HORTUS VEITCHII 



CALANTHE x DOMINII, LindL 



Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1858, p. 4; Bot. Mag. t. 5042; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vi. 

 p. 76; Diet. Ic. des Orchidees, Calanthe, hybr. pi. 2. 



This cross, interesting as the first hybrid orchid to bloom, although not 

 the first seedling to be raised by hand, flowered for the first time at Exeter 

 in 1856, and was named by Dr. Lindley in honour of John Dominy, the 

 foreman who effected the cross and raised the seedlings. 



The parents used were Calanthe falcata and C. masuca. 



CALANTHE x GIGAS. 



Orchid Eeview, 1893, vol. i. pp. 61, 86 ; Jour, of Hort. 1893, Feb. 16th, p. 129, fig. 24 ; 

 The Garden 1893, vol. xliv. p. 236, pi. 926. 



A very beautiful hybrid raised by Seden from Calanthe vestita gigantea 

 crossed with the pollen of C. Eegnieri Sanderiana. 



The flowers, borne on a strong spike, are nearly 3 in. across ; the sepals 

 milk-white, the petals faintly tinted with rose, and the lip a bright rose 

 striated with white and a deep red-crimson blotch at the base. 



CALANTHE x HAEBISII. 



Gard. Chron. 1895, vol. xviii. p. 721 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee). 



Kaised by Seden from Calanthe Turneri and C. X Veitchii ; pure white 

 handsome flowers. 



CALANTHE x LENTIGINOSA, Rchb. f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1883, vol. xix. p. 44; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vi. p. 74. 



A hybrid from Calanthe labrosa and C. x Veitchii, the latter being the 

 seed parent. 



There are two sub -varieties, rosea and carminata, the last-named one of 

 the darkest of all hybrid Calanthes. 



CALANTHE x MASUCO-TEICAEINATA. 



Gard. Chron. 1895, vol. xvii. p. 210 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee). 



This pretty hybrid raised from the two Indian varieties expressed by the 

 name has white flowers suffused with rosy lilac, about 1 in. in diameter. 



CALANTHE x SEDENII, Hort. Veitch & Rchb. f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1878, vol. ix. p. 168; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. vi. p. 75. 



Eaised by Seden from Calanthe X Veitchii crossed with C. vestita rubro- 

 oculata, and flowered for the first time in 1878 ; one of the best rose- 

 coloured of all Calanthes. 



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