PL. CDLXIX. 
CYPRIPEDIUM x FELIX FAURE norr. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, I, p. 17. 
Cypripedium X Félix Faure. Novum hybridum artificiosa fecundatione inter C. Godefroyae et C. callosum 
superbum genitum. 
Cypripedium X Félix Faure Horv., Fourn. des Orch., V, p. 372. — Gard. Chron., XVII (1895), p. 228. 
his superb hybrid flowered for the first time in February last, in the 
fine collection of M. AucusteE DaLiemacne, of Rambouillet, France, 
who kindly sent us specimens for painting. It is certainly an excellent 
addition, of a distinct character, which shall remain one of the most useful 
hybrids in the genus. 
It is described by Mr. James O’Brien, in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, on the 
following terms : — 
“ Belonging to a beautiful class, of which we are not likely to have too 
many, this cross seems to me to have sufficiently distinct: features to warrant 
its being named in honour of the President of the French Republic, as requested 
by the raiser, M. Dattemacne. In general appearance it approaches the beautiful 
C. xX Annie Measures (bellatulum x Dayanum), but the curve of the petals and 
general contour of the flower show plainly the influence of that good parent 
C. callosum. The flower is wax-like in substance, the upper sepal bearing some 
fifteen wel-defined blotched and feathered lines of rich purple, extending from. 
the base to the margin, where they become fainter, and more of the white 
ground is shown.... The reverse cross is known as C. x Monsieur Finet, but 
it differs from the present variety materially, a circumstance easy to understand 
when we consider the great variation in C. Godefroyae. ” 
Ce superbe hybride a fleuri pour la premiére fois en février dernier, dans la 
belle collection de M. Aucuste DaLLemacne, de Rambouillet, qui a bien voulu 
nous en adresser des fleurs pour l’exécution de la planche ci-contre. C’est assu- 
rément une excellente acquisition, d’un caractére trés tranché, et qui restera l’un 
des semis les plus remarquables du genre. 
Il a été apprécié par M. James O’Brien dans le Gardeners’ ‘Chae de 
Londres, dans les termes suivants : 
« Cet hybride appartient 4 une section trés belle, dont nous ne saurions avoir 
trop de représentants, et me parait réunir des: caracteres suffisamment distincts 
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