SEPTEMBER, 1523.] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 287 
Hardyana, one having a spike of four flowers, with white sepals and petals, 
and a golden isthmus to the lip. 
Messrs. Charlesworth & Co. staged Odontoglossum Purple Emperor 
(The Czar X Dusky Monarch), with three immense flowers of purplish-wine 
colour, shaded with crimson, the large blotch on the lip having a lighter 
area in the centre. It received a First-class Certificate at the Chelsea 
Show, 1922. 
August 8th, 1923. 
Members of the Orchid Committee present:—The Hon. Henry D. 
McLaren (in the chair), Messrs. Jas. O’Brien (hon sec.), C. J. Lucas, H. T. 
Pitt, Fred. K. Sander, J. T. Barker, Gurney Wilson and W. H. White. 
Owing to the holiday season, the meeting was one of the smallest on 
record, the only exhibit being from Messrs. Cowan & Co. who staged 
Cattleya Thebes (Adula X aurea), with cream-yellow sepals and petals, the 
labellum rosy-mauve; Cattleya Diana (Sibyl X aurea), of a rich bronze- 
red colour, the lip deep crimson, and the largest variety of this cross yet 
flowered. Also C. Hardyana alba, with a spike of three well-developed 
flowers, Lzliocattleya J. Ansaldo and Lc. Nanon, a newcross between Lc. 
Ivanhoe and C. aurea, the attractive flowers being of a pleasing rose-purple 
tint. 
August 21st, 1923. 
Members of the Orchid Committee present :—Frederick J. Hanbury, 
Esq. (in the Chair), Messrs. Jas. O’Brien (hon. sec.), Richd. G. Thwaites- 
H. T. Pitt, Fred. K. Sander, J. Cypher, S. W. Flory, Gurney. Wilson, 
Pantia Ralli, E. R. Ashton, and W. J. Kaye. 
The only plants that came before the Committee were Cypripedium 
Godefroyz punctatissimum, exhibited by Messrs. Sanders, a very fine form 
with unusually broad segments, cream coloured and neatly spotted with 
maroon-purple colour; and a selection of hybrids from Messrs. Flory & 
Black, which included Brassocattleya Ida, Blenheim var., terra-cotta with 
delicate rose tinting, the lip fringed and mottled with claret-rose; Lzelio- 
cattleya Glorita (C. Rex X Lc. Thyone}, sepals and petals clear yellow, 
labellum margined with crimson and lined with gold; also two fine Varieties 
of Cattleya Hardyana alba, with purple-white sepals and petals and a richly 
coloured lip. 
ANSELLIA CONGOENSIS.—This species is found at the mouth of the 
Congo river, where a savannah climate prevails, with a dry season of five 
or six months. In years gone by, large quantities were collected, but it is 
now somewhat rarely seen. 
