HORTUS VE1TCHII 



albiflorum, the influence of the pollen parent shows strongly in this 

 hybrid. The general colour is blush white with a suffusion of delicate 

 pink on the upper sepal and a lip light rose pink suffused with white. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x LITTLE GEM. 



Orchid Review, 1903, vol. xi. p. 341 ; id. 1905, vol. xiii. p. 108, fig. 25. 



A seedling raised by Seden from Cypripedium x Baron Schroder and 

 C. X Harrisianum, which flowered for the first time in April 1903. 



Several seedlings were raised from the same cross, but they differ 

 widely in size as in form. 



In the typical form, now known as the Westfield variety, the flower is 

 small, the dorsal sepal white, flushed with dark rose, and the markings 

 are of chocolate-purple ; the lip is purple-brown ; other varieties show 

 more of the influence of C. x Harrisianum, and have flowers above the 

 medium size and of a rich deep colour. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x LUCIDUM, Bchb. f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1877, vol. viii. p. 521. 



Eaised by Seden by crossing Cypripedium Lowii with the pollen of 

 C. villosum. The upper sepal is greenish with much brown at the base, 

 and in the centre there are many spots ; the petals, narrow at the base, 

 are dilated at the apex and shining ; the lip is like that of C. villosum, 

 and chiefly brownish-violet in colour. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x MACEOPTEEUM, Rchb.f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1882, vol. xviii. p. 552 ; id. 1883, vol. xx. p. 294 ; Veitchs' 



Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 90. 



Eaised from Cypripedium Lowii and C. superbiens, and remarkable as 

 being one of the comparatively few hybrids in which the influence of the 

 seed parent is shown in the flower and that of the pollen parent in the 

 foliage ; the influence of C. superbiens is seen only in the spotting on the 

 basal half of the petals and in the large helmet-shaped lip and in the 

 staminode. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x MAEMOEOPHYLLUM, Echb.f. 



Rchb. f . in Gard. Chron. 1876, vol. vi. p. 130 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 90. 



Eaised by Seden from Cypripedium Hookerge crossed with C. barbatum. 

 The influence of the pollen parent preponderates in the flower ; that of 

 the seed parent is most decided in the foliage. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x MAESHALLIANUM, Bchb. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1875, vol. iv. p. 804 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 91. 

 Eaised from Cypripedium venustum pardinum crossed with C. concolor. 



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