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PL SCX XX Vil: 
CYPRIPEDIUM x DENISIANUM L. inp. 
M. DENIS MADOUX’S CYPRIPEDIUM. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 17. 
Cypripedium X Denisianum, Hybridum inter C. selligerum et C. superbiens artificiosa fecundatione productum, 
Cypripedium X Denisianum L, Linp., Gard. Chron., 1894, I, p. 118. — Fourn. des Orch., V, p. 186. 
his superb hybrid was exhibited for the first time at a meeting of 
L’OrcHIDEENNE, at Brussels, on January 14th. of the present year, by 
M. A. Mapovux. It was very. much admired, and was unanimously 
awarded a first-class Diploma of Honour. 
Mr. J. O’Brien described it in The Gardeners’ Chronicle, on August 14 th., 
as follows : — 
“ A fine three-flowered inflorescence of this massive and striking hybrid, 
named in honour of one of the sons of Monsieur A. Mapoux, of Auderghem, 
Brussels, comes from Messrs. Linpen, L’HorticuLTurE INTERNATIONALE, Parc 
Léopold, Brussels. When I first saw it in Brussels last spring, I find I mentioned 
it in my notes as being of the C. x Morganzae class, but larger, firmer in texture, 
and with broader petals, more thickly spotted than in C. x Morganiae, and asa 
rough description that answers very well. The leaves are fleshy, and of a light green 
colour, with obscure dark green markings. The stout, purple, hairy flower stem 
is over 1 foot in height. The flowers have the upper sepal nearly two inches wide, 
with a pale green base, surmonted by a broad rose-coloured band, and having 
numerous purple lines radiating from the base; lower sepals similar, but smaller. 
The petals are 4 inches long, and three quarters of an inch wide, ciliate at 
the edge, ivory-white, flushed with rose, and bearing some ten rows of purple 
spots. The lip large, greenish white, with a faint lilac hue; the staminode 
greenish-white, veined with emerald-green, and bearing short purple hairs. It is 
a distinct advance in its section upon C. x Youngianum and others of its class. ” 
It may be added that C. x Denisianum is a strong grower and very flori- 
ferous, as most of the spikes usually bear three flowers. 
Ce superbe hybride a été exposé pour la premiére fois au meeting du 14 jan- 
vier de cette année par M. A. Mapoux, 4 I’un des fils de qui il est dédié; il y a 
été tres admiré et a obtenu un dipléme d’honneur de 1” classe 4 l’unanimité. 
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