AUGUST, 1923-] FHE ORCHID REVIEW. 239° 
CYPRIPEDIUM VIKING. 
HIS elegant Cypripedium was exhibited at the Royal Horticultural 
Society, November 29th, 1921, by Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, 
K.C.V.O., in whose celebrated collection at Westonbirt, Tetbury, Glos., it 
was raised by Mr. H. G. Alexander. The parents are Buchanianum 
(Druryi x Spicerianum) and illustre (Lathamianum XX nitens). C. 
Lathamianum is the result of crossing Spicerianum with villosum and’ 
nitens isa hybrid between insigne and villosum. Thus this unusually 
CYPRIPEDIUM VIKING. 
distinct Cypripedium is composed of four species: insigne, villosum, Spicer- 
The strong influence of villosum is seen in the breadth 
of the petals and their glossy nature, Spicerianum is responsible for the 
extensive white area of the dorsal sepal, as well as its median-purple-claret 
coloration, while Druryi imparts to the whole flower a wax-like nature 
and adds a yellowish tinge to the petals. In the majority of Cypripedium 
hybrids ree side margins of the dorsal sepal are reflexed, but in C. Viking 
they are incurved. 
janum and Druryi. 
