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ODONTOGLOSSUM CHIRIQUENSE. 



It is interesting to find that the handsome Odontoglossum chiriquense 

 from the collection of W. G. Groves, Esq., Holebird, Windermere, has 

 made further progress. In July, 1898, it was exhibited in thriving 

 condition before the Royal Horticultural Society, carrying two fine spikes, 

 when it was awarded a Silver Flora Medal in recognition of its excellent 

 culture (Orch. Rev., vii., p. 49). It also received a Gold Medal and a 



Cultural Certificate from the Manchester Orchid Society in August of the 

 following year. This year Mr. Groves remarks that the plant has excelled 

 itself, having produced eight spikes, though one unfortunately succumbed to 

 the attack of a snail, and another only appeared when the flowers of the rest 

 were beginning to open. The plant was photographed, and the copies sent 



