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CYPRIPEDIUM x LUCIENIANUM norr. 
M. LUCIEN LINDEN’S CYPRIPEDIUM. 
CYPRIPEDIUM. Vide Lindenia, Engl. ed., vol. I, p. 31. 
Cypripedium X Lucienianum. Hybridum novum e C. villoso et C. X bellatulo artificiosa fecundatione productum. 
f we carry out among the numerous artificial hybrids at present existing 
in the family of Orchids the selection not unreasonably demanded by 
M. Ernest Beraoan, in his interesting little volume, recently published, 
entitled Les Orchidées de semis; if we sacrifice without pity mediocre forms, and 
only preserve the most characteristic types, and those possessing superior merit, 
there can be no doubt that Cypripedium X Lucienianum must be included among 
the number of these selected forms, because of the beauty of its dorsal sepal. 
This segment alone constitutes a remarkable improvement with reference to its 
two parents, which possess neither the ampleness of form, nor the richness and 
variety of colour, which consists of an exquisite mixture of clear green, brown, 
red and violet. In the genus Cypripedium and in the hybrids already produced 
artificially, few certainly exist which from this point of view can be compared 
with the one which we figure to-day. 
The new hybrid we here figure was at first thought to be derived from 
C. villosum crossed with a superior form of C. cenanthum superbum, but its 
raiser states that the second parent was C. bellatulum. Such being the case, a 
special interest arises from the fact, that there exists till now no other hybrid 
issued from C. bellatulum, a superb species which, however, seemed to deserve 
every attention of the hybridists, on account of its beautiful form and colour. 
A single defect has been thought by certain persons to mar such great qualities, 
namely the shortness of its peduncles ; and the reader can ascertain, by inspecting 
our plate, that the result of the hybridisation has been to successfully redress 
that fault. 
The influence of C. villosum is distinctly apparent in the lower segments of 
the flower, the petals, lip, and also the lower sepal, but the dorsal sepal is very 
distinct, and more nearly resembles that of the other species. 
Cypripedium X Lucienianum is dedicated to M. Lucien Linven, Managing 
Director of the Horticutture INTERNATIONALE. 
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