OcTOBER, 1923.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 299 
CYPRIPEDIUM MAUDIZ:. 
O. all the Cypripedium hybrids, but few have risen to such popularity as 
is enjoyed by C. Maudiz. In all the large collections of the well- 
known amateurs there are many specimen plants of it to be seen flowering 
in the autumn months, while no matter how small the collection may be, 
this hybrid is generally among the first half-dozen members of the genus. 
that are acquired. It possesses a robust constitution, and on that account: 
is easily propagated, while its long flower-stems and the beautiful greenish 
tints of the blooms render it particularly useful for decorative purposes. 
The flowers last a long time in perfection ; on one occasion a newly-opened 
flower was severed from the plant, and after being put in water remained 
fresh for over a month. 
The parents of C. Maudie are C. Lawrenceanum var. Hyeanum and 
C. callosum var. Sander, both albino forms of the two species. About 
thirty years ago these two plants existed only in a few pieces that had been 
propagated from the originals, and they were of considerable commercial 
value, sums of more than a 100 guineas being necessary to acquire a single 
example. But it so happened that at that time two amateurs, we believe 
they were Major Mason and Mr. Chas. Winn, each had one of the above 
rarities in flower, and they agreed to cross them. The seed duly ripened 
and was sown, but without immediate success. The pot upon which the 
seed was sown subsequently passed into the hands of Messrs. Charlesworth 
& Co., whose foreman, Mr. J. Baguley, placed it in the warm and humid 
atmosphere of the Phalznopsis house. Seedlings soon appeared, and the 
largest gave its first flower in the autumn of 1900, when it was named after 
Mr. Baguley’s daughter. On Sept. 27th of the same year C. Maudie was 
exhibited at the Manchester Orchid Society and received a First-class 
Certificate. On July 30th of the following year it obtained a similar 
recognition when shown at the Royal Horticultural Society by Mr. G. W. 
Law-Schotield, whose collection was then in charge of Mr. J. E. Shill. No 
one who visited the R.H.S. Autumn Show of last year will ever forget the 
magnificent specimens of C. Maudie staged by Mr. Shillin Baron Bruno 
Schréder’s superb group. They numbered over a dozen, each with from 20 
to 25 fully developed flowers on tall stems. These particular plants are 
cultivated in nothing else but sphagnum moss, fresh supplies being added 
as the older part decays. At the present time there is a specimen in the 
Baron’s collection with over a hundred growths. 
An interesting fact concerning C. Maudie is that it was first produced 
in the albino form, and thus in this point its history differs from that of 
almost all other hybrid Orchids. If the typical form of Lawrenceanum and 
callosum had been crossed and recorded as C. Maudiz, then, on the appear- 
