The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

Tab. 6637.

Ponthieva maculata. Lindl.

Lind. An. nat. hist. XV p.385. The Gardeners' Mag. I (1850) p.248. N.E. Brown. Gard. chron. 1882. p.496.

Pilis patentibus elongatis laxe villosa. Foliis sessilibus v. in petiolum angustatis lin.-oblongis acuminatis, scapo valido, spica multiflora, bracte [bracteis] ovato-oblongis lanceolatisve, floribus horizontalibus, ovario bracteis 2-3 plo [crossed out: illegible] longioribus hirsutis, sepalo dorsali anguste ovato launceolato. lateralibus 2plo majoribus erecto patentibus late ellipticis albis brunneo maculatis longe ciliatis, petalis parvis ab apice columnae gracilis pendulis dimidiato-ovatis unguiculatis parallelis marginibus rectis contiguis, labello minuto excavato.

Schoenleinia benigna Klotzsch mss.

B. Mr. N. E. Brown observed that from the centre of each of the spots on the sepales there arrives a perfectly transparent glossy appressed clavate hair, which can scarcely be perceived except under a lens.

Silla de Caracas 6-7000'.- Linden. Crueger, Fendler Colombia - Hartweg. Pamplona 7000'. —Funk & Schlim.

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.