110 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 
section Cyperorchis being merged in true Cymbidium. 
Cymbidium Lowio-eburneum is illustrated in Plate VI. 
Dendrobium hybrids are among the most numerous 
and useful as decorative flowers. 
Epidendrum has produced some satisfactory results, 
including E. O’Brienianum and Epiphronitis Veitchii (Soph- 
ronitis grandiflora x Epidendrum radicans). 
Cypripedium has been so prolific that there are amateurs 
who cultivate them either exclusively or give the greater 
part of their accommodation to the genus and its hybrids, 
which may be numbered by the hundred. 
Species of Masdevallia, Odontoglossum, Lycaste, Phaius, 
and Zygopetalum have all been intercrossed, and the 
number of possible combinations admits of incalculable 
development, especially as the crossing is not confined 
to the same genus. Plants of distinct genera have been 
crossed with each other, and in many cases the results 
have been unexpectedly good, as for example the pretty, 
scarlet Cochlioda Noezliana, which has been crossed suc- 
cessfully with several genera. Such facts as these seem to 
indicate that there are but few combinations amongst the 
genera of Orchidez cross-breeders may not attempt with 
a reasonable hope of success, 
