C \ - P R I P E D I U M LAWRENCEANUM rm./.
V A R , H Y E A N U M !.. Lind. & Rod.
C y p R i P E D i U M t.A\VRENCBANUM, Rchb. f.. «caulc, follis oblonßi s suboblusis pallide fiavo-v iridi b u s alro-víridc tsi«llatís, sai|)0 d a l o lomcnl«
p u r | ) i i r o o - b r u n n c o , f lore ma gno, 5Ci>aIo d o r s a l i fere o r b i c u l a l o amp i o s u b a c u t o a lbo purpureo-vi l t a t o basi viridi, s e p a l i s lRleralil>iis parvís in ìaininai n lineari
o b l o n g e m labcllo b r e v ior e m coi inal is, p c lal i s p l ani s hor i zontal ibus lat e l inc a r ibus o b tus i s c i l iat i s s o cus m a i ^ i n c m vemi coj s i s a l r o p u r p u r c i s nilidis c i l i n l h ornal i
l a b c l i o s u b c y l i n d r l c o a p i c e r e t ú n d a l o fus c o - pur pur c o , o r e p a r u m amp l i a t o , s t ami n o d ì o l u n a t o cuspidibua incurvi » a c u l i s m a c i n e intcriori- fisso.
C Y P K I P E D r U M LAWREXCEANUM. R c l i b . I: in G a rd. Chron. , D e e . 14. 187S, p . 748 ; i d „ J une .g, 1S80, p p , 777, 780, fig. 134; i<l., S c |>t . . i , >880, pp. 30I
¡00. figs. 64, G; ; B o t . Mag. , t 6,1.32 ; F l o r e dos Serres, t. 2372 ; W a r n , a Wi l l . Orchi d A l b um, I., t. 22 ; IIL Hort . , X X X . , t. 478 ; W i e n . III. G a r t . Zei t . , I88C
p . 4 5 " . fig- 1 1 3 ; Orchidophi le, 1883, p p . 244, 245, c u m fig. ; W i t tm. G a r t . Z e i t , 18S3, p . 375, c u m . Ü b , fig. 3.
VAK. HYEANUM, L. L i n d . & R o d . in L i n d e n i a , I., p, 89,142 1 G a r d . Cliron., M a y 29, 188G, i). 681 ; id. , J u l y 17, 1886, p . 82.
ANUM, L, L i n d . & R o d . in L i n d e n i a , I., p . S9, t. 42 ; G a i d . Cliron., M a y 1. 188Ö, p. ¡67 ( ! n n o t e ) ; id., M a y 8, p. 590 ; id., M a y 2R
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W h i t e , lisq., o f Earlslield. SuriT:y, caeh
l i i s t o r y o f the p l a n t It is s a i d t o liave
o h a v e passed into the h. inds o f Messrs.
I w a s imported tlirougil Mr . Low, of Clapton. A |ila
l i e s i-lj-c, o f Ghent, a f t e r w h o m it w a s n ame d . Wliellier Mr. W h i l e ' s plant
I s i n g l e plant a p p e a r e d a m o n g a m a s s o f the typical C.
. Sucli is m y opinion ; it a p p e a r s t o b e a v a r i e t y in w t
>f o t h e r species, are p roduc ed. 'I'he gi-een has prove<l
t v a r i e t y , a n d forms a v e r y plea.'iing c o n t r a s t w i t h tlie t y p i c a l form o f t h e specics.
I c o n e s a
CYPEIPEDIUM LAWRENCÜANUM was first discovered in 1878, in North Borneo, by Mr, F, W. Biirbiclge, who found it
growing among small palms by the side of the river l.awas, on limestone rocks, in an atmosphere hot and humid all the
year round, owing to its proximity to the sea; in this locality our collector, Mr. Ericsson, also found it. In its native
wilds this plant rests but very little, and chiefly in the rainy or winter season. It starts into active growth early in the
spring, when the young leaves are not so subject to damp off on account of the rains being less heavy. This fact
teaches us that previous to the resting or flowering period, we ought fo keep it as moist in our houses as we do during
the time it is in growth. The plants should not be syringed overhead, but sufficient humidity should be maintained
in the atmosphere of the house, otherwise yellow thrips attack it and soon destroy the delicate tissues of the leaves, and
impoverish the plant.
Many magnificent forms have fiowered among the tens of thousands of plants that have reached this country
during the last twelve years; and, indeed, this Cjniripcdium is one of the most stately of the whole genus. Its great,
broad, conspicuous dorsal sepal is flamed and striped with deep purple, margined with white and rose, and in the very
finest forms in a truly brilliant manner. One remarkable and lovely exception in colouring, entirely difTering from the
type, is the variety Myeanum (here figured), named in compliment to M. Jules Ilye, of Ghent. This remarkable and
mo.st handsome of all the forms of C. Lawrenceanum may be briefly described as a green and white variety of the species
—by some writers it has been called an " albino," probably from the fact of the conspicuous purple colouring usual, and
nearly always constant, in all the other forms, having entirely disappeared in the var. Ilyeanum. Most lovers of this
useful and free-flowering genus regard this variation from the type as the most superb product of colouring to be found
in the whole family; the pea-^rcen lines of the upper dorsal sepal traversing the purest white ground, the yellowish
green and deep green veins of the petals, and the bright and rich green reticulating of the pouch, ail combine to
produce a grand effect.
Baron Schroder, of The Dell, Egham, exhibited at the last Temple Show of the R.M.S. the variety represented in
our plate, when, it is needless to say, it was very much admired, and a glimpse of the beauty was eagerly sought for.
What infinite plea.sure is bestowed upon the great mass of gardeners by the exhibits from our rich and great collections
—if only made public once in the year I and all honour is due to those who prepare these royal feasts of flowers.
O u r plat e w a s t a k e n from a p l a n t in t h e col lect ion o f B a r o n J, I I. W . Schroder, T h e Del l , E g h am.