HORTUS VEITCHII 



Phaius (Phaiocalanthe) X irroratus, the result of crossing P. grandifolius and 

 Calanthe vestita, early in 1867, followed by Phaius X inquilinus in May of the 

 same year. 



It was not till 1869 that the first hybrid appeared in the genus Cypripedium, a 

 genus which proved unusually prolific. 



This hybrid was named Cypripedium X Harrisianum, a name perpetuating the 

 memory of Dr. Harris who first suggested to Dominy the possibility of obtaining 

 hybrid orchids. The parents were C. villosum and C. barbatum. In 1870 C. 

 (Selenipedium) x Dominianum from Selenipedium caricinum and S. caudatum 

 flowered, and in the same year Cypripedium x vexillarium made an appearance. 

 This was derived from C. barbatum and the at that time rare C. Fairieanum, the 

 influence of the latter predominating. 



Among other good seedling hybrids due to Dominy may be mentioned 

 Liolia x Veitchiana, derived from Cattleya labiata and Lselia crispa in 1874 ; 

 Cattleya X Felix, from Laelia crispa and Cattleya Schilleriana in 1876 ; Lselia x 

 caloglossa, from Cattleya labiata and Lselia Boothiana or L. crispa in 1877 ; Den- 

 drobium X Dominianum, the first hybrid of the genus, from D. Linawianum and 

 D. nobile in 1878. Dominy's last and very remarkable hybrid Lseliocattleya 

 Dominiana, a gorgeous seedling from Cattleya Dowiana and Lselia purpurata, 

 was described by Reichenbach under the name of L. X Dominiana. 



The twenty-four hybrids raised by Dominy during his fifteen years' work, trifling 

 in view of later results, cover a wide field, and were the foundation of all future 

 work Dominy was the pioneer. They comprise six Cattleyas, one Lselia, six 

 Lseliocattleyas, two Calanthes, one Phaiocalanthe, three Cypripediums, one 

 Dendrobium, one Aerides (probably lost), and several Goodyeras and Anoectochili. 



John Seden succeeded Dominy, and continued the work so successfully com- 

 menced, and from the appearance of his first hybrid in 1873 till retirement in 

 1905 he added hundreds of the most distinct to collections, and for a series of 

 years experimented over a wide field. 



Cypripedium (Selenipedium) X Sedenii, the name given to the first hybrid, was 

 the result of a cross between Selenipedium longifolium and S. Schlimii. This 

 flowered in 1873, and is still frequently met with ; the flowers valued for a rose- 

 pink colour, are produced with freedom. 



The same year that Seden flowered his first cross he also established a record 

 by flowering a secondary hybrid, i.e. a cross between a pure species and a hybrid. 

 This, Lseliocattleya Fausta, derived from Cattleya Loddigesii as seed-bearer and 

 Dominy's hybrid Lseliocattleya exoniensis as pollen-parent, developed several 

 forms from the same seed-pod, a variability that has proved usual in secondary 

 hybrids. 



The year 1874 saw two genera, the species of which would consent to cross, 

 added to the list of hybrids : Chysis and Zygopetalum. The hybrid in the 

 first-named genus, Chysis x Chelsoni, was derived from C. bractescens and 

 C. Isevis (at first recorded as C. Limminghei), and flowered early in the year. 



The hybrid Zygopetalum, named in compliment to the raiser, had as parents 

 Z. Mackayii and Z. maxillare. 



Lselia X flammea, a secondary hybrid, from L. cinnabarina and Dominy's hybrid 

 L. x Pilcheri, also flowered in 1874, as well as a fine hybrid Cypripedium, named 

 C. X Arthurianum in compliment to the late Mr. Arthur Veitch, from C. insigne 

 and the at that time rare C. Fairieanum. 



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