November, 1913-] 



THE ORCHID 



WORLD. 



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herbaria for some time previous to its intro- 

 duction. In 1879 a correspondent in Labuan 

 sent to Messrs. Veitch living plants which 

 were immediately acquired by Lord Roths- 

 child. One of these flowered for the first 

 time at Tring Park, in September, 1882. 



Vanda insignis. — Introduced to Chelsea 

 from the Moluccas by Hutton in 1866, and 

 flowered for the first time in 1868. It 

 remained scarce until re-imported through 

 Curtis, who in 1882 was collecting in 

 the Malay Archipelago. The variety 

 Schroderiana appeared in Curtis's impor- 

 tation, and may best be described as an 

 albino form. 



Vanda SUAVIS. — Introduced from Java 

 through Thomas Lobb, and for many years 

 one of the rarest Vandas in cultivation. It 

 was first exhibited in flower on April 4th, 

 1848, the ground colour being white. 



Vanda tricolor. — This was introduced 

 from Java in 1846 through Thomas Lobb, 

 who discovered it in the western part of the 

 island, at 1,500 to 2,500 feet elevation, 

 growing chiefly on large trees. The ground 

 colour is pale yellow. 



ZyGOPETALUM BuRKEI. — Introduced in 

 1 88 1 through David Burke, by whom it was 

 discovered on Roraima in British Guiana. 

 It inhabits rocks in the swamps, at elevations 

 of about 6,000 feet. The colouring of the 

 flower is very striking. The sepals and petals 

 are green with seven to nine longitudinal 

 chocolate-brown stripes, which sometimes 

 become broken up into dots. The lip is 

 milk-white, irregularly dentate along the 

 margin, with about thirteen violet-purple 

 ribs, and the column is yellow streaked with 

 purple. 



ZYGOPETALUM BuRTlI. — Originally dis- 

 covered by Endres in 1867 in Costa Rica, 

 and shortly afterwards imported from that 

 country. A plant obtained by Messrs. 

 Veitch flowered for the first time in Great 

 Britain in the collection of Mr. Burnley Hume, 

 in the summer of 1872. 



ZYGOPETALUM DayANUM. — Discovered 

 by Gustav Wallis in New Grenada, introduced 

 in 1873, and named in honour of John Day, 

 of Tottenham. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



October 7th, 1913. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 J. Gurney P'owler, Esq. (in the chair), Mr. 

 James O'Brien (hon. sec). Sir Harry J. Veitch, 

 Messrs. W. Bolton, Gurney Wilson, R. B. 

 White, S. W. Flory, W. H. White, 

 A. Dye, J. E. Shill, W. H. Hatcher, 

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

 A. McBean, T. Armstrong, R. G. Thwaites, 

 Stuart Low, F. J. Hanbury, F. Sander, and 

 R. A. Rolfe. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, received a Silver-gilt Flora Medal for 

 a group of elegant autumn flowering 

 hybrids, the best being Odontioda Brewii 

 (Charlesworthii x Harryanum), O. Brunette 

 (Bohnhofiae x Harryanum), Laelio-Cattleya 

 Virginea, L.-C. Dominiana, and L.-C. St. 

 Gothard. Several strong plants of Epiden- 

 drum vitellinum autumnale and the scarce 

 Lycaste hybrida were also shown. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, secured a Silver Flora Medal for a 

 very effective group, containing dark forms of 

 Cattleya Fabia, the elegant Coelogyne 

 pandurata, Bulbophyllum Ericsonii, fine 

 varieties of Laslio-Cattleya Geo. Woodhams, 

 several distinct varieties of Cattleya Iris and 

 y\dula, and the pretty Laelio-Cattleya Sand- 

 hurstiana, a new hybrid shown for the first time. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, were 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an 

 interesting group, in which were Ccelogyne 

 brunnea, the scarce Oncidium bicallosum 

 aureum, Eria Mooreana, and the pretty 

 Stenoglottis longifolia. A very handsome 

 variety of Cattleya Mrs. Pitt was also shown, 

 and there was a wide selection of autumn 

 flowering hybrids. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 

 Park, received a Silver Banksian Medal for 

 a well-staged group in which were good 

 plants of Dendrobium superbiens, a fine 

 variety of Vanda coerulea, several good forms 

 of Cattleya Iris and C. Hardyana, and Brasso- 

 Cattleya Pocahontas alba, a pleasing flower 

 with white segments. The rare Laslia Dayana 



