HORTUS VEITCHII 



CYPEIPEDIUM x TESSELATUM, Rclib.f. 



Echb. in Gard. Chron. 1875, vol. iv. p. 614; Diet. Ic. des Orchidees, Cypripedium 



hybr. pi. 14. 



Eaised at Chelsea from a cross between Cypripedium concolor and 

 C. barbatum. There is a form of the original hybrid named porphyreum 

 more vigorous than the type and more brilliantly coloured. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x TESSELATUM, var. POEPHYEEUM, Bchb. f. 



Echb. in Gard. Chron. 1881, vol. xv. p. 41 ; id. 1885, vol. xx. p. 492 ; Veitchs' Man. 



Orch. PI. iv. p. 99. 



Eaised from Cypripedium concolor and C. barbatum. At the time of 

 its introduction the peculiar and distinct shade of rose-purple seen in the 

 flowers of this hybrid was unique amongst Cypripedes. 



CYPEIPEDIQM x THALIA. 

 Orchid Eeview, 1905, vol. xiii. p. 107, fig. 24. 



Obtained from Cypripedium x Baron Schroder crossed with C. insigne 

 Chantinii, and a beautiful flower with an orbicular white dorsal line 

 spotted with dark purple. The petals and lip are yellow marked with 

 purple-brown ; a variety named punctatum is more spotted than the type. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x THIBAUTIANUM, Echb. f. 



Echb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1886, vol. xxv. p. 104; Veitchs' Man. Oroh. PI. pt. iv. p. 99. 



Eaised from Cypripedium Harrisianum crossed with the pollen of 

 C. insigne Maulei ; the same parents as produced C. X oenanthum, and 

 named in compliment to the late M. Thibaut of Sceaux, near Paris, 

 formerly a well-known nurseryman and lover of Cypripedia. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x TITYUS. 



Gard. Ohron. 1892, vol. xii. p. 622 (Eeport of B.H.S. Orchid Committee); Orchid 



Eeview, 1893, vol. i. p. 358. 



An interesting hybrid obtained from Cypripedium Spicerianum crossed 

 with the pollen of C. X oenanthum superbum, and flowered for the first 

 time during 1892. 



CYPEIPEDIUM x VEENIXIUM, Bchb.f. 



Echb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1879, vol. xi. p. 398 ; Veitchs' Man. Orch. PI. pt. iv. p. 99. 



Eaised by Seden from Cypripedium Argus crossed with C. villosum. 



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