FEBRUARY, 1910.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 41 
PAPHIOPEDILUM x BOLTONI. 
THE annexed figure represents a very handsome hybrid which received a 
First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. on November 23rd last, under the 
name of Cypripedium X Boltoni (O.R., xviii. p. 19). Its origin and history 
are said to be uncertain, though after an examination of the living plant we 
incline to the belief that its parents are P. insigne Sandere and P. 
bellatulum album, which would make it a form of P. x Helena. It is, 
of course, not identical with P. x Helena var. Armstrongia, which was 
obtained from the parentage just mentioned, and was figured at page 105 of 
Fig. 3. PAPHIOPEDILUM X BOLTONI. 
our 16th volume, but the difference might well be accounted for by variation. 
The alternative is that it might be a secondary hybrid in which both the 
above parents were represented, but definite evidence alone can establish 
this point. The Gardeners’ Chronicle remarks that it is supposed to have 
C. insigne Sanderz for one parent, the other being doubtful, and that in 
form it somewhat resembles C. x Venus, but is larger and taller. It is, 
fortunately, possible to compare the two, for P. X Venus was figured at 
