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54 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (Marc#, 1918 
hybrid Odontoglossums were also exhibited at the same meeting, and were 
figured at p. 201 of the same volume. The raising of Dendrobium nobile 
virginale by Mr. R. G. Thwaites, and of Lzliocattleya elegans by M. Ch: 
Maron, in both cases true from seed, were interesting events of the year. 
Among imported species we note the appearance of the handsome 
Dendrobium regium, of Angraecum infundibulare, which had long been 
known from dried specimens, the flowering of Vanilla Humblotii, a hand- 
some leafless species from Madagarcar, and of Bulbophyllum virescens and 
Cypripedium glaucopbyllum, two interesting introductions from Java. The 
genus Cymbidium also supplied an interesting novelty in C. Parishtl 
Sanderz, which received a First-class Certificate from the R.H.S. 
The sensation of 1905 was the rediscovery of the long-lost Cypripedium 
Fairrieanum, and those who have read the notices which appeared at pp. 
129, 138, 207, and 235 of our thirteenth volume will agree that ‘‘ sensation” 
is the only suitable word to describe the event, but the flowering of the — 
plant at Kew, and the appearance of a photograph at p. 265, set all doubts 
at rest. 
introductions from Annam. 
of Odontoglossum crispum. 
dozen handsome acquisitions, including four seedling forms of O. crispum, 
O. Thompsonianum, a hybrid between the violet-purple O. Edwardii and — 
O. crispum, O. Lairessei from O. Edwardii and O. Cervantesii, and 0. : 
Smithit from O. Rossii and O. spectabile, the two latter being combinations — 
between the Mexican and Columbian Odontoglossums. 
In 1905 an International Hybridisation Conference was held in London, — 
Other interesting events of the year were the flowering of ; 
Oncidium corynephorum, Lindl., a handsome species of the Cyrtochilum — 
group which had long been known from dried specimens, of Lissochilus 
Mahoni and L. Uganda, two fine novelties from Uganda; also the appeat- : 
ance of Cymbidium erythrostylum and Vanda Watsonii, two interesting — 
Among generic hybrids there were interesting 
additions in Dialzelia Veitchii and Odontonia Lairessee, the latter a hybrid — 
Of Odontoglossum itself there were at least @ — 
Peete 
at which Orchids were well represented, and our report mentions papers 0? — 
Natural Hybrids of the Cattleya group by Mr. R. A. Rolfe; Hybridisation — 
as a proof of natural affinity among Orchids, by Prof. Pfitzer ; Hybrid 
Odontoglossums, by Mr. de Barri Crawshay, and on the Germination of : 
Orchids, by M. Noel Bernard. There wasalso a special Orchid Competition — 
extending throughout the year, the subjects being chosen beforehand, and 
Diplomas being awarded to the successful exhibits. 
As to the meetings of 
the R.HLS., it was remarked that the exhibits had not been equalled in any ; 
previous year, either in extent or excellence, and the Society’s Gold Medal — 
had been awarded on thirteen occasions, while four Lindley Medals, fifteed 
Cultural Commendations, about 40 First-class Certificates and r1o Awards 
of Merit had been given. The imported novelties included’ Coelogyn® : 
