THE ORCHID REVIEW. 23 
CYPRIPEDIUM X EDWARDII. 
The hybrids derived from Cypripedium Fairieanum are a charming little 
group; perhaps no other species has yielded such uniformly good results. 
C. barbatum, C. callosum, C. insigne, C. purpuratum, and C. Spicerianum, 
have already been crossed with it, and now C. superbiens must be added 
to the list. This latest combination has been effected in the collection of 
H. Graves, Esq., of Orange, New Jersey, U.S.A., and has been dedicated 
to that gentleman’s eldest son. According to Mr. Grey, the gardener, 
C. Fairieanum was, as usual, the pollen parent. The hybrid is quite 
intermediate in character, both in shape and colour. The leaves are 
Fig. 2. CYPRIPEDIUM X EDWARDI. 
faintly tessellated ; the dorsal sepal white, tinted with green at base and 
with vinous purple near the margin, and lined and somewhat reticulated 
with green, some of the lines being specked with brown. The drooping 
undulate petals are translucent in colour, with pale green nerves, and a 
vinous tint near the margin, which, together with the base, is thickly 
dotted with vinous purple. The lip is shaded with brown in front, paler 
behind, reticulated with dark green, and dotted inside with vinous purple. 
The staminode is large, and reticulated with deep green. It flowered in 
September last, when the photograph here reproduced was made. 
