4G. 
. developed dorsal sepal. This organ is indeed of exceptional size and shape, 
C Wel 
Lavy 
PI CCCiixe 
CY PRIPEDIUM x LEONAB 1. rnp: 
Mrs H. S. LEON’S CYPRIPEDIUM. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. I, p. 3r. 
Cypripedium X Leonae. Novum hybridum inter C. insigne var. Chantini et C. callosum artificiose productum, 
ybrid Orchids, and especially those obtained in the genus Cypripedium, 
attract more.and more the attention of amateurs. At the present time 
: =) their number is very considerable, and is being augmented with ever- 
increasing rapidity. In the Catalogue published by M. Ernest Berean 326 hybrids 
are enumerated. Their diversity, on the other hand, permits one to make a 
selection, and to discard those which are not really meritorious. 
The new hybrid which we figure on the opposite page is worthy to be 
considered as one of the best forms produced by hybridisation, and the cross has 
unquestionably yielded a remarkable offspring. It was obtained during recent 
years by the Society L’Horricutrure INTERNATIONALE, of Brussels, and flowered 
for the first time in the month of October, 1892. It was derived from C. imsigne 
Chantint, fertilised with the pollen of a very fine variety of C. callosum. ee 
The product of a cross of this kind could not fail to possess a highly — 
nearly orbicular, with the apex lightly apiculate. As to colour, it is quite inter- 
mediate between that of the two parent species. It bears on its lower half an area 
of dark green, which becomes brighter above, and then a series of parallel red 
lines spotted with red-brown points, leaving round the margin a broad band 
of pure white. The petals and lip in form resemble very closely C. callosum, but 
in colour they are about intermediate between the two parent-species. The petals 
are of a bright red, without spots or warts, and with a pale green border at the 
extremities. 
Altogether the new hybrid is very remarkable. The dorsal sepal from the 
very first absorbs attention, and its bright and gay colour, and remarkable size, 
produce an impression which is not often the case elsewhere. 
It is absolutely an unique plant, the other seedlings having been destroyed 
by an accident while they were very small; very fortunately a single plant was 
saved. It flowered four and a half years from the time the seed was sown. 
We have the pleasure of dedicating this hybrid to Mrs Leon, wife of 
H. S. Leon, Esq., M. P., of Bletchley Park, Bletchley, an amateur of Orchids 
who possesses a very choice collection. 
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