HISTORY OF ORCHID HYBRIDISATION. Ix. 
crispa. This parentage was ultimately confirmed by a repetition of the 
cross. 
In May, 1864, the first hybrid Lelia appeared, though it was exhibited 
under the name of Cattleya x Pilcheri. Its parents were Leelia crispa and 
L. Perrinii, and it must have been one of Dominy’s earliest hybrids, for it 
is said to have been raised in 1853. It is now known as Lelia x Pilcheri. 
In May, 1865, another ornamental-leaved hybrid appeared, and received 
a First-class Certificate under the name of Ancectochilus x Dominii. _ Its 
parents were Hemaria discolor and Ancectochilus Roxburghi (xantho- 
phyllus), and the plant has since been named Ancectomaria X Dominii, 
being the third generic hybrid in the Ancectochilus group. 
Early in 1867 another interesting generic hybrid flowered, its parents 
being Phaius grandifolius and Calanthe vestita. It was described by 
Reichenbach under the name of Phaius X irroratus, as ‘‘one of the 
beautiful evidences of Mr. Dominy’s unrivalled talent in hybridising Orchids.” 
It was not until 1869 that a hybrid Cypripedium appeared, when C. 
X Harrisianum flowered for the first time. It was raised from C. villosum, 
fertilized with the pollen of C. barbatum, and was named by Prof. 
Reichenbach after Dr. Harris, of Exeter, who first gave Mr. Dominy the 
idea of hybridising Orchids. It is now called Paphiopedilum X 
Harrisianum, the tropical species being generically distinct. 
In 1870 Cypripedium X Dominianum was described by Reichenbach, 
as a hybrid derived from C. caricinum fertilized with the pollen of C. 
caudatum. The author gave the alternative name of Selenipedium X 
Dominianum, thus adding a new genus to the list. It has since, however, 
been called Phragmopedilum X Dominianum, for it is now known that the 
genus Selenipedium proper is not in cultivation. 
In the same year the first hybrid of Cypripedium Fairrieanum flowered, 
and was described by Reichenbach under the name of C. X vexillarium, as 
‘‘one of the surprises which Mr. Dominy prepares for the Messrs. Veitch. ” 
C. barbatum was the seed parent. It is now referred to Paphiopedilum. 
Early in 1871, Mr. Burbidge published in the Gardeners’ Chronicle a list 
of the Hybrid Orchids raised up to that period, in which occurs the name 
of Aérides X hybridum, raised from A. affine and A. Fieldingil, thus adding 
another genus to the list. There is no clue to the date, and we do not 
know of another record, nor yet what became of the plant. 
The first successful follower of Mr. Dominy appears to have been Mr. 
Cross, gardener to Lady Ashburton, of Melchet Court, Hampshire, who 
obtained Cypripedium X Ashburtonie by crossing C. barbatum with the 
pollen of C. insigne. It flowered and was described in 1871. Two years 
later he added C. X Crossianum, obtained from C. insigne crossed with 
the pollen of C. venustum. They were the first hybrids from C. insigne, 
