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ORCHID COMMITTEE, MAY 28 xciii [113]

To Odontoglossum × eximium 'King of England' (ardentissimum
× crispum) (votes, unanimous), from Monsieur Chas. Vuylsteke. Sepals
and petals white, with the inner parts of the segments claret colour.

To Odontoglossum caeruleum (parentage unrecorded) (votes, unanimous).
Flowers white, heavily blotched with light violet. (Fig. 38.)

Award of Merit.

To Cattleya Mossiae 'Princess of Wales' (votes, unanimous), from
Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). A noble
form of typical C. Mossiae with very large flowers of fine colour.

[black and white illustration]
Fig. 37.—CYPRIPEDIUM TIBETICUM. (Journal of Horticulture.)

To Odontoglossum Thompsonianum superbum (Edwardii × crispum).
Flowers claret-colour edged and tipped with rose. From W. Thompson,
Esq.

To Brasso-Laelio-cattleya × 'Lido' (B. Digbyana × L.-C. 'Henry
Greenwood') (votes, unanimous), from Monsieur Chas. Maron, Brunoy,
France.

Cultural Commendation.

To Mrs. Stonyforth, Kirk Hammerton Hall, Yorkshire, for an enormous
plant of Dendrobium thyrsiflorum with over fifty spikes.