-Mar.-APRIL, 1920.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 49 
| DS | CYPRIPEDIUM NESTA. | xe | 
HE annexed figure represents a very beautiful seedling Cypripedium 
that flowered for the first time in the collection of E. D. Bostock, 
Esq., Oulton Cross, Stone, Staff, at Christmas last. The parentage is 
.C, Eurybiades var. mirum xX Lord Wolmer, and the figure, which is from 
a photograph by Mr. F. W. Rolfe, represents the flower two-thirds natural 
size. Both shape and colour are excellent. The dorsal sepal is white, with a 
light green stain at the base, and the spots are purple, while the petals are 
Fig. 7. CYPRIPEDIUM NESTA. 
yellow-green, with brown markings, and the lip is of the latter colour in 
front. An analysis of parentage shows that it is made up of the three 
species, C. Boxallii; insigne, and Spicerianum, which have been combined 
in various ways through five generations, selection having been practised at 
every stage. In its ancestry C. Leeanum has been used four times, which 
would account for a.marked resemblance to:this fine hybrid, while C. Hera 
appears twice, the others being C. Mons. de Curte and C. Alcibiades. It 
is curious to reflect that either C. Leeanum. xX Boxallii, C. insigne X 
Calypso, or C. Spicerianum x Mons de Curte would give a hybrid of 
similar specific composition, though i in somewhat different proportions. It 
is certainly a charming thing. 
