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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[February, 1915- 



(Hera Euryades x Mrs. Wm. Mostyn), from 

 G. F. Moore, Esq. A noble flower of 

 attractive appearance and richly coloured. 

 The large dorsal spotted with reddish-purple, 

 the remaining segments Indian-yellow tinged 

 with brown. 



Odontoglossum eximium xanthotes (arden- 

 tissimum x crispum), from Sir Jeremiah 

 Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, Surrey. A 

 splendid example with a spike of 18 white 

 flowers, slightly spotted with yellow. 



Cymbidium Coningsbyanum Brockhurst 

 var. (grandiflorum x insigne), from F. J. 

 Hanbury, Esq., Brockhurst, East Grinstead. 

 A handsome hybrid carrying two arching 

 spikes with a total of 23 blooms, the cream 

 coloured segments suffused with rose-pink, 

 the broad and open three-lobed labellum 

 yellowish with reddish spotting. 



Cypripedium Arthurianum Langley var. 

 (Fairrieanum x insigne Harefield Hall), from 

 Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough. A hand- 

 some flower, showing considerable improve- 

 ment on the older forms, the dorsal sepal 

 being much wider, while the other segments 

 are proportionally stronger. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Floral Medal 

 for an excellent exhibit, including the rare 

 Angrascum rectum, A. sesquipedale, the 

 unique Zygopetalum Mackayi Charlesworthii, 

 a splendid variety of Sophro-Cattleya Saxa, 

 as well as numerous hybrids. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, received a Silver Floral Medal for a 

 meritorious group containing a varied selec- 

 tion of the winter flowering Cattleya 

 Maggie Raphael alba, the new Odonto- 

 glossum naevross (nsvium x Rossii), a choice 

 variety of Oncidium corynephorum, and a 

 good assortment of Odontoglossum hybrids 

 flowering for the first time 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for an 

 interesting exhibit in which were good plants 

 01 Laelia Gouldiana carrying an abundance of 

 flower, Cattleya Maggie Raphael alba, one 

 of the finest forms yet seen of Odontoglossum 



Thompsonianum, and the uncommon O. 

 nevadense. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 received a Silver Banksian Medal for a neat 

 group containing choice Cymbidium hybrids, 

 dark varieties of Lselia anceps, the strong 

 growing Laelio-Cattleya auto-doin, and 

 various Odontiodas. 



Messrs. Jas. Cypher and Sons, Cheltenham, 

 was awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a 

 large exhibit of meritorious Cypripediums, all 

 the plants exhibiting considerable robustness, 

 and flowering with great freedom. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 

 Surrey, exhibited Odontioda Othello (Odm. 

 Othello X Oda. gattonensis), resembling an 

 Odontoglossum ; also a flower from Odm. 

 crispum x Oda. gattonensis, which was of a 

 sulphur-yellow tinge, a colour probably 

 derived from Kegeljani, one of the parents 

 of gattonensis. Also Cymbidium Queen of 

 Gatton with a spike of 8 rose-pink 

 flowers. 



Baron Bruno Schroder, The Dell, Englefield 

 Green, exhibited an excellent example of 

 Cypripedium Hera-Beeckmannii. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham Hill, 

 showed Odontoglossum percultum, an uncom- 

 mon variety of reddish colour, varieties of O. 

 eximium xanthotes and O. Lambeauianum. 



H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney, 

 exhibited Odontioda The Foundling, of good 

 shape and colour ; O. Wiganianum Goodson's 

 var., and a Harryanum hybrid. 



Messrs. Flory and Black, Slough, showed 

 Laelio-Cattleya Queen Elizabeth (L.-C. 

 Gottoiana x C. Carmen), a rosy-purple flower 

 of good promise. 



F. J. O. Montagu, Esq., Lynford, Norfolk, 

 exhibited Cypripedium Archimedes Lynford 

 var. (insigne Harefield Hall x nitens magnifi- 

 curn), a bold flower, the broad segments well 

 coloured and of thick texture. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, showed 

 Lcelio-Cattleya Cecilia (Trianas x luminosa), 

 with salmon-coloured flowers, having a rich 

 crimson-red band round the labellum ; 

 Cattleya Maggie Raphael alba, a very fine 

 form, and Odontioda St. Fuscien. 



