The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

ORCHID COMMITTEE, November 6. ccvii [207]

To Cattleya × Mastersoniæ superba (Loddigesii × labiata) (votes, 12 for, 2 agaqinst), from Messrs. J. W. Moore, Ltd., Rawdon, Leeds. Originally flowered by Messrs. Veitch in 1878. Flowers deep rose colour.

[black and white illustration] Fig. 85.—CYPRIPEDIUM × 'GERMAINE OPOIX,' 'WESTFIELD VARIETY.' (Journal of Horticulture.)

Botanical Certificate.

To Epidendrum floribundum, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. Sepals and petals greenish; lip white with purple spots.

To Mormodes Buccinator, var. theiochlorum, from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. White). A form with greenish flowers tinged with brown on the sepals.

To Maxillaria nigrescens, from Miss E. Willmott, Warley Place (gr. Mr. Gooch). Flowers with narrow segments, reddish-purple.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 11. ccxi [211]

ORCHID COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 11, 1906

Mr. HARRY J. VEITCH in the Chair, and nineteen members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Gold Medal.

To G. F. Moore, Esq., Chardwar, Bourton-on -the-Water (gr. Mr. Page), for a very fine group of Cypripediums &c.

Lindley Medal.

To Mr. C. J. Salter, gr. to Mrs. Haywood, Reigate, for eighteen large specimens of Masdevallia tovarensis, each with over one hundred spikes of white flowers.

Silver Flora Medal.

To Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound), for a group of Cypripediums and Calanthes.

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

To Messrs. Heath & Sons, Cheltenham, for a group of Cypripediums.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, for a group.

To Messrs. J. W. Moore, Ltd., Rawdon, for a group.

Bronze Banksian Medal.

To R. I. Measures, Esq., Camberwell (gr. Mr. Smith), for a group.

First-class Certificate.

To Cattleya × Dusseldorfei 'Undine' (intermedia alba × Mossiæ Wageneri) (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. Alexander). A pure white variety of good size.

To Cypripedium × Actæus langleyense (insigne Sanderæ × Leeanum giganteum) (votes unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. The variety raised by Messrs. Veitch, and to which an A.M. was given January 23, 1900. Flowers large, dorsal sepal pure white, with a small green base and a few purple lines.

To Cypripedium × Troilus eboraicum (insigne 'Harefield Hall' × nitens variety) (votes, 11 for, 4 against), from J. H. Craven, Esq., J.P., Keighley (gr. Mr. Corney). Flowers closely resembling C. insigne 'Harefield Hall.'

To Cælogyne Mooreana (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander & Sons, St. Albans. A fine flower, pure white with yellow disc and papillæ on the lip, and as large as C. cristata.

Award of Merit.

To Cymbidium × Wiganianum, 'Westonbirt variety' (eburneum × Tracyanum) (votes, unanimous), from Major G. L. Holford. Flowers ivory-white, with dotted lines of light purple.

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