IDES (COCOA, 
CYPRIPEDIUM x GIBEZIANUM t. ump. 
MADAME E. GIBEZ’S CYPRIPEDIUM. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., I, p. 31. 
Cypripedium X Gibezianum. Novum hybridum e Cypripediis villoso et venusto artificiose productum. 
Cypripedium X Gibezianum L. LIND., supra. 
| he name which this hybrid bears has already been given to several 
valuable plants, and is well known to all Orchidists. It is that of a 
noble lady of high qualities and inexhaustible charity, whose lamented 
death some months ago occasioned the most profound regrets to all who had 
the honour of her acquaintance, especially among the poor. It is also the name 
of a distinguished amateur who worthily continues the grand traditions left by 
Madame Gisez, and whose collections may be considered as one of the most 
charming and most select in France. 
Cypripedium x Gibezianwn was raised in the collection of Madame GIBEz, 
of Sens, by crossing C. venustum with the pollen of C. villoswm. It is well inter- 
mediate between the two parents, and we may remark in this connection that 
both of the parents have very marked characters, which always imprint themselves 
upon their descendants in a very decided way. Most of the hybrids derived 
from C. villosum bear so distinctly the marks of this parent that they may be 
recognised at first sight, and the same may be said of those derived from 
C. Spicerianum, C. superbiens, and also C. venustum. In the present hybrid the 
influence of the last named preponderates over that of C. villosum. 
The flower has the petals very analogous with those of C. villoswm, but a 
little shorter, less expanded at the summit and darker in colour; the upper 
half being of a bright mahogany brown, and the base clear yellow with some 
bright purple-brown spots. The dorsal sepal, which most resembles C. venustum, 
is pale yellow covered with green stripes, which are reddish on their inferior 
third, and purple brown near the median nerve. The lip, which is broad and 
long, and very massive, is of a clear brownish red, with the lower part 
greenish yellow, and the lateral lobes of a bright waxy yellow. 
In short, this hybrid is of a very distinct and attractive character, and 
appears worthy to be comprised in the best collections. 
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