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THE ORCHID REVIEW. [December, 1921. 
CYPRIPEDIUM MINOS. 
C HE parentage of Cypripedium Minos is comparatively simple, being 
made up of the three species insigne, Fairrieanum and Spicerianum. 
A combination of the first two yields the pretty C. Arthurianum, and this 
.crossed with Spicerianum produces the elegant hybrid known as C. Minos. 
CYPRIPEDIUM MINOS YOUNG1I. 
To Messrs. Veitch belongs the credit of first flowering it in November, 1893 
when an Award of Merit was given by the Royal Horticultural Society. 
Similar awards were granted to the variety superbum in January, 1895, and 
tomagnificum in December, 1897. In November, 1897, Messrs. Veitch 
exhibited the variety Alonzo, this being the result of using C. Arthurianum 
pulchellum as the pollen parent; it was the only seedling raised from this 
particular capsule. 
