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ORCHID COMMITTEE, JANUARY 22. lxxv [75]

(gr. Mr. Alexander). Flowers partaking strongly of C. granulosa, green
with whitish, distinctly trilobed lip which is striped with purple, and has
both the front and side lobes fringed.

To Cattleya × 'Maggie Raphael' alba (Trianaei alba × Dowiana
aurea)
(votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford. Sepals and petals
white, lip rose-crimson veined with gold.

To Phaio-Calanthe × Colmanii Phaius × ('Norman' × Calanthe
Regnieri Stevensi)
(votes, unanimous), from Jeremiah Colman, Esq.,
Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound). Flowers white with a slight green tint on
the sepals, and a few purple lines at the base of the lip.

Other Exhibits.

Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking, showed Cypripedium
Aeson giganteum
in fine condition, and other hybrids.

Major G. L. Holford showed several new hybrids.

De B. Crawshay, Esq., sent Odontoglossum crispum Poultoni and
O. × 'Queen Alexandra.'

J. Wilson Potter, Esq., sent Laelia cinnabarina × Jongheana.

Mr. H. A. Tracy showed Cypripedium xanthimum (Leeanum ×
insigne variety)
.

Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. staged a group.

Messrs. Heath & Sons, Cheltenham, showed hybrid Cypripediums.

J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., sent Cypripedium × 'Ernest Read' (parentage
unrecorded)
.

Messrs. Linden, Brussels, showed two beautiful blotched forms of
Odontoglossum crispum raised from seeds.

M. Jules Hye de Crom, Ghent, sent Cypripedium × Lathamianum
primatum
.

M. Mertens, Ghent, showed various Orchids.

Messrs. Sander & Sons sent three fine forms of Vanda Sanderiana.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, JANUARY 22, 1907.

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

Awards Recommended.

Silver Flora Medal.

To Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr.
Mr. H. G. Alexander
), for an elegant arrangement of White Laelia
anceps
.

To F. Du Cane Godman, Esq., South Lodge, Horsham, for a group
of fine specimens of Lycaste Skinneri.

To Messrs. Jas. Cypher & Sons, Cheltenham, for a group of Cypripediums
&c.

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

To Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, for a group of hybrids and
interesting species.

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