HORTUS VEITCHII 



CYPEIPEDIUM x MINOS. 



Gard. Chron. 1893, vol. xiv. p. 692 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; Orchid 

 Review, 1895, vol. iii. p. 23 ; Diet. Ic. des Orchidees, sub Cypripedium hybr. pi. 47. 



Eaised from Cypripedium Spicerianum crossed with pollen from 

 C. X Arthurianum. The pure white upper sepal is tinted with purple at 

 the base ; the lip and petals are yellowish-brown, the latter retaining 

 the downward curve so conspicuous in C. X Arthurianum. 



Two of the most distinct varieties are distinguished by the names 

 magnificum and supcrbum. 



CYPRIPEDIUM x MORGAN!^. 



Rchb. in Gard. Chron. 1880, vol. xiv. p. 134; Gard. Chron. 1886, vol. xxvi. p. 241, fig. 

 49 ; id. 1890, vol. vii. pi. p. 544 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 92, fig. ; The 

 Garden, 1883, vol. xxiii. p. 58, pi. 372 ; Orchid Review, 1904, vol. xii. p. 41, fig. ; 

 Diet. Ic. des Orchidees, Cypripedium hybr. pi. 27. 



Raised from Cypripedium superbiens crossed with C. Stonei, and named 

 in compliment to Mrs. Morgan of New York, in her day an ardent amateur 

 of orchids. At the time of its first appearance the finest hybrid of its 

 class, the large pouch and long, drooping, spotted petals rendering it 

 peculiarly attractive. 



CYPRIPEDIUM x MORGANLE, var. LANGLEYENSE. 



Orchid Review, 1894, vol. ii. p. 79 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1895, p. 6. 



This is the first hybrid to flower in which the remarkable Cypripedium 

 Stonei platytaenium participated in the parentage. 



It differs from the original C. X Morganiae in the flowers being larger, 

 the spots on the petals more isolated and brighter, and the lip more 

 highly coloured. 



CYPRIPEDIUM x NIOBE. 



Gard. Chron. 1890, vol. vii. p. 9; Orchid Album, vol. x. t. 438; W. J. Bean in The Garden, 

 1891, vol. xxxix. p. 483, pi. 806; 1'Orchidophile, 1892, p. 81, fig. ; Orchid Review, 

 1893, vol. i. p. 7, fig. 1 ; id. 1905, vol. xiii. p. 41, fig. ; Diet. Ic. des Orchidees, 

 Cypripedium hybr. pi. 13. 



Raised from Cypripedium Spicerianum with pollen from the once rare 

 C. Fairieanum, from seed sown in 1884, the first flower opening in 1889. 

 They show a combination of the characters of the two parents, and are 

 remarkable in that they possess the broadest dorsal sepal in the group to 

 which they belong. 



C. X Niobe forms the subject of the first figure in the first volume of 

 the Orchid Review. 



CYPRIPEDIUM x NITENS, Bchb. f. 



Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1878, vol. ix. p. 398; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 93; 

 Diet. Ic. des Orchidees, Cypripedium hybr. pi. 22. 



Raised from Cypripedium villosum and C. insigne Maulei, and first 



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