The Scientific Notebooks of German Orchidologist Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Kränzlin

ORCHID COMMITTEE, AUGUST 29. clxxxi [181]

ORCHID COMMITTEE, AUGUST 29, 1905.

Mr. GURNEY FOWLER in the Chair, and thirteen members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Silver-Gilt Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a fine group of hybrid Orchids.

[black and white illustration] Fig. 54—LÆLIO-CATTLEYA × 'BERTHE FOURNIER, WESTONBIRT VARIETY.' (Journal of Horticulture.)

Bronze Banksian Medal.

To Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, for a selection of Brazilian Orchids.

Award of Merit.

To Miltonia vexillaria 'The Dell variety' (votes, unanimous), from Baron Sir H. Schröder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine). Flowers

ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 24. clxxxvii [187]

ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 24, 1905.

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

Awards Recommended:—

Silver-gilt Flora Medal.

To Baron Sir H. Schröder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), for a fine group of Orchids.

To Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigete (gr. Mr. Bound), for a large group of Cypripediums, Lælias, &c.

To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a group of hybrid Orchids.

Silver Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, for a group.

First-class Certificate.

To Oncidium corynephorum Lindl. (votes, unanimous), from Elijah Ashworth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow (gr. Mr. Holbrook). A beautiful species, shown for the first time. Habit of O. serratum and bearing a long, flexuose, branched inflorescence of many flowers. Flowers about 1 1/2 inch across. Sepals and petals broadly ovate and nearly equal, rosepurple, with broad white margin. Lip broad, as large as the petals, reddish-purple, base yellowish. Shown as O. Leopoldianum.

Award of Merit.

To Cypripedium × 'Germaine Opoix' ('Madame Coffinet' × Fairrieanum) (votes, unanimous), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., (gr. Mr. Hopkins). Dorsal sepal large, green at the base, white above, bearing many dotted purple lines. Lip and petals yellowish, tinged with purple. (Fig. 58.)

To Cymbidium × 'Maggie Fowler' (giganteum × elegans) (votes, unanimous), from J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis). Flowers nearest to C. giganteum, but more numerous, cream-white, with close lines of red-brown on the sepals and petals and blotches of the same colour on the lip.

To Cattleya × 'Lord Rothschild' 'Fairy Queen' (Gaskelliana alba × Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flowers white, with orange disc to the lip and an irregular band of rose-purple in front.

To Cypripedium × 'Lord Ossulston' (Leeanum virginale × Charlesworthii album) (votes, unanimous), from the Right Hon. the Earl of Tankerville, Chillingham Castle, Northumberland. Dorsal sepal large, pure white, with small green base. Petals and sepals pale green, slightly tinged with rose.

To Cattleya × 'Marie Henriette de Wavrin' (Loddigesii × Rex)]] (votes, unanimous), from the Marquis de Wavrin, Château de Ronsele, Belgium (gr. M. De Geest). Flowers cream-white, with orange-coloured disc to the lip, in front of which is a narrow purple blotch.

To Masdevallia cucullata (votes, unanimous), from Jeremiah Colman, Esq. (gr. Mr. Bound). A fine species, with chocolate-purple flowers, each with a hooded green bract.

cxciv [194] [Proceedings of the Royal Horticultural Society|PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY]].

Other Exhibits.

Francis Wellesley, Esq., showed several hybrid Cypripediums, and Lælio-Cattleya.

Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. Young), sent a fine Brasso-Cattleya × heatonensis and Cypripedium × Marjorie (insigne sylhetense × Leeanum superbum).

H. S. Goodson, Esq., Putney (gr. Mr. Day), staged a small collection of Orchids.

Messrs. Sander showed Lælio-Cattleya × 'The Duchess' (L.-C. × Hippolyta × C. × Hardyana).

Mons. L. Cappe, Le Vesinet, France, sent Lælio-Cattleya × Schneideri (L.-C. × Amelia × C. Dowiana aurea).

ORCHID COMMITTEE, DECEMBER 5, 1905.

Mr. GURNEY FOWLER in the Chair, and fifteen members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Gold Medal.

To Baron Schröder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), for a very fine group of rare Orchids.

Silver-gilt Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for a group of Cypripediums, &c.

Silver Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Charlesworth, Heaton, Bradford, for a group of hybrid Orchids.

First-class Certificate.

To Vanda Sanderiana 'Chillingham variety' (votes, unanimous), from the Right Hon. the Earl of Tankerville, Chillingham Castle, Northumberland (gr. Mr. Hunter). Flowers large and nearly circular, light rose on the upper half, and beautifully tinged and veined with reddish-purple on the lower part.

To Odontoglossum × Smithii (Rossii rubescens × crispo-Harryanum) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. A charming hybrid with flowers of good size. Sepals and petals white in the middle, banded and tipped with rose-purple and evenly spotted with chocolate-purple. Lip elongated and slightly twisted, rose-purple, with a yellow crest on a white base. (Fig. 63.)

To Lælio-Cattleya × Epicasta 'Gatton Park variety' (C. Warscewiczii × L. pumila præstans) (votes, unanimous), from Jeremiah Coleman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. Bound). Flower equal in size to Cattleya Mendelii and of fine form. Sepals and petals blush-white, with a slight yellowish tinge at the margin. Lip purplish-crimson in front, pale yellow at the base.