The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

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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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(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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(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