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.