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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[October, 1913. 



Odontoglossum BLANDUM. — This 

 Odontoglossum was first discovered by Blunt 

 in 1863-5 in New Grenada, but the j»lants 

 perished during transmission to Europe, and 

 later consignments met with a similar fate. 

 It was at Stevens' auction rooms that living 

 plants were purchased by the Royal Horti- 

 cultural Society, one of which flowered at 

 Chiswick in 1871. It remained very scarce 

 until Kalbreyer sent a small importation of 

 plants in 1879. 



Odontoglossum coronarium, variety 

 Dayanum. — This was introduced from Peru, 

 and flowered for the first time in September, 

 1875, with Mr. Day, of Tottenham. The 

 sepals and petals are yellow marbled with 

 brown, and are distinct from the type, not 

 only in colour, but in having three conical 

 acute warts each side of the crest. 



( To be continued.) 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



September gth, 1913. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair), Mr. J. 

 O'Brien (hon. sec), Sir Jeremiah Colman, 

 Bart., Messrs. J. Wilson Potter, R. G. 

 Thwaites, A. McBean, T. Armstrong, W. 

 Cobb, C. H. Curtis, J. Charlesworth, W. H. 

 Hatcher, H. G. Alexander, W. P. Bound, W. 

 H. White, S. W. Flory, W. Bolton, Gurney 

 Wilson, R. A. Rolfe, Stuart Low, and F. 

 Sander. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, received a Silver-gilt Medal for an 

 extensive and elegant group. The specimens 

 included Lselio-Cattleya Geo. Woodhams, 

 L.-C. Armstrongia;, and L.-C. Rainbow. 

 Cattleyas comprised fine forms of Iris, and 

 the new Prince John (Hardyana x Dowiana 

 Rosita). A beautiful hybrid was to be 

 seen in Laelio-Cattleya Baroness Schroder 

 " Orchidhurst var." Miltonioda Harwoodii 

 and Kefersteinia laminata were also shown, 

 the latter receiving a Botanical Certificate. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Silver Flora Medal 

 for an excellent group which contained a 



large plant ot Oncidium incurvuin, with 

 numerous spikes ; the curious Bulbophyllum 

 grandiflorum ; the scarce Calanthe violacea ; 

 Epidendrum costaricense, with 1 2 white 

 flowers ; many excellent Cattleyas, and pretty 

 hybrids. 



Messrs. Hassall and Co., Southgate, were 

 awarded a Silver Banksian Medal for a neat 

 group in which were several good forms of 

 Cattleya iridescens, C. Nestor (Harrisoniana 

 X Iris), the scarce Odontoglossum bictonense 

 album, Brasso-Cattleya Queen Alexandra, and 

 a well-grown plant of Crjelogyne pandurata. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 exhibited the new Adaglossum Juno (Ada 

 aurantiaca x Odontoglossum Edwardii) ; 

 Odontioda Lambeauiana, of very bright 

 colour ; Dendrobium Dearei ; a distinct 

 variety of Cattleya Mrs. Pitt ; and good 

 Odontoglossums. Brasso-Cattleya Digbyano- 

 Mendelii " Distinction " carried a large white 

 flower with a purple line on the centre of the 

 labellum. 



R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Christchurch Road, 

 Streatham, showed the new Odontoglossum 

 Chieftain (Vuylstekei x Rolfeae), of excellent 

 shape and colour ; L^lio-Cattleya Euphrasia, 

 with a very dark lip ; Cattleya Gaskelliana 

 alba ; and Miltonia vexillaria Leopoldii. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford FIiU, staged a 

 neat group, in which were two good plants of 

 Cattleya Hardyana " Countess of Derby," one 

 with a spike of four flowers. Brasso-Cattleya 

 Pittiana, Cattleya Thayeriana alba, and C. 

 Source d'Or were also shown. 



Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking, 

 exhibited La?lio - Cattleya Mrs. Donald 

 MacMaster (L.-C. luminosa x C. aurea), with 

 Indian yellow sepals and petals, the lip 

 crimson-brown. 



Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey, 

 sent Laelio-Cattleya Athenla (L.-C. Phryne x 

 C. Warscewiczii), with bright canary-yellow 

 sepals and petals, the lip rose-purple with a 

 narrow margin of light yellow. The plant 

 carried a spike of four flowers. 



E. H. Davidson, Esq., Twyford, Berks, 

 staged Sophro-Cattleya Saxa " Orchid Dene 

 var. ; " S.-C. Thwaitesii, of salmon tint ; and 

 Odontoglossum Ceres, a pretty variety. 



