. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. THEIR JfANAGEMENT. 149 Cypripedium. Selenipediums have not the varied characteristics of Cypripediums ; but it is remarkable to note the improve- ment that has been wrought where the pouchless 5. caudatiim Liiidoii (Syn. Uropcdiuin Liudcui) has been of h\'brids and secondar}' hybrids used. A grand race has resuked from the intercrossing of i"t"- lenipcdiuiii longifoliuiit and 5. Scldiiiiii. The whole of the 5. ^6'- deni race take their origin from this cross. There is, hoiK.'evei\ one tiling that baf/fes ail hybridists, namel\-,
. Orchids: their culture and management. Orchids. THEIR JfANAGEMENT. 149 Cypripedium. Selenipediums have not the varied characteristics of Cypripediums ; but it is remarkable to note the improve- ment that has been wrought where the pouchless 5. caudatiim Liiidoii (Syn. Uropcdiuin Liudcui) has been of h\'brids and secondar}' hybrids used. A grand race has resuked from the intercrossing of i"t"- lenipcdiuiii longifoliuiit and 5. Scldiiiiii. The whole of the 5. ^6'- deni race take their origin from this cross. There is, hoiK.'evei\ one tiling that baf/fes ail hybridists, namel\-, to flower a h}'brid de- rived from the inter- crossing of Cypri- pedium and Seleni- pediitni. There are several who assert that the}' ha\'e made crosses, and have succeeded in raising seedlings ; but when such plants flower the}' generall}' prove to be stray Cypripe- dium seedlings. Or again it has been asserted that such crosses could not be induced to flower. We have crossed and intercrossed the two sections many times. True, we have never procured .seed from a Cypripedium fertilised with a Selenipedium ; but on the other hand have had what to all appearance has been good seed when the Selenipedium has been made the seed-bearing parent. So far we have never been able to induce such seed to germinate. We are also inclined to the belief that the. Fig. 44. CvPRIPEFJirM C;\ SANDERS (much reduced).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Watson, William, 1858-1925; Chapman, H. J. , ed. London, L. U. Gill; New York, C. Scribner's sons
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