THE ORCHID REVIEW. 81 
PAPHIOPEDILUM x BARON SCHRODER. 
Our present figure represents the most interesting and beautiful 
Paphiopedilum X Baron Schroder, a hybrid raised by Messrs. James 
Veitch & Sons, Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea, from P. X cenanthum 
superbum ¢?, and P. Fairrieanum ¢. It flowered for the first time in 
November, 1896, and received a First-class Certificate from the Royal 
Horticultural Society, on November 24th of that year. Our illustration 
is reproduced from a photograph of one of Messrs. Veitch’s plants, taken; 
and kindly sent, by Mr. H. J. Chapman, of Camberwell. As regards 
Fic. 16. PAPHIOPEDILUM X BARON SCHRODER. 
the general character of the flower the photograph may be left to speak for 
itself, though it may be remarked that it combines much of the general 
character and markings of the pollen parent, with the richer colour of the 
mother plant. The dorsal sepal is heavily spotted with reddish-purple on a — 
lighter ground, and the petals veined and suffused with similar colours’ 
and prettily spotted on the lower half. It isa hybrid of the third genera- 
tion, and four species are concerned in its ancestry, its composition being, 
P. Fairrieanum 4, P. insigne 4, and P. villosum and barbatum each 4. 
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