﻿November, 1904.] 



THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



PAPHIOPEDILUM x MISS DAISY DRUCE. 



The annexed figure represents a very charming hybrid which has been 

 raised in the collection of H. Druce, Esq., of St. John's Wood, by Mr. G. 

 Walker, to whom we are indebted for the photograph reproduced and the 

 following note :— " Cypripedium X Miss Daisy Druce (concolor Regnieri X 

 Chamberlainianum). A pretty and much admired new hybrid, having 

 flowers larger than a good C. Chamberlainianum, with broad, drooping 

 petals. The dorsal sepal is a pleasing yellow with purple lines, and the 

 pouch dotted all over with rose-purple. The flowers are borne as in C- 



Fig. 46. PAPHIOPEDILUM X MlSS DAISY DRUCE. 



Chamberlainianum, several on a spike, opening consecutively, and lasting 

 many weeks in perfection. The plant was in flower five months." The 

 figure practically explains itself, except that the rose-purple dots on the lip 

 are not shown, owing to the unfortunate fact that tints of the colour named 

 come out practically white in a photograph. We at first took this plant 

 for a form of P. X Eira, which was originally recorded as a hybrid from C. 

 Chamberlainianum X C. concolor (Gard. Chron., 1903, i., 108 ; 0. R., 1903, 

 p. 82), but afterwards the parentage was given as Chamberlainianum X 



