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ORCHIDS. 23

NEW ORCHIDS.

CYPRIPEDIUM HARRISIANUM.

Hort., Veitch.

See Illustration.

A beautiful hybrid, obtained by crossing C. villosum with C. barbatum.

In foliage and flower the plant, whilst partaking largely of the character of both
parents, is perfectly distinct from either.

The following, condensed from Professor Reichenbach's description, published in
the Gardeners' Chronicle of January 30th, 1869, page 108, will convey the most
accurate description we can give of this distinct plant:—

The leaves are narrower than those of barbatum, but broader than those of villosum,
spotted as in barbatum, and glossy like those in villosum.

The peduncle is quite that of villosum. The bract is green and violet, but having
less hairs than that of C. villosum.

The upper sepal comes nearer C. barbatum, but is covered with a denser pubescence.
The dark violet streaks in lieu of being distinct are confluent, so that the
greater part of it appears of a blackish purple, whitish near the top. It is very
glossy. The inferior sepal is whitish green, and not glossy.

The petals are spread at a right angle, and are ligulate ovate acute, hairy on the
upper and under limb as in C. barbatum, narrower than in C. villosum, very shining
port wine coloured, with a very dark line on the middle nerves, which are green
beneath and dark atro-violaceous above.

The lip is of a light port wine colour, with a tinge of light green here and there; it
has dark brown spots on both sides of the limb, bristles around the mouth of the sac,
and fine dark bristles internally.

The colours are much brighter and darker than those of C. villosum, and the flowers
are as large as those of the largest varieties of C. barbatum.

A plate of this beautiful novelty will be found in the Floral Magazine of April, 1869.

The plant has been awarded numerous First Class certificates.

We are again indebted to the energy and skill of Mr. Dominy for this beautiful
acquisition, and at his request it has been named in honour of Mr. Harris of Exeter, a
gentleman to whom Mr. Dominy is indebted for some of his earliest ideas in the
hybridisation of Orchids.

Price £5 5s. each.