Maxcn, 1917+] THE ORCHID REVIEW. 65 
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4AHE usual fortnightly meeting was held at the London Scottish Drill 
Hall, Buckingham Gate, Westminster, on February 13th, but the 
weather was still cold and the display of Orchids small. Two select 
groups, however, received Silver Flora Medals, and other awards were 
made to three interesting exhibits. 
Orchid Committee present: Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart. (in the 
Chair), J. O’Brien (hon. sec.), Walter Cobb, W. Bolton, R. A. Rolfe, F. J. 
Hanbury, R. G. Thwaites, Pantia Ralli, E. R. Ashton, E. H. Davidson, 
Arthur Dye, C. H. Curtis, J. Charlesworth, R. Brooman White, and T. 
Armstrong. 
AWARD OF’ MERIT. 
_ L&LIOcATTLEYA TRIDENT (L. Diana X C. Trianz Backhouseana).—A 
striking hybrid, having the petals feathered with dark purple over three 
parts of their area, and the lip intense purple with a chrome yellow throat. 
The flowers are much larger than:in the Lelia parent. Exhibited by 
‘Messrs. Flory & Black. 
PRELIMINARY COMMENDATION. 
OponToGLossuM ALCIBIADES (eximium X ?).—A very promising 
seedling, having very broad, rounded segments, with a zone of light claret- 
brown blotches below the middle, the ground colour being white. Exhibited 
by Messrs. Armstrong & Brown. 
CULTURAL COMMENDATION. 
EPpIDENDRUM POLYBULBON AND VAR. AUREUM.—To Messrs. Armstrong 
& Brown, Tunbridge Wells, for two very finely-grown specimens, each 
bearing over 100 flowers, those of var. aureum having greenish yellow sepals 
and petals without the usual brown suffusion. The plants were imported 
from Jamaica about fifteen years ago. 
GENERAL. EXHIBITS. 
J. Ansaldo, Esq., Rosebank, Mumbles, S. Wales, sent a hybrid Cypri- 
pedium of the Baron Schréder type, which was remarkable for having 
developed three flowers on separate scapes at the apex of the growth. The 
dorsal sepal was well blotched with purple. 
C. B. Heywood, Esq., Woodhatch, Reigate (gr. Mr. J. Harris), sent 
Cypripedium Mary, of unrecorded parentage, but the general character 
suggested the influence of C. Harrisianum and possibly some C. Charles- 
worthii hybrid. 
Dr. Miguel Lacroze, Bryndir, Roehampton (gr. Mr. Cresswell), sent 
Leliocattleya Santa-Fe (Le. Copia X C. Enid), a fine blush white hybrid, 
