Veitch Nurseries

The James Veitch Nursery Hybridizers

Details of the plant hybridizers employed by Messrs. James Veitch and some of the important plants they introduced:

John Dominy (1816-1891)
Some Plants Raised by John Dominy
Calanthe × Dominii [The world's first recognised orchid hybrid].
Calanthe × Veitchii
Cypripedium × vexillarium
Cypripedium Faireanum
Fuchsia × Dominiana
Laeliocattleya exoniensis
Nepenthes × Dominii
Nepenthes × hybrida
Phaiocalanthe irrorata

William Court (1843-1888)

Sarrencenia × Courtii. Copyright © Caradoc Doy
Sarrencenia × Courtii
This hybrid was raised by Court at the Chelsea Nursery from S. purpurea and S. psittacina.

Some Plants Raised by William Court
Nepenthes × Courtii
Nepenthes × Intermedia
Nepenthes × Mastersiana
Nepenthes × rufescens
Sarracenia × Chelsoni
Sarracenia × Courtii
Sarracenia × melanorhoda

John Seden (1840-unknown)
Some of The Huge Range of Plants Raised by John Seden
Alocasia × Chelsoni
Alocasia × Sedeni
Althaea Primrose Queen
Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) Brilliant
Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) Chelsoni
Amaryllis (Hippeastrum) maculata
Angraecum × Veitchii
Anguloa × intermedia
Apple Langley Pippin
Apple Middle Green
Apple Mr. Leopold Rothschild
Apple Mrs. John Seden
Apple Rev. W. Wilks
Begonia × Sedeni [The first double-flowered Begonia].
Bullace The Langley
Caladium × Chelsoni
Calanthes, × 9 hybrids *
Cattleyas, × 65 hybrids *
Chysis × Chelsoni
Chysis × langleyensis
Chysis × Sedenii
Crab Apple, The Langley
Crab Apple, Veitch's Scarlet
Cymbidium × eburneo-Lowianum
Cypripedium × Sedenii
Cypripediums, × 150 hybrids *
Dendrobiums, × 40 hybrids *
Disas, × 6 hybrids *
Echeveria glauca metallica
Epidendrums, × 20 hybrids *
Epilaelia × Eros
Epilaelia radico-purpurata
Escallonia × langleyensis
Gooseberry Golden Gem
Gooseberry Langley Beauty
Gooseberry Langley Gage
Hemerocallis × luteola
Laelias, × 25 hybrids *
Laelio-Cattleyas, × 140 hybrids *
Leptolaelia Veitchii
Masdevallias, × 12 hybrids *
Miltonia × Bleuana splendens
Odontoglossum × excellens
Phaio-Calanthes, × 5 hybrids *
Phaius × amabilis
Phaius × maculato-grandifolius
Phalaenopsis, × 16 hybrids *
Raspberry November Abundance
Raspberry Queen of Englannd
Raspberry Yellow Superlative
Raspberry-Blackberry The Mahdi [Veitchberry]
Rosa Electra
Rosa Myra
Rosa Queen Alexandra
Sobralia × Veitchii
Sophro-Cattleyas, × 8 hybrids *
Strawberry Alake
Strawberry Lord Kitchener
Strawberry President Loubet
Strawberry The Khedive
Strawberry Veitch's Perfection
Strawberry Veitch's Prolific
Thunia × Veitchii
Veronica Purple Queen
Zygopetalums, × 4 hybrids *
* As at 1904, [Hortus Veitchii].

John Heal (dates unknown)
Some Hybrids Raised by John Heal
Begonias
Cinerarias
Clivias (Imantophyllums)
Kalanchoes
Phyllocacti
Rhododendrons [Javanico-jasminiflorum hybrids]
Streptocarpus

George Tivey (dates unknown)
Some Plants Raised by George Tivey
Nepenthes × Balfouriana
Nepenthes × Chelsoni excellens
Nepenthes × cylindrica
Nepenthes × F. W. Moore
Nepenthes × mixta
Nepenthes × picturata
Nepenthes × Sir William T. Thiselton-Dyer
Nepenthes × Tiveyi

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