JULY, 15923.) THE ORCHID REVIEW, 207 
CYPRIPEDIUM FLETCHERIANUM VAR. ANTINEA. 
ROBABLY in no other genus of the Orchidacee have so many hybrids 
p been raised as in Cypripedium. They differ much not only as regards 
the parentage, but also in the varieties of any particular cross. This 
difference becomes much more apparent the farther we get away from 
primary hybrids, and while it creates additional novelties, it gives, on the 
other hand, no small amount of difficulty to those who endeavour to trace 
CYPRIPEDIUM FLETCHERIANUM VAR, ANTINEA,. 
back the parentage through the evidence of specific characters exhibited in 
the flower. 
Our reproduced photograph is of Cypripedium Fletcherianum var. 
Antinea which received a First-class Certificate at the recent Chelsea Show 
when exhibited by Messrs. Cowan & Co. It results from the crossing of C. 
‘Godefroyz leucochilum with Cyp. W. R. Lee (Rothschildianum xX 
Superbiens). The latter parent first appeared in 1894, but in the following 
