HORTUS VEITCHII 



The dorsal sepal in this variety is broader than in the type, the spots 

 fewer in number and twice as large ; the petals shorter and the nerves 

 darker. 



CYPKIPEDIUM x ASTEEA. 



Gard. Chron. 1892, vol. xii. p. 191 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee). 



Eaised by Seden from Cypripedium Spicerianum and C. Philippinense. 



The upper sepal is pure white with a green tinge at the base and a 

 purple line in the centre ; the twisted petals are tinted with rose and the 

 lip with lilac. 



CYPKIPEDIUM x BAEON SCHEODEE. 



Gard. Chron. 1896, vol. xx. p. 667 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; Jour, of 

 Hort. 1896, p. 533, fig. ; Gard. Mag. 1896, p. 890, fig. ; Orchid Review, 1901, 

 vol. ix. p. 81, fig. 16. 



Eaised by Seden from Cypripedium x cenanthum superbum and the once 

 rare C. Pairieanum, and one of the most perfect of the hybrid Cypripedes 

 in which C. Fairieanum participates as a parent. The dorsal sepal is 

 heavily spotted with reddish purple on a lighter ground, and the petals 

 veined and suffused with similar colours and spotted on the lower half. 

 It is a hybrid of the third generation, four species being concerned in its 

 ancestry ; C. Fairieanum, C. insigne, C. villosum, and C. barbatum. 



CYPEIPEDIUM (SELENIPEDIUM) x BEYSA. 



Gard. Chron. 1892, vol. xi. p. 343 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; Orchid Review, 



1893, vol. i. p. 358. 



Eaised by Seden from Cypripedium (Selenipedium) x Sedeni candi- 

 dulum and C. (S.) Boissierianum. 



The flowers resemble a large form of the first-named parent with a 

 greenish tinge in the colouring. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x CALANTHUM, Bchb. f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1880, vol. xiv. p. 652; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 79. 

 A hybrid from Cypripedium barbatum Crossii and C. Lowii, flowered 

 for the first time in September 1878. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x CALOPHYLLUM. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xv. p. 169; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 80. 



One of the earliest hybrids to be raised artificially by us, and never 

 described until it was again flowered by Mr. B. S. Williams. The parents 

 are Cypripedium barbatum and C. venustum. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x CALYPSO. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1890, p. 14; Gard. Chron. 1891, vol. ix. p. 86 (Report of R.H.S. 

 Orchid Committee) ; Diet. Ic. des Orchidees ; Cypripedinm hybr. pi. 26. 



Eaised from Cypripedium villosum Boxalli and C. Spicerianum, and 



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