﻿November, 1904.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



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PAPHIOPEDILUM x LUCIE VAR. SMITHII. 



The handsome hybrid here figured was raised by Messrs. Hugh Low & 

 Co. from Paphiopedilum Lawrenceanum 2 and P. ciliolare 3 , and 

 flowered for the first time in December, 1893, when it was exhibited at 

 a meeting of the R.H.S. under the name of Cypripedium X Smithii 

 (Gard. Chron., 1893, ii., p. 756 ; O.R., 1894, p. 31). Some time previously, 

 however, a hybrid with the selfsame parentage flowered in the collection 

 of M. Moreau, an amateur of Paris, and was described and figured under 

 the name of C. X Lucie (Orchidophile, 1892, p. 17, with plate), and thus 



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Fig 48. Paphiopedilum X Lucie var. Smithii. 



our present plant must rank as a variety, though, judging from the two 

 figures, a very distinct one. The figure of M. Moreau's seedling is said to 

 be a very faithful one, and a similar remark certainly applies to the 

 excellent photograph of Messrs. Hugh Low's plant, which was taken by 

 Mr. G. FAnson, and is here reproduced. The petals in the former are 

 more falcate, and the spots are almost confined to the margins, while the 

 dorsal sepal is relatively longer than in the present one, which may be said 

 to have taken more of the characters of P. ciliolare. In fact the variety is 



