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ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 24. clxxxvii [187]

ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 24, 1905.

Mr. GURNEY FOWLER in the Chair, and nineteen members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Silver-gilt Flora Medal.

To Baron Sir H. Schröder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), for
a fine group of Orchids.

To Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigete (gr. Mr. Bound), for
a large group of Cypripediums, Lælias, &c.

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

Silver Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, for a group.

First-class Certificate.

To Oncidium corynephorum Lindl. (votes, unanimous), from Elijah
Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow (gr. Mr. Holbrook). A beautiful
species, shown for the first time. Habit of O. serratum and bearing a
long, flexuose, branched inflorescence of many flowers. Flowers about
1 1/2 inch across. Sepals and petals broadly ovate and nearly equal, rose-
purple, with broad white margin. Lip broad, as large as the petals,
reddish-purple, base yellowish. Shown as O. Leopoldianum.

Award of Merit.

To Cypripedium × 'Germaine Opoix' ('Madame Coffinet' × Fairrieanum)
(votes, unanimous), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., (gr. Mr. Hopkins).
Dorsal sepal large, green at the base, white above, bearing many dotted
purple lines. Lip and petals yellowish, tinged with purple. (Fig. 58.)

To Cymbidium × 'Maggie Fowler' (giganteum × elegans) (votes,
unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford
(gr. Mr. Davis). Flowers nearest to C. giganteum, but more numerous,
cream-white, with close lines of red-brown on the sepals and petals and
blotches of the same colour on the lip.

To Cattleya × 'Lord Rothschild' 'Fairy Queen' (Gaskelliana alba ×
Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flowers
white, with orange disc to the lip and an irregular band of rose-purple in
front.

To Cypripedium × 'Lord Ossulston' (Leeanum virginale × Charlesworthii
album) (votes, unanimous), from the Right Hon. the Earl of
Tankerville, Chillingham Castle, Northumberland. Dorsal sepal large,
pure white, with small green base. Petals and sepals pale green, slightly
tinged with rose.

To Cattleya × 'Marie Henriette de Wavrin' (Loddigesii × Rex)]]
(votes, unanimous), from the Marquis de Wavrin, Château de Ronsele,
Belgium (gr. M. De Geest). Flowers cream-white, with orange-coloured
disc to the lip, in front of which is a narrow purple blotch.

To Masdevallia cucullata (votes, unanimous), from Jeremiah Colman,
Esq. (gr. Mr. Bound). A fine species, with chocolate-purple flowers,
each with a hooded green bract.