The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 27. cclxiii [263]

To Megaclinium colubrinum, from Messrs. Sander. A singular species with flattened purple rachis, bearing on each side a row of small purple flowers.

[black and white illustration] Fig. 126.—CYPRIPEDIUM CHARLESWORTHII BROMILOWIANUM. (Journal of Horticulture)

Other Exhibits.

Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O.: new hybrids.

C. J. Lucas, Esq.: Laelio-Cattleya × 'Dorothy Strachan' (L. Dayana × C. 'Eldorado').

Messrs. Heath: Cypripediums, Dendrobiums, &c.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 27, 1908.

Mr. J. GURNEY FOWLER in the Chair, and twenty-five members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Gold Medal.

To Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, for a magnificent group composed principally of hybrid Cattleyas raised at Westonbirt.

Silver-gilt Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Charlesworth, Hayward's Heath, for hybrids and rare species.

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petals greenish, striped chocolate; lip rose colour with yellow margin. (Fig. 118.)

Other Exhibits.

Baron Schröder (gr. Mr. Ballantine) showed spikes of the purple-blotched Odontoglossum Pescatorei Schröderianum, O. P. Veitchianum and O. Crispum Stevensii.

Lord Rothschild (gr. Mr. Hill) sent a spike of Phalænopsis amabilis Rimestadiana.

Geo. Singer, Esq., Coundon Court (gr. Mr. Collyer) showed hybrid Cypripediums.

J. Rutherford, Esq., M.P., Blackburn (gr. Mr. Lupton), sent Odontoglossum × Hallio-crispum.

C. J. Lucas, Esq. (gr. Mr. Duncan), sent Cypripedium × Lathamianum 'Warnham Court variety' and C. × 'Almos.'

W. M. Appleton, Esq., showed Cypripedium × Edithiæ and two others.

M. Chas. Vuysteke, Ghent, sent Odontoglossum × Vuylstekei and O. × loochristyense varieties.

M. Jules Hye de Crom, Ghent, sent Cypripedium × 'Madame Jules Hye.'

Messrs. Hugh Low staged a group.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, February 9, 1904.

MR. VEITCH in the Chair, and twenty-six members present.

AWARDS RECOMMENDED:—

Gold Medal.

To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a very extensive group.

Silver Flora Medal.

To Norman Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. Chapman), for Odontoglossums.

To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for hybrids.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To G. F. Moore, Esq., Bourton-on-the-Water (gr. Mr. Page), for Cypripediums.

To Mr. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Dendrobiums and Cypripediums.

To Messrs. Hugh Low, for a group.

To Messrs. Williams, Holloway, for Cypripediums.

Award of Merit.

To Cypripedium × aureum 'Œdippe' (Sallieri Hyeanum x Spicerianum) (votes, unanimous), from Captain Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), and Messrs. Charlesworth. A fine hybrid; upper sepal dark rose with a green blotch at the base and white margin. Petals and lip yellow marked with purple.

To Cypripedium × aureum virginale (Sallieri Hyeanum × Spiceria [Spicerianum)]

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bulb bore two spikes, 5 feet 6 inches in length, the one with twenty-four flowers, the other having eleven branches bearing forty-nine flowers.

To Mr. W. H. White (gr. to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart.), for Platyclinis filiformis, with about one hunderd spikes.

Diploma Awards:—

Lælio-cattleya × elegans and hybrids.

First Diploma: Lælio-Cattleya × elegans Turneri, from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq.

Second Diploma: Lælio-cattleya × 'Berthe Fournier,' from Messrs. Charlesworth.

Cattleya Warscewiczii and hybrids.

First Diploma: Lælio-Cattleya × Nysa gloriosa, from Jeremiah Colman, Esq.

Second Diploma: Lælio-Cattleya × bletchleyensis, from Jeremiah Colman, Esq.

Other Exhibits.

Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., showed a small group of rare Orchids.

J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (gr. Mr. Davis), showed Cattleya × Wavriniana in fine condition, and other hybrids.

C. J. Lucas, Esq. (gr. Mr. Duncan), staged a small group of hybrids.

F. Du Cane Godman, Esq. (gr. Mr. Moody), sent Satyrium carneum.

M. Jules Hye de Crom, Ghent, showed Miltonia × Hyeana (× Blenana × vexillaria Leopoldii).

ORCHID COMMITTEE, AUGUST 28, 1906.

Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and thirteen members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Silver-gilt Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a group of hybrid Orchids.

Silver Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group in which fourteen spikes of Arachnanthe Lowii were displayed.

To Jeremiah Colman, Esq. (gr. Mr. Bound), for a group principally of Lælio-Cattleya × Nysa.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To R. I. Measures, Esq., Camberwell (gr. Mr. Smith), for a group.

To Messrs. Hugh Low, for a selection of Cattleyas &c.

To Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, for a group.

First-Class Certificate.

To Cattleya × Iris 'Countess of Morley' (bicolor × Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. (gr. Mr. [Alexander]

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January 9, 1906.

Mr. J. GURNEY FOWLER in the Chair, and twenty-two members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Silver Flora Medal.

To F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq., Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth), for a group of Orchids.

WGS [black and white illustration] GARDCHRON Fig. 64.—CYPRIPEDIUM × ALCIBIADES MAGNIFICUM. (Gardeners' Chronicle.)

To Messrs. Sander for a group of Orchids.

To Messrs. J. Cypher for a group of Cypripediums, Lælia anceps, &c.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To C. J. Lucas, Esq., Horsham (gr. Mr. Duncan), for a group of Orchids.

To Messrs. Hugh Low, for a group of Orchids.

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