CYPRIPEDIUM. 105 



C. Saundersianum.* 



C. caudatum Warscewiczii X C. Schlimii. 

 "Upper sepal whitish with green and purple (rose-pink) veins; 

 lower sepal white, green at the tip ; petals ligulate, acuminate, undulate, 

 pale purple (rose-pink) ; lip (rose-pink, the infolded lohes) spotted with 

 purple 1 on a white ground. Staminode bearded outside." 



Cypripedium Saundersianum, Hort. Marshall. Echb. in Gard. Chron. XXVI. 

 (1886), p. 654. 



Raised by Mr. Marshall, of Enfield, and dedicated by him to the 

 late Mr. W. Wilson Saunders, the Maecenas of horticulture of his time, 

 and for many years Treasurer of the Royal Horticultural Society. 



O. Schroederse. 



C. caudatum X C. Sedenii. 



Flowers large, 3 — 5 or more on each scape ; upper sepal 3 inches 



long, whitish suffused with pale rose-pink and veined with green ; lower 



sepal white with less of the rose tint ; petals pendulous, twisted, 4 — 5 



inches long, pale rose-pink with darker veins, except the broader basilar 



portion which is whitish ; lip bright rose-pink, the infolded lobes 



ivory-white spotted with rose-purple. Staminode whitish, fringed with 



purple hairs at the back. 



Cypripedium Schroederse, Echb. in Gard. Chron. XIX. (1883), p. 432. Williams' 

 Orch. Alb. V. t. 196. 



Raised by Seden at our nursery. It is one of the finest hybrids yet 

 raised among the Selexipedia ; its stately racemes of large delicately 

 coloured flowers afford a striking instance of the rapid progress made in 

 the hybridisation of orchids during the past few years. This fine acqui- 

 sition is appropriately dedicated to the Baroness Schroeder, of the Dell, 

 near Staines. 



0. Sedenii. 



C. Schlimii x C. 7 ongifoUum and vice versa. 



Upper sepal ivory-white with a faint flush of pale rose, rose-pink at 

 the back ; lower sepal similar ; petals twisted, white tinted with pale 

 rose towards the margins and apex ; lip rose-pink, the infolded lobes 

 ivory-white spotted v. ith rose. Staminode white with a few pink spots 

 and a fringe of purple hairs on each side. 



Cypripedium Sedenii, Echb. in Gard. Chron. 1873. p. 1431. Jennings' Orch. t. 4. 



Fl. Mag. n. s. t. 206. Id. t. 302. De Puydt, Les Orch. t. 13. 



var. — albanense. 



C. Schlimii X C. Sedenii? 

 Differs in no essential character from the original Cypripedium Sedenii, 

 except that the lip has more of the contracted aperture and infolded 

 lobes of C. Schlimii. 



C. Sedenii albanense, supra. C. albanense, Hort, 



* Not seen by us. The parentage was communicated to us by the raiser many years ago. 



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