100 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
Cypripedium x microchilum is a distinct and charming little plant, 
obtained by Mr. Seden by crossing C. niveum with the pollen of C. Druryi, 
neither of which species had before been used by the hybridist. The plant 
bears the most unmistakable evidence of its origin. It has the general 
character of C. niveum, though both leaves and flowers are modified in 
shape, and the dark median band of the dorsal sepal and petals of the pollen 
parent is conspicuously present in the hybrid. 
Masdevallia x Fraseri, the second hybrid in the genus, was raised in the 
collection of Mr. Fraser, of Derncleugh, near Aberdeen, from M. ignea and 
M. coccinea (afterwards cailed M. Lindeni), the former being recorded as 
the seed parent. It is a bright and attractive hybrid, showing a distinct 
combination of characters derived from the two parent species. 
Cypripedium x Williamsianum was raised in the collection of Robert 
Warner, Esq., of Broomfield, near Chelmsford, and was dedicated to the 
late Mr. B. S. Williams, of Holloway. Its parents were C. villosum and C. 
venustum. 
Dendrobium x Leechianum was raised by Mr. W. Swan, in the collet 
tion of W. Leech, Esq., of Fallowfield, near Manchester, from D. aureum 
crossed with the pollen of D. nobile. Thus it has the reversed parentag? 
of D. x Ainsworthii and D. x splendidissimum. It is a handsome fom, 
much resembling the last-named one. 
Selenipedium x cardinale was obtained by crossing S. x Sedeni with 
the pollen of S. Schlimii albiflorum. Mr. Seden was the raiser. It 8# 
very handsome hybrid; the rose-coloured lip contrasts effectively with the 
seer pure white segments. A figure is given in our last issue, P: 8h, 
8: 5: 
Cypripedium x macropterum is a stately hybrid raised from C. Lowi? 
and C. superbiens $7. Like the preceding, it was raised in the establishment 
of Messrs. James Veitch and Sons, at Chelsea. It is said to be one of the 
comparatively few hybrids in which the characters of the seed parent pi 
dominate in the flower, and those of the pollen parent in the foliage. 
The hybrids of 1883 were not numerous; but three very interesting om 
were described—namely, Calanthe x lentiginosa, Selenipedium Schroeder 
and Cattleya x triophthalma, all of which were raised in the Royal Exot 
Nursery. 
species described only four years previously. C. x Veitchii was the ee 
parent. It is a very pretty hybrid, with white flowers, the sepals and 
flushed with pale rose, and the base of the lip spotted with bright 
Some darker varieties afterwards appeared. 
Selenipedium x Schroederze was the result of crossing 5+ © 
with the pollen of S. x Sedeni. It is one of the finest hybrids in ao 
being both robust and floriferous, while the flowers are larg® well- | 
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