The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

ORCHID COMMITTEE, FEBRUARY 23. lxxxiii [83]

[Spicerianum] num) (votes, unanimous), from G. F. Moore, Esq. (gr. Mr. Page). Dorsal sepal large, white with a green base; petals and lip greenish, the petals tipped with white.

To Cypripedium × Thompsoni (villosum aureum × 'Calypso') (votes, 10 for, 3 against), from G. F. Moore, Esq. Lower half of the dorsal sepal rose-purple, upper half white. Petals and lip yellowish tinged and veined with purple.

To Cypripedium × 'Graceæ,' var. 'W. H. Page,' (niveum × Boxallii atratum) (votes, unanimous), from G. F. Moore, Esq. Flowers white tinged with purple, the upper sepal having broad irregular lines of chocolate-purple.

Other Exhibits.

Baron Schröder (Ballantine|gr. Mr. Ballantine]]) showed a fine inflorescence of Odontoglossum × elegans, 'Eastwood Park variety,' and two forms of Cypripedium × Lathamianum.

M. C. Beranek, Paris, sent two hybrid Cypripediums.

J. Taylor, Esq., Reigate, exhibited fine spikes of Dendrobium speciosum.

H. T. Pitt, Esq. (gr. Mr. Thurgood), sent Cypripedium Pittianum.

Mr. Tracy, Twickenham, showed Cattleya Trianæi 'Bessie.'

De B. Crawshay, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stables), sent Odontoglossum × Wilckeanum 'Argus.'

M. Chas. Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Belgium, showed two fine Odontoglossum × Wilkeanum, and O. × Vuylstekei.

J. T. Bennett-Poë, Esq. (gr. Mr. Downes), again showed Ipsea speciosa, finely flowered.

H. Little, Esq. (gr. Mr. Howard), sent Lycaste costata.

Messrs Jas. Veitch staged hybrids.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, FEBRUARY 23, 1904.

Mr. VEITCH in the Chair, and twenty-three members present.

Awards Recommended.

Silver-gilt Flora Medal.

To Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford (gr. Mr. White) for rare Orchids.

To Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound), for Dendrobiums.

To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for Odontoglossums, Dendrobiums, and Cypripediums.

Silver Flora Medal.

To R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham (gr. Mr. Black), for hybrids.

To Mr. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Dendrobiums and Cypripediums.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, for hybrids.

To J. Bradshaw, Esq., Southgate (gr. Mr. Whitelegge), for a group.

To Messrs. Hugh Low, for a group.

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(gr. Mr. G. E. Day). Sepals and petals white. Lip like C. Warscewiczii, ruby-crimson, with a light yellow blotch on each side of the tube. (Fig. 157.)

Award of Merit.

To Dendrobium taurinum Colmanii (votes, unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (gr. Mr. Collier). Sepals white, reflexed, petals longer and narrower, erect, twisted, rose-pink; lip large, white with rose margin. Philippine Isles.

To Cirrhopetalum Fascinator (votes, unanimous), from Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H. Allied to C. appendiculatum, but larger. Upper sepal and petals greenish, striped and fringed with purple; lower sepals closely approached, six inches long, ending in slender blades, the basal part broad, whitish with purple warted centre.

To Cypripedium × 'Cynthia' (Charlesianum × Charlesworthii) (votes, 16 for, 4 against), from Lieut.-Col. G.L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). Dorsal sepal white with thin dotted lines of rose. Petals and lip greenish, tinged with purple. (Fig. 158.)

To Cypripedium × Faire-Maude (Fairrieanum × Maudiae) (votes, 12 for, 3 against), from Mrs. N. C. Cookson, Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. H. J. Chapman). Resembling a large, dark C. × 'Juno,' with a very fine dark rose-tinted and striped dorsal sepal.

Other Exhibits.

Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford: hybrid Orchids.

Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H : rare species.

Ed. Rogerson, Esq., Manchester: Cypripedium × 'Priam.'

Baron Sir H. Schröder: Cattleya × Lamberhurst hybrid (intermedia × citrina).

H. T. Pitt, Esq.: Cattleya × newingtonense ('Mrs. W. J. Whiteley' × Harrisoniana).

Monsieur Mertens: hybrid Odontoglossums.

W. Thompson, Esq.: two hybrids.

F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq.: Sophrocattleya × 'Doris.'

R. Brooman-White, Esq.: Odontoglossums.

Mr. A. W. Jensen: Odontoglossum Harryanum.

Messrs. Armstrong & Brown: Laeliocattleyas.

J. Forster Alcock, Esq.: Cypripedium × 'Baron Schröder,' var. NewHall-Hey.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 26, 1909.

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

Awards recommended:—

Gold Medal.

To Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander), for a magnificent group, principally hybrid Cattleyas raised at Westonbirt, among which were sixty plants of