PRINCIPAL ORCHID HYBRIDS 



flowered in 1878. The name nitens was suggested by the highly lustrous 

 appearance of the flowers. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x NOEMA. 



Gard. Chron. 1895, vol. xvii. p. 82; Orchid Review, 1905, vol. xiii. p. 104, figs. 22 



and 23. 



Eaised from Cypripedium Spicerianum and C. X Niobe, the first of 

 the hybrids in which the beautiful C. x Niobe took part ; it first flowered 

 in January 1895. 



A finer form, known as the Westfield variety, has a broader dorsal 

 sepal and is of a darker shade. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x NUMA, Bolfe. 

 Rolfe in Gard. Chron. 1890, vol. vii. p. 608. 

 An uninteresting hybrid from Cypripedium Lawrenceanum and C. Stonei. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x (ENANTHUM, Schb. /. 



Rchb. f . in Gard. Chron. 1876, vol. v. p. 297 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 93. 



Eaised by Seden at Chelsea from Cypripedium x Harrisianum and C. 

 insigne Maulei, the first hybrid Cypripedium to flower, of which one of the 

 parents is itself a hybrid. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x CENANTHUM, var. SUPEEBUM. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1885, p. 11 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 94, fig. ; Lindenia, 



t. 33. 



An improved form of the type and a very magnificent slipper. 

 CYPEIPEDIUM x (ENONE. 



Gard. Chron. 1892, vol. xii. p. 744 (Report of R.H.S. Orchid Committee); Veitchs' Catlg. 



of PI. 1894, p. 13. 



Eaised from Cypripedium superbiens and C. Hookerae, the former being 

 the pollen parent. 



The flowers are fairly intermediate between those of the two species, 

 though the lip is nearer that of C. superbiens, brownish in front, pale 

 green beneath. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x OEESTES. 



Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 94. 



Eaised by Seden from Cypripedium x Harrisianum and probably C. 

 insigne Maulei, but there is much doubt on the point. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x OEION. 



Gard. Chron. 1893, vol. xiii. p. 80 (Report of the R.H.S. Orchid Committee) ; Orchid 

 Review, 1893, vol. i. p. 61 ; Diet. Ic. des Orchidees, Cypripedium hybr. pi. 62. 



Eaised from Cypripedium insigne crossed with the pollen of C. concolor. 



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