82 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [Marcu 1906, 
1895, and the plants collected were then in flower. Soon afterwards Dr Aa 
Henry met with it in the same district, his specimens being from grassy ~ 
mountains to north of Mengtse, at 5,500 feet elevation, and the colour of 
the flowers is given as pink. It is a pretty little plant, having subter- 
ranean pseudobulbs, and flowering in advance of the leaves. The scapes 
are three to five inches high, and there is a cucullate obtuse bract, tubular 
at the base and about an inch long, below the flower, and several basal 
sheaths. The flowers, which are represented natural size in the photograph — 
by Mr. E. C. Hart, here reproduced, may be described as having magenta — 
rose sepals and petals, with a slightly paler lip, on which occur a number of 
irregular reddish purple blotches, while the disc. is ornamented with five tall 
narrow keels. Both the keels and the margin of the lip are prettily fringed, 
though in the lower right-hand flower the keels are only crenulate. This” 
also is slightly paler in colour, and the blotches on the lip are clear bright 
purple, showing that the species varies somewhat. Its appearance in 
tion is very int i R. A. Rovreas 
5 
SOCIETIES. it 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. ig 
A MEETING of the R.H.S. was held at the Royal Horticultural Hall, 
Vincent Square, Westminster, on February 13th, when there was an 
altogether exceptional display of Orchids, perhaps partly due to the fact 
that it was also the date of the Annual General Meeting. No less that — 
twenty-seven Awards were made, not including those of the Diploma com 
petition, namely the Lindley Medal, two Gold and eight other Medals, — 
three First-class Certificates, twelve Awards of Merit, and one Botanical - 
Certificate, while the Scientific Committee also gave a Botanical Certificate 
to a Chinese species of Pleione new to cultivation. , 
Major G. L. Holford, CLE. 6.Vi0}; Westonbirt, Tetbury, staged 4 ; 
splendid group, which was generally considered to be the finest yet seen in 4 
the new Hall. A Gold Medal was awarded, and in recognition of the 
excellent culture shown, the Lindley Medal was awarded to Mr. H. G — 
Alexander, the Orchid grower at Westonbirt. One can only mention a few a 
of the prominent features of such a rich and varied group, which was — 
beautifully arranged with palms and foliage plants. Specially noteworthy 
bee oa excellent white forms of Lzelia anceps, arranged with pate 
of Sophronitis grandiflora j iand, 
c. Pertiveliily hori bissatt AEE ro rend tas ap ~ odio 
me arina, Cyprip' 
x Scipio, C. X aureum in many varieties, C. x Maudie, Lzlio-cattleya * 
luminosa, Coelogyne cristata, Masdevallias, and others. A. First-class 
Certificate was given to Cymbidium x Lowio-grandiflorum, having veY 
