The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

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petals greenish, striped chocolate; lip rose colour with yellow margin. (Fig. 118.)

Other Exhibits.

Baron Schröder (gr. Mr. Ballantine) showed spikes of the purple-blotched Odontoglossum Pescatorei Schröderianum, O. P. Veitchianum and O. Crispum Stevensii.

Lord Rothschild (gr. Mr. Hill) sent a spike of Phalænopsis amabilis Rimestadiana.

Geo. Singer, Esq., Coundon Court (gr. Mr. Collyer) showed hybrid Cypripediums.

J. Rutherford, Esq., M.P., Blackburn (gr. Mr. Lupton), sent Odontoglossum × Hallio-crispum.

C. J. Lucas, Esq. (gr. Mr. Duncan), sent Cypripedium × Lathamianum 'Warnham Court variety' and C. × 'Almos.'

W. M. Appleton, Esq., showed Cypripedium × Edithiæ and two others.

M. Chas. Vuysteke, Ghent, sent Odontoglossum × Vuylstekei and O. × loochristyense varieties.

M. Jules Hye de Crom, Ghent, sent Cypripedium × 'Madame Jules Hye.'

Messrs. Hugh Low staged a group.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, February 9, 1904.

MR. VEITCH in the Chair, and twenty-six members present.

AWARDS RECOMMENDED:—

Gold Medal.

To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a very extensive group.

Silver Flora Medal.

To Norman Cookson, Esq., Oakwood, Wylam (gr. Mr. Chapman), for Odontoglossums.

To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for hybrids.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To G. F. Moore, Esq., Bourton-on-the-Water (gr. Mr. Page), for Cypripediums.

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

To Messrs. Hugh Low, for a group.

To Messrs. Williams, Holloway, for Cypripediums.

Award of Merit.

To Cypripedium × aureum 'Œdippe' (Sallieri Hyeanum x Spicerianum) (votes, unanimous), from Captain Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O., Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander), and Messrs. Charlesworth. A fine hybrid; upper sepal dark rose with a green blotch at the base and white margin. Petals and lip yellow marked with purple.

To Cypripedium × aureum virginale (Sallieri Hyeanum × Spiceria [Spicerianum)]

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Flowers of a uniform purplish rose colour. Lip blush-white with rose lines.

Awards of Merit.

To Dendrobium × 'Venus' 'Cookson's variety' (Falconeri × nobile) (votes, 18 for, 3 against) from Norman C. Cookson, Esq. Flowers white, with the outer halves of the segments dark rose. Disc of lip maroon, with orange-coloured band.

To Odontoglossum × Lucasianum heatonense (? Hallii × cristatellum) (votes, 8 for, 1 against), from Baron Schröder (gr. Mr. Ballantine).

[black and white illustration] Fig. 48.—CYPRIPEDIUM x 'DOM CARLOS' SUPERBUM. (Journal of Horticulture.)

Sepals and petals purplish-chocolate, tipped and edged with yellow. Lip cream-white, spotted with brown around the crest.

To Zygopetalum × Crawshayanum (xanthinum × stapelioides) (votes, unanimous), from De B. Crawshay, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stables). Flowers 2 1/2 inches across, yellow, with a greenish tint, and profuse spotting of purplish red.

Botanical Certificate.

To Polystachya Haroldiana from Norman C. Cookson, Esq. Sent from the neighborhood of Lake Tanganyika, by Mr. Harold Cookson.

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Habit dwarf. Flowers five ona short spike, white, tinged with green on the speals.

Cultural Commendation.

To Mr. May (gr. to J. B. Joel, Esq., Potter's Bar), for a very large specimen of Cypripedium Rothschildianum with three spikes, each of five flowers and one bud.

Other Exhibits.

The Right Hon. Rothschild (gr. Mr. Dye) sent the finely coloured Lælia purpurata, 'Tring Park variety.'

The Right Hon. Lord Auckland (gr. Mr. Matthews) showed cut spikes of Lissochilus Krebsii.

Frances Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins), sent Lælia purpurata 'Mrs. R. A. H. Mitchell,']] Cattleya-Skinneri 'Minnie,' Cypripedium Lawrenceanum 'Majestas,' and Lælio-Cattleya × Lucia 'Westfield variety.'

Messrs. Hugh Low staged a small group.

Messrs. John Cowan showed Odontoglossum crispum 'Edith Bolton.'

John S. Moss, Esq., sent a good spotted Odontoglossum crispum.

ORCHID COMMITTEE, TEMPLE SHOW, MAY 30, 1905.

Mr. N. C. Cookson in the Chair, and twenty-seven members present.

[For the Cups and Medals awarded by the Council, see page xxiii [23] ].

Awards Recommended:—

First-class Certificate.

To Cattleya citrina maxima (votes, unanimous), from the Marquis de Wavrin, Somerghem, Belgium (gr. M. de Geest). Flowers very large, rich yellow, fragrant.

To Zygopetalum Ballii (votes, unanimous), from Elijah Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall (gr. Mr. Holbrook). Probably a natural hybrid of Zygopetalum rostratum, and resembling the garden hybrid Z. × Roeblingianum. Flowers white, with purple markings up each of the segments, and at the base of the lip. (Fig. 49.)

To Odontoglossum × amabile 'Ixion' (Harryano-crispum × crispum) (votes, unanimous) from M. Chas. Vuylsteke, Loochristy, Ghent. A fine blush-white flower, with reddish-rose markings on the sepals and petals. (Fig. 50.)

Award of Merit.

To Odontoglossum × Lawrenceanum 'Adonis' (triumphans × Rolfeæ) (votes, unanimous), from M. Chas. Vuylsteke. A fine yellow flower, heavily barred with chocolate-purple. Lip white, with purple marks around the crest.

To Odontoglossum × loochristyense 'Arddarroch variety' (crispum × triumphans) (votes, unanimous), from R. Brooman-White, Esq., Garelochhead, N. B. Flowers large, the basal ground-colour of the segments whitish, the apical halves yellow, both colours blotched with chestnut brown.

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R. Briggs-Bury, Esq. (gr. Mr. Wilkinson), sent Odontoglossum × 'Vuylstekei variety.'

Francis Wellesley, Esq. (gr. Mr. Hopkins), showed Lælio-Cattleya × 'Miss Gilberta Blount' (L.-C. × Ingrami × C. × Mantini), L.-C. Norba superba, Cypripedium × 'Abraham Lincoln' ('Niobe' × orphanum) and other Orchids.

De B. Crawshay, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stables), sent Odontoglossum × crispodinei (crispum × Coradinei).

[black and white illustration] Fig. 61.—CYPRIPEDIUM × TRIUMPHANS. (Journal of Horticulture.)

Norman C. Cookson, Esq., showed Lælia × 'De Geestiana' (flava × Jongheana alba) with white sepals and petals.

F. M. Ogilvie, Esq., Oxford (gr. Mr. Balmforth) showed Cattleya × Portia magnifica.

R. I. Measures, Esq., Camberwell (gr. Mr. Smith), showed a selection of cut spikes of hybrid Orchids.

Messrs. Cowan, Gateacre, showed a fine white Cattleya labiata with pale-rose lip.

Messrs. William Bull, Chelsea, showed varieties of Cattleya × Iris, Odontoglossum crispum and others.