340 THE ORCHID REVIEW. (NOVEMBER, 1907,. 
that the plants of C. ventricosum, which “ought to have been C. 
Egertonianum,” were really the former, as Bateman states. It is somewhat 
curious that on the third occasion he only speaks of the green flowers as 
‘not distinguishable from the old C. ventricosum.” They are certainly so 
represented, but all female Cycnoches have a short stout column, like the one: 
figured by Lindley, and it is rather curious that this was not noticed 1 in what 
was evidently the female of C. Egertonianum. It isin this character that the 
drawing is chiefly erroneous, for in the shape and colour of the perianth the 
male of C. ventricosum is much more like the female of C. Egertonianum 
than is the male of its own species. . The green flower was evidently believed 
to be C. ventricosum, and there is no mention of its having a short column, 
but if it was restored from a “ withered” flower by the help of a drawing. 
the point might be overlooked, or the short column be considered abnormal. 
It is a curious case of confusion, and for a long time almost as inexplicable: 
as was Darwin’s supposed three sexes of Catasetum. R. Ay ROLFRS 
SOCIETIES. 
RoyaL HoORTICULTURAL.. 
A MEETING was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, Vincent. Square, 
Westminster, on October ist, when there was a fine display of Orchids, and. 
the Awards consisted of six Medals, two Awards of Merit, and one Botanical. 
Certificate. 
Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park, Reigate (gr. Mr.. Bound), staged 
a choice group, which gained a Silver Flora Medal. It contained the 
. beautiful Cattleya x amabilis var. illustris (labiata x Warscewiczil), fairly 
intermediate in character, with two yellow eyes in the throat of the lip, ©- 
x Iris, C. x Mrs. Pitt, C. x Adula Colmanie, Lelio-cattleya Phryne, 
L.-c. Nysa, and other interesting hybrids, also the new Cirrhopetalum 
Fascinator, an ally of C. appendiculatum, having a.much larger flower. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney (gr. Mr. Day), also received @ 
Silver Flora Medal for a fine group, including the handsome Cattleya x 
Chamberlainiana magnifica, C. x porphyrophlebia, ©. X Goossensiana, C. 
bicolor, Lelia x Stella, Brassocattleya Groganiz, B.-c. Queen Alexandra,. 
Odontoglossum Harryanum, Cypripedium tonsum, C. xX H. S. Goodson, 
C. X Chapmanii magnificum, C. x Maynardii, several C. Fairrieanum, 
and other good things. 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, S$. Woodford (gr. Mr. Davis), 
showed a fine Cattleya x Prince Edward (Warscewiczii X Schilleriana), 
bearing a spike of seven flowers, Cymbidium erythrostylum with a spike of 
twelve flowers, and the distinct and striking Catasetum laminatum, the: 
latter receiving a Botanical Certificate.. 
