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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ORCHID COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 21, 1905.

Mr. H. J. VEITCH in the Chair, and eighteen members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Silver Flora Medal.

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

To M. Chas. Vuylsteke, Loochristy, Ghent, for hybrid Odontoglossums.

To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for a group.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To Messrs. Low, Enfield, for a selection of Cypripediums, Cattleyas, &c.

To Messrs. Stanley, Southgate, for a group.

First-class Certificate.

To Cypripedium × 'The Baron' (Hitchensiæ × nitens 'Sander's variety) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. Dorsal sepal white, spotted with dark rose and with a green base. Petals and lip yellowish, tinged and marked with purple.

Award of Merit.

To Disa pulchra 'Tring Park variety' (votes, unanimous), from the Right Hon. Lord Rothschild, Tring Park (gr. Mr. A. Dye). Inflorescence a foot in height and bearing ten pale-lilac pink flowers bearing a resemblance to those of a gladiolus. Native of Griqualand East, South Africa.

To Mormodes Badium (votes, unanimous), from the Right Hon. Lord Rothschild. The type plant, bearing an erect inflorescence of ruby-red flowers. The yellow variety was shown from Tring Park, January 12, 1897, and was voted an Award of Merit.

To Cypripedium × Thalia giganteum (insigne Chantinii × 'Baron Schröder) (votes, 9 for, 3 against), from Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking (gr. Mr. Hopkins). Dorsal sepal broader and rounder than in any previously shown; white, with a green base and many spotted lines of rose-purple colour. (Fig. 62.)

To Cattleya 'Mrs. Pitt' var. magnifica (Harrisoniana × Dowiana aurea) (votes, 12 for, 2 against), from Major G. L. Holford, Westonbirt (gr. Mr. Alexander). Sepals and petals rose-pink; lip orange, darkest in the centre.

To Odontoglossum × Hallio-crispum Theodora (Hallii × crispum roseum) (votes, unanimous), from De B. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. Stables). Flowers equal to a good O. crispum, primrose-yellow, spotted with red-brown.

To Odontoglossum × Phœbe (cirrhosum × crispum) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Flowers nearest to those of O. cirrhosum, but with broader and shorter segments; white, tinged with pink and evenly spotted with reddish-brown.

Cypripedium × Actaeus chardwarense (insigne × Leeanum) (votes, unanimous), from G. F. Moore, Esq., Bourton-on-the-Water (gr. Mr. Page). Flowers nearest to C. insigne; greenish with white upper half to the dorsal sepal, which has a green base and some purple blotches.

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ORCHARD COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 23, 1909.

Mr. HARRY J. VEITCH, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-one members present.

Awards Recommended:—

Silver Flora Medal.

To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for Cypripediums.

To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for hybrids.

Silver Banksian Medal.

To Messrs. Stuart Low, Bush Hill Park, for a group.

To Messrs. Cypher, Cheltenham, for Cypripediums.

To Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, for a group.

First-class Certificate.

To Laeliocattleya × 'Barbarossa,' Westonbirt variety (C. Trianaei 'Imperator' × L.-c. × callistoglossa) (votes, 14 for, 1 against), from Lieut-Col. G. L. Holford. Resembling L.-c. × callistoglossa ignescens, but of thicker substance. Sepals and petals magenta-rose; lip ruby-red with a yellow disc.

To Cypripedium × Boltonii (parentage unknown) (votes, unanimous), From W. Bolton, Esq. In form nearest to C. × 'Venus,' but larger; pure white with a few minute blackish dots at the base of the dorsal sepal. (Fig. 159.)

To Cirrhopetalum longissimum (votes, unanimous), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O. A very remarkable species, said to have been imported from Siam. The slender scape bore at the apex, a very short raceme of seven flowers drooping almost in an umbel. The flowers, which were nearly nine inches in length, were white with rose-coloured lines. (Fig. 160.)

Award of Merit.

Cattleya × 'Dirce' superba (× 'Vulcan' × Warscewiczii) (votes, unanimous), from Lieut-Col. G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O. (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). Flowers deep rosy-mauve, the lip being the darker.

To Zygocolax × Charlesworthii (Z. × Perrenoudii × C. jugosus) (votes, 15 for, 1 against), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Sepalas and petals cream-white, closely barred with chocolate purple. Lip violet with white margin.

Botanical Certificate.

To Bulbophyllum hirtum, from Mr. Gurney Wilson, Haywards Heath. A small Burmese species with a pendulous raceme of small white hairy flowers.

Other Exhibits.

Lieut-Col G. L. Holford, C.I.E., C.V.O.: several hybrids.

Francis Wellesley, Esq.; Cypripediums and Laeliocattleya × 'King Manoel.'