210 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JULY, 1903. 
stage and we could not get very near toit. The teres-like habit can be 
made out, but the leaves are not well shown in the photograph. The 
flowers most resemble V. suavis, though the influence of the other parent is 
seen in the enlarged segments and other modifications in shape and colour. 
‘The flower measures 2% inches across, and both sepals and petals are 
broadly spathulate, the former being 10 lines and the latter 11 lines broad. 
‘The colour is pale blush lilac on both surfaces, with numerous minute 
purple dots in front, especially on the petals. The lip is strongly three- 
lobed, with the side lobes rounded and light yellow in colour, and the front 
Jobe dilated, 10 lines broad, bilobed, reflexed, and bright purple in colour, 
with many minute darker dots. The disc is light yellow, lined and dotted 
with red-purple. It is a very interesting plant, and we believe the first 
hybrid Vanda raised in Europe. It will be interesting to see it again when 
the plant becomes stronger. 
SOCIETIES. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL. 
A MEETING of this Society was held at the Drill Hall, Buckingham Gate, 
Westminster, on June gth, when a very good display of Orchids was seen. 
Baron Sir H. Schréder, the Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. Ballantine), received 
a Silver-gilt Flora Medal for a very fine group, containing Epidendrum X 
dellense, Cypripedium Stonei, the unique C. S. platytenium, C. X 
superciliare, C. X Antigone, C. callosum Sandere, C. Lawrenceanum 
Hyeanum, Dendrobium x illustre, Miltonia vexillaria gigantea, Trichopilia 
crispa, a fine example of Maxillaria Sanderiana, Hexisia bidentata, two 
fine specimens of Thunia x Veitchiana superba, Odontoglossum 
excellens, the original plant, which was shown at the Orchid Conference in 
1885, O. crispum roseum,a fine O. c. Rex, O. c. xanthotes, and ©. ¢, 
Truffautianum, which latter received an Award of Merit. It is a fine white 
form, tinged with purple, and bearing a large reddish purple blotch on the 
sepals and lip, and several smaller ones on the petals. 
Capt. G. L. Holford, Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. Alexander), gained 
a Silver-gilt Flora Medal for a fine group, containing a magnificent example 
of Odontoglossum luteo-purpureum; bearing two spikes, with over forty 
flowers (Cultural Commendation) ; Lelio-cattleya x Iolanthe, L.-c. x 
Canhamiana, L.-c. x C. Rex, L.-c. x C. Lady Wigan, L.-c. x tyntes- 
fieldensis, Lelia purpurata Emperor, with a very dark lip, and L. p. fas- 
tuosa princeps, having sepals and petals veined with rose-purple, and the lip 
dark purple. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), was also 
awarded a Silver-gilt Flora Medal for a splendid group, containing Lalio- 
