difliers chiefly in the dorsal sepal being of a purer white, and in the lip being of a brighter colour. Blooms in the winter months.âNorthern India. Ym.â Gard. C/iniii., 3rd sor., 1887, i. p. .382, f. 76 ; Floral -Voff., , t. 51. C. VENUSTUM SPECTABILE,
. The orchid-grower's manual, containing descriptions of the best species and varieties of orchidaceous plants in cultivation ... Orchids. 310 â okchidtGrower's manual. C. VENUSTUNl PARDINUM, ffort.âThis variety on its first introduction was two-tiowered, but many of the forms now called pardinum appear to produce but one flower; it difliers chiefly in the dorsal sepal being of a purer white, and in the lip being of a brighter colour. Blooms in the winter months.âNorthern India. Ym.â Gard. C/iniii., 3rd sor., 1887, i. p. .382, f. 76 ; Floral -Voff., , t. 51. C. VENUSTUM SPECTABILE, very handsome form of this useful winter-flowering species. The leaves are beautifully mottled with green ; the flowers are medium sized, produced singly, and are far handsomer than those of the type; the dorsal sepal is white broadly striped with green; the petals greenish white streaked with deeper green, and tipped with rosy- red ; and the lip greenish-yellow tinged with rose.âSylhet. Fig.âII «)â «(';â¢, Scl. Orcli. PL, 11. t. 21. C. VERNIXIUM, RcU. /.â This is a hybrid of the stemless gi'oup, raised between C. Argus and C riUosum. The leaves are as large as those of sHiii, but have tessellated mark- ings very faintly developed; the scape is stout, covered with short hairs; the flowers present a remarkaljle combination of oclircous-brown, crimson, and green, with fainter spots on the ]ietals than in C. Argus, and having the varnished surface of ; the dorsal sepal is light green, with darker nerves, having rows of black s])ots along their basal parts; the petals are ligulate blunt niidulate, with bristles on the ujiper border, washed with w;irm dark brown and shining ; and the lip is light greenish- olive, with a brown face and conspicuous nervation. Eaised by Mr. Sc'dcn.â Uardrii hybrid. C. VERVAETIANUM. â See C. cyPKIPEDIUM !IUM. (Natural sizc.) (I'loin the Clurdnwr.'!' Chroiiich.) C. VEXILLARIUM, Itchh. /.âThis
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