ORCHID HYBRIDS 



During 1875 three new hybrids were flowered, the result of Seden's work ; 

 Cypripedium x tesselatum, obtained from C. concolor and C. barbatum; C. X 

 Euryandrum from C. barbatum and C. Stonei, the first of the group with 

 racemose flowers; and C. X Marshallianum from C. venustum pardinum and 



C. concolor, a charming little plant. 



In 1876 the first secondary hybrid in the genus Cypripedium was also due to 

 Seden, derived from Dominy's C. x Harrisianum and C. insigne Maulei, the 

 former the seed-bearer, establishing a further record, the result having a hybrid 

 as seed-bearer. 



A charming Dendrobe, from Dendrobium moniliforme (D. japonicum) and 



D. aureum, flowered about the same time, and during that same year two new 

 hybrids were added to the list Cypripedium x pycnopterum, obtained from 

 C. Lowii and C. venustum, and C. X superciliare from C. barbatum and C. 

 superbiens. 



In 1877 Cypripedium (Selenipedium) X atropurpureum flowered, the first 

 secondary hybrid amongst the Selenipediums, the parents S. Schlimii and 

 Dominy's cross S. X Dominianum. 



Other hybrids of the year were Lseliocattleya Sedenii, the only plant raised 

 from a cross between Cattleya superba and Lseliocattleya Devoniensis; Cypri- 

 pedium x patens from C. barbatum and C. Hookerse, and C. X lucidum from C. 

 Lowii and C. villosum. 



Early in 1878 Calanthe x Sedenii made its appearance, a hybrid from C. X 

 Veitchii and C. vestita rubro oculata. The flowering established another record, 

 as the first instance among hybrid orchids of one of the original parents being 

 used with its hybrid offspring. Others of the year were Cypripedium x selligerum 

 from C. barbatum and C. philippinense ; C. X nitens from C. villosum and C. 

 insigne Maulei, and Cattleya X Marstersonise from C. Loddigesii and C. labiata. 



Six appeared in 1879, comprising one Cattleya, two Dendrobiums, two 

 Cypripediums, and one Leelia. 



In 1880 the handsome Masdevallia x Chelsoni, the first seedling in the genus 

 to be raised from M. amabilis and M. Veitchiana, flowered for the first time, and 

 added a new genus to the list of hybrids. 



Chysis x Sedenii, derived from C. Limminghei and C. bractescens, the second 

 hybrid in the genus, also flowered in 1880, and the handsome Cypripedium x 

 Morganise from C. superbiens and the remarkable C. Stonei, and C. X calanthum, 

 were others of that year. 



In 1881 four hybrids flowered, including the remarkable Cypripedium (Seleni- 

 pedium) x grande, the product of a cross between Selenipedium Roezlii and 

 S. caudatum. 



The year 1881 completed a quarter of a century's work in this absorbing branch 

 of Horticulture Dominy's first hybrid having flowered in 1856, and during the 

 following years to the present time results have been numerous, and very varied. 



In 1882 the beautiful Laeliocattleya callistoglossa flowered, remarkable for an 

 unusually large and richly-coloured lip, from a cross between Leelia purpurata and 

 Cattleya Warscewiczii. 



Cypripedium x microchilum, from C. niveum and C. Druryi; C. x macropterum 

 from C. Lowii and C. superbiens, C. (Selenipedium) x cardinale from Seleni- 

 pedium x Sedenii and S. Schlimii were other successes. 



In 1883 three interesting seedlings made their first appearance ; namely, 



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