352. THE ORCHID REVIEW. [NovEMBER, 1912. 
R.H.S. Scientific Committee: The following references to Orchids 
exhibited at. the meetings of the Committee are taken from the Official 
Report (continued from page 320 :— 
October 8th, 1912 :— 
"BULBOPHYLLUM GENTILU.—Mr. O’Brien showed, on behalf of Sir 
Frederick Moore, a specimen of Bulbophyllum Gentilii, Rolfe (see Orchid 
Review, October, 1912, p. 314). This species has the nectar glands placed 
on‘the upper side of the dorsal sepal. It has been confounded with B. 
Calamaria (Bot. Mag., 4088), and the two species are mixed in herbaria. 
NOMENCLATURE OF ORCHID HYBRID.—The Committee considered the 
question of the nomenclature of a hybrid Orchid referred to it by the R.H.S. 
Council. The alleged parentage was Cattleya Fabia alba (C. labiata x C. 
Dowiana aurea), X C. Warscewiczii var. Frau Melanie Beyrodt, and the 
name suggested for the seedling was C. Harrisiana. The Committee 
considered that this name transgressed the recommendations of the Vienna 
Botanical Congress regarding plant names in that it was too much like 
existing names in the same genus, thereby tending to confusion (e.g., Cattleya 
Harrisoniana, C. Harrisii and C. Harrisiz) ; the name was, therefore, not 
tenable. Further, they thought that although Art. xii. of the Rules of 
Horticultural Nomenclature (Journ. R.H.S., xxxvii. p- I51), permitted the 
use of names of Latin form (with sign of hybridity), for such cross-bred 
plants as this, it would be more convenient if vernacular names were 
chosen, generally from the classics. In the instance under consideration, 
the Committee recommended that the exhibitor should be asked to choose 
such a name. 
ORCHID PORTRAITS. 
CYPRIPEDIUM Mrs. Bostock. —Journ. Hort., 1912, ii. p. 323, with fig. 
CYPRIPEDIUM PaLLas ATHENE.—Gard. «Mag., 1912, pp. 813, 826, 
with fig. 
ODONTIODA LAMBEAUIANA WESTONBIRT. -VAR.--Gard. Chron., 1912, ii. 
p- 285, with coloured plate. 
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Orchids are named and questions answered here as far as possible Correspondents are 
quested to give the native country or gee entage of plants sent. ys ADDRE SSED postcard must be 
sent af a a reply by end - ppaing (abroad. A postcards thonkd be used), Subjects of special interest 
work, | 
|, Medellin, ~The tae sent is Cypripedium Roezlii, Rchb.f. You are correct in 
J.B., Mexico. a ae pete arrived completely decayed! and mouldy.~ Please press 
them flat between a few “rate of blotting paper, like dried specimens. They cannot be 
sent fresh such a distance. 
A Thee: is a white form of Vanda ccerulea with a blue lip. We should like to 
see a 
Received with thanks,—G.H. M., G.P.P., E.F.C.<Next month. 
