HORTUS VEITCHII 



CYPEIPEDIUM (SELENIPEDIUM) x GIGANTEUM. 



Syns. C. X macrochilum, var. giganteum. 



Orchid Eeview, 1894, vol. ii. p. 186 ; Gard. Mag. 1894, p. 256, fig. ; Jour, of Hort. 

 1894, pp. 386, 387, fig. 62; Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. xv. p. 602 (Report of 

 R.H.S. Orchid Committee). 



A hybrid, raised by Seden, resembling a very large form of Selenipedium 

 X macrochilum, and derived from Cypripedium caudatum Lindeni 

 (Phragmopedilum caudatum, var. Uropedium) and the hybrid Selenipedium 

 X grande. The lip is broad and well rounded in front with white side 

 lobes beautifully spotted and tinged with purple ; the petals, white, striped 

 with green, with claret coloured tips, attain a length of over 18 in. 



CYPEIPEDIUM (SELENIPEDIUM) x GEANDE. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xv. p. 462 ; id. 1882, vol. xviii. p. 488 ; Lindenia, vi. p. 7, 

 t. 242; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 104, fig. 



One of the finest of the Selenipedium hybrids, raised from Cypripedium 

 (Selenipedium) longifolium Eoezlii (Hartwegii) crossed with the pollen 

 of C. (Selenipedium) caudatum. 



It is the most robust in the group to which it belongs, the sword-shaped 

 leaves being from 20 to 30 in. long, the flower-scape frequently more 

 than a yard in height, and the flowers 7 to 8 in. across the sepals from 

 tip to tip. 



CYPEIPEDIUM (SELENIPEDIUM) x GEANDE, var. MACEOCHI- 



LUM. 



Syns. 0. X macrochilum. 

 Orchid Review, 1893, vol. i. p. 326; O'Brien in Gard. Chron. 1891, vol x. pp. 199, 343, fig. 



Eaised from Cypripedium (Selenipedium) longifolium and C. (S.) 

 caudatum Lindeni (Phragmopedilum caudatum, var. Uropedium), and the 

 most extraordinary hybrid in the group to which it belongs, being the 

 product of the practically pouchless Phragmopedilum crossed with the 

 normal pouched Selenipedium, and possessing a remarkably long and 

 elongated pouch. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x HAEEISIANUM, Rchb. f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 108 ; PI. Mag. 1869, pi. 431. Fl. des Serres, torn, 

 xxii. tt. 2289-2290; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 86, fig.; Diet. Ic. des 

 Orchidees, Cypripedium hybr. pi. 11. 



Eaised by John Dominy about the year 1864 from Cypripedium villosum 

 and C. barbatum at Chelsea, where it flowered for the first time in 1869, 

 and the first Cypripedium artificially raised : it has since been obtained by 

 several operators from the same cross. 



The name Harrisianum was given in compliment to Dr. Harris, of 

 Exeter, who gave Dominy the idea of hybridizing orchids. 



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