The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

Tab. 6432

Cypripedium Lawrenceanum

Acaule v. caulesc. fol. pauc. distich. lin-elliptic. acut. plan. viridib. albo tessellat., scapo tomentos. purpur. 1-2 flore. Flore magno, sep. dorsali orbiculat. amplo subacuto alb. purp vittato, vittis basin versus verrucos. lateralib. parv. in laminam angustam lin.-oblong. concav. obtus. deflex. labello breviorem conat. pet. plan. horizontalib. late-linearib. ciliat. secus marginem verrucos. nitid. ciliat. purp. ornato; labello subcylindr. apice rotundato fusco-purpureo, ore parum ampliato, anthera sterlili lunata cuspidib. incurv. acut. margine interiore fisso.

Rbch. f. Gard. chr. 1878 II p. 748.

Flower of C. barbatum foliage of C. Dayanum Stemless or with the stem a foot high. Leaves distichous nearly 1' long including the broad flattened sheath linear-elliptic acute, 2" broad, nearly flat, grooved down the centre in front, & keeled at the back, about 12 nerved, tessellated with bright greenish white & dull green. Scape longer than the leaves, flexuous. 1-2 flowered, clothed with long spreading glandular hairs as are the bract, ovary, & back of the sepals. Bract small, oblong, obtuse. Flower erect, upwards of 5" across the petals. & as much from the tip