21O THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Sepr.-Oce,, 1918, 
Egertonianum, of which photographic illustrations are given at p. 296 of 
our sixteenth volume, and it may be added that this is the condition of 
things which Bateman’s artist ought to have represented. Whether the 
flowers'were so much withered that they had to be restored by the help of 
an earlier drawing, or whether the short column was thought to be an 
abnormal condition, will probably never be known, for the flowers were, 
unfortunately, not preserved. Whatever the reason may have been, the 
fact remains that Bateman’s plate shows the impossible condition of male 
flowers of two distinct species, and from two distinct sections of the genus, 
on the same pseudobulb, as may be seen by the reproduction of the plate 
given at page 297 of the volume just cited. 
To return, however, tc C. chlorochilon, it is curious that the species 
should have been known for upwards of half-a-century before the female 
flower was recorded. It was in July, 1891, that it made its appearance, in 
the collection of M. Houzeau de Lehaie, Hyon, Mons, Belgium, ona plant 
that had been imported from Caraccas. At first only a single female 
flower appeared, but shortly afterwards another plant produced both sexes. 
Somewhat later the female also appeared with Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, 
and at Kew, and it is the latter that is represented in the annexed figure. 
Except in the far shorter and stouter column, with its broad wings, and 
the much stouter ovary, the sexes are much alike, though in the female the 
segments are rather broader and more fleshy. The capsule is also reamrk- 
able, one found on a plant imported by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co. being about 
six inches long by two inches broad, and containing nearly four million 
seeds (O.R., xvi., p. 168). The species is a native of Venezuela, and was 
originally described by Klotzsch in 1838. 
@ 
MEETING of the Royal Horticultural Society was held at the 
London Scottish Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, 0? 
August 13th, when there was a rather small display of Orchids, and the 
awards consisted of two Awards of Merit and two medals. 
Orchid Committee present: Sir Harry J. Veitch (in the Chair), 
J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), W. Bolton, R. A. Rolfe, F. J. Hanbury, C. J. Lucas, 
Walter Cobb, Arthur Dye, W. H. Hatcher, J. Charlesworth, A. McBean, 
R. G. Thwaites, Stuart H. Low, F. K. Sander, and C. H. Curtis. 
AWARDS OF MERIT. i 
CATTLEYA HeEsTa aLpa (C. Suzanne Hye de Crom X Warscewiczi 
Frau Melanie Beyrodt).—A charming albino, the flowers being pure white, 
with a light chrome yellow disc to the lip. Exhibited by Messrs. Charles- 
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