OECHID CONFEEENCE. 



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and predilections, especially when it comes to the point of discarding 

 for stud purposes a much-prized plant that has perhaps won the classic 

 F.C.C. at the E.H.S. The science of Genetics tells us plainly that 

 things are not always what they seem, and a good-looking plant is not 

 always a good plant to breed from. Only a few Derby winners are 

 successful at the stud, everything depends on their germinal constitu- 

 tion. From the genetic point of view it would be a far sounder 

 proposition to use for breeding an individual Orchid that had bred an 

 F.C.C. winner than to use an actual winner of the F.C.C. that had a 

 bad breeding record. 



The F.C.C. awarded by the Orchid Committee of the E.H.S. is 

 universally acknowledged to be the highest prize in the Orchid world, 

 and winners of this prize may be regarded as classic Orchids. From 

 the point of view of Genetics, the individual parents of these classic 

 winners deserve special recognition as stud Orchids. 



A reference to the records shows that during the past five years 

 some 200 'F.C.C.s have been awarded by the Orchid Committee of the 

 R.H.S. Of these F.C.C. winners about 150 appear to be hand-raised 

 hybrids. Of the parents of these hybrids only 50 can be identified 

 from the records as individual plants, and it is quite possible that a 

 few of these names even may be represented in collections by more than 

 one seedling individual. 



Table lY. gives a list of these classic stud Orchids, showing how 

 many of their progeny have won the F.C.C. at the R.H.S. since 

 November 1907. This short list is presented simply as an illustfation 

 for Orchid breeders of the potential value of certain stud Orchids, and 

 there is no doubt that the list might be considerably extended with 

 much advantage to the breeder. 



Table IV.— (Classic Stud Orchids). 



Numbers of Progenv 

 won F.C.C. at R-H.'S. 

 Nov. 1907-Nov. 1912. 



Odonfoglossum Rossii rubescens 5 



GattUya Mossiae Wageneri 3 (fig. 143.) 



Cypripedium insigne Sanderae 3 



Cattleya intermedia alba 2 (fig. 144.) 



G. labiata alba 2 (fig. 145.) 



G. Trianae ' Imperator ' 2 (fig. 146.) 



G. Warscewiczii ' Frau Melanie Beyrodt ' . . .2 (fig. 147.) 



Gypripedium x ' Hera Euryades ' .... 2 



G, insigne, Harefield Hall var 2 



C. X ' M. de Curte ' 2 



Laelia tenebrosa, Walton Grange var 2 (fig. 148.) 



Odonfoglossum maculatum auriferum .... 2 



Galanthe X Sedeni burfordiensis 

 G. X ' Baron Schroder ' . 

 Gattleya X Fabia alba 

 G. X Fabia Vigeriana 

 G. Gaskelliana alba . 

 G. X Hardyana alba 

 G. Mossiae aurantiaca 

 G. Mossiae Reineckiana . 

 G. Trianae, Uplands var. 

 Gypripedium aureum ' (Edippe ' 

 G. Harrisianum superbum 

 C, X ' Hera Marise ' 



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