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INTER-BLOOMING Cypripediums have been the subject of 
comment in our last two issues, and some further remarks by 
interested correspondents appear in the present one, these having been 
.. accompanied by a series of flowers. And the call for an increase of colour 
in the direction of rose and purple has been quickly answered, for a new 
hybrid of almost uniform claret red, bearing the name of Cypripedium 
Moira, was exhibited at the R.H.S. meeting held on January 26th, by 
Messrs. Hassall & Co. It was, fortunately, not shown under the enigmatic 
formula of ‘parentage unrecorded,” and therefore an analysis is possible, 
which will’ be studied with interest. It was derived from C. Priam X 
bingleyense, and its descent may be graphically illustrated as follows :— 
Fairrieanum* x Spicerianum.* barbatum xX villosum.* 
Niobe X insigne.* ©!  Harrisianum X Charlesworthii.* 
DX bingleyense. 
- Priam 
Moira. 
Thus C. Moira is composed of six species (indicated by an asterisk), in the 
following proportions: C. insigne and Charlesworthii one-quarter each, and 
C. Fairrieanum, Spicerianum, barbatum, and villosum one-eighth each. It 
is a little difficult to account for the presence of so much colour in the 
flower, and especially for the almost complete absence of green, but 
probably the purple of C. barbatum and C. Fairrieanum has blended with 
the rose of C. Charlésworthii in the dorsal sepal, and with the browns that 
are represented in the petals and lips of the other species. The leaves also 
are distinctly tessellated, although C. barbatum is the only one of the six 
species having this character. Other seedlings from the same batch—we 
assume that it is not the only one—may, of course, present quite a different 
combination of the specific characters, as is almost invariably the case with 
these complex hybrids. It may be one of the “ surprises ” that Mr. Barker 
speaks of, but we should say that each of the five crosses involved was made 
with a defmite object in view, and has been justified by results. 
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