C Y I ' R I P E D I U M (HYBRIDUM) YOUNGIANUiVl wr.
A hybrid raised from Cypripcdium supcrbicns, fertilised witli tlic [»lien of C. Rocbclenii (a rariety of C. philippinon
character. Til« leaves are bright green, reticuUlcd with darker green nerves. Scape Iwo-nowercd. Dorsal scpd o»f.tc, acute,
nemcs on a light ground. Petals drooping, nearly ilal, over four Indies long, ciliate, M'ilh numerous liglit maroon spot? oi
yellowisli-grcen near base. Lip closely resembling that of C. superbiens. Staminode broadly rounded, apex wilh Ihree minute teeth, reticulated with green
on a pale ground, base &nd sides pubescent
CVPRII'KDIUM (hybridum) YOUNCIANUM, Rolfe in Card. Chron., Aug. |6, iSgo, p. 183,
This graceful and pretty hybrid was raised by Messrs. 1". Sander & Co., of St. Albans, and flowered for the firs! time during 1850, when It was
exhibited at a raeeling of the Roj^ Horticultural Society on July Sth, and rcceivcd an Award of Merit. It is very distinct from C. solligcnira and C.
euryandrum, two other hybrids from C. philippinensc, the former with C, barbatum, Ihe latter with C. Stonei for the second ]rarent. The more dclicate
colours, and the numerous spots of the petals in the present hybrid are clearly derived from C. superbiens, whose indiience is very apparent, espcciully in Ihc
lip, which is almost unmodified. On the other hand, the more elongated greener leaves, tile two-flowered scajx:, the more elonpted petals, and the liairy
sides of the staminode are as clearly derived from the pollen parent This makes at lea.«t the sixth hybrid which has been derived from C. philippinensc,
while from C. superbiens no less than a dozen are known. The way these hybrids combine Ihe characters of the parent specics is very interesting, a ' '
considerable light on the origin of natural hybrids in '
i Our analytical
IS purple-bj
'1. Rolft.
iiipcrbiens and C. Rocbclenii, llic latter being the seed
ì6, and was distinguislied by an Award of merit in 1890,
; Lfidy's-siipper and an offspring of Cypripediun
parent. It was raised by us in our George Street nursery in 1
by the Orchid Committee of the Royal Horticultural Society.
Mr. R. A. Rolfe, in the Gardeners' Chronicle August 16, 1890, p. 183, describes it in the following terms:—
" The leaf is nearly a foot long by 2>i inches wide, bright green, reticiilatcd ^vith darker green nerves. The flower is
very elegant, and quite intermediate in character. The dorsal sepal is ovate, acute, over inches long, with about
twenty-seven purple-broivn nerves, on a very light ground. Most of the nerves are yellowish-green at the base. The
drooping petals are inches long, ciliate, copioiisly spotted with light maroon spots on a light ground, passing into
yellowish-green at the base. The lip is large and pale in colour, somewhat resembling that of C. su|jerbiens, the veins
scarcely darker in colour, while on the side lobes and inside on the disc are numerous small, light purple spots. The
staminode is broadly rounded, the apex with three minute teeth, the base and concave sides pubescent, reticulated with
green on a pale ground. The lower sepal is ovate, very acute, veined with pale green on a light ground. The scape is
two-flowered. It is very distinct from C. x seiligerum and C. x euryandrum, with which it can best be compared."
It was named by us in compliment to Reginald Young, Esq., of Liverpool. The culture of this grand acquisition
does not differ from the majority of tropical Cypripedia, or those requiring hothouse treatment. In fact, it is of easy
cultivation—a characteristic of the majority of hybrids that have originated in European gardens.
Our plate •n from a ¡)laiit now in [he cr of Reginald Young, lisq., Fringilla, Linnet Lane, L