January, 1914.] 



THE ORCHID WORLD. 



95 



McBean, Cooksbridge. — A great improvement 

 on L. autumnalis. The spike carried eight 

 large flowers. 



LasKo-Cattleya Mrs. Temple (L.-C. Henry 

 Greenwood x C. Mossias), from C. J. Phillips, 

 Esq., Sevenoaks. — A very handsome result, the 

 large flowers being rose-purple, with bright 

 crimson-purple mottlmg on the broad labellum. 



Odontoglossum Saturne violaceum (nebu- 

 losum X crispo-Harryanum), from Mons. H. 

 Graire, Amiens. — A pretty flower, evenly 

 spotted with red on a rose ground, and an 

 improvement on previous varieties. 



Cultural Commendation 



To Mr. H. G. Alexander, Orchid grower to 

 Lieut-Col. Sir George Holford, for Laelio- 

 Cattleya Golden Beauty, with two spikes, one 

 having 15 flowers. 



December i/th, IQ13. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (m the chair), Mr. Jas. 

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

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

 Crawshay, A. McBean, W. H. Hatcher, T. 

 Armstrong, J. Charlesworth, A. Dye, J. Shill, 

 W. H. White, Stuart Low, R. A. Rolfe, H. G. 

 Alexander, S. W. Flory, R. G. Thwaites, W. 

 Cobb and Fred. J. Hanbury. 



Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O., 

 W^estonbirt, showed Cypripedium Swallowtail 

 (Mons. de Curte x Fairrieanum), a pleasing 

 hybrid with dark spots arranged in linear 

 style ; also Cyp. Troubadour, of unknown 

 parentage, a chubby flower, with a broad 

 dorsal, white at the top, green at the base, 

 and with bright purple spotting. 



Fred. J. Hanbury, Esq., Broclchurst, East 

 Grinstead, showed Cypripedium Hanbury- 

 anum, Brockhurst variety. The parentage 

 given was Leeanum giganteum x Maudiae, but 

 the flower much resembled a bold and good 

 form of Alcibiades. 



Baron Bruno Schroder, Englefield Green, 

 staged Odontoglossum ardentissimum Ebor, 

 a beautiful variety with bright crimson 

 blotches on a whitish ground. 



E. R. Ashton, Esq., Broadlands, Tunbridge 

 Wells, showed Odontioda Royal Gem (Oda. 

 Vuylstekeae x Odm. ardentissimum), a distinct 



flower of yellow colour with reddish-brown 

 blotches. A compact grower. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, 

 showed Habenaria Roebelenii, with vermilion 

 coloured flowers. A native of Annam. 



Earl Stanhope, Cheveney Park, Sevenoaks, 

 exhibited an interesting series of forms of 

 Calanthe Sedenii, including Sunrise (vestita 

 rubro-oculata x Veitchii) with whitish flowers 

 and a rose centre ; Sunbeam (Veitchii x 

 vestita lutea), white, with cream centre ; 

 Sunset (Veitchii x vestita rubro-oculata), deep 

 rose ; and Starlight (Veitchii x vestita oculata), 

 with white flowers. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, staged some well-cultivated plants, 

 including Odontoglossum eximium augustum, 

 a very fine variety with a spike of 18 flowers ; 

 Od. eximium xanthotes, with a spike of 12 

 white flowers having yellow spots on the 

 sepals and streaks on the petals ; also Laelio- 

 Cattleya Britannia var. Melanie (C. Warsce- 

 wiczii X L.-C. Canhamiana), an attractive 

 flower. 



Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cooksbridge, 

 showed Laelia anceps Schrodera?, McBean's 

 variety, a broad and richly coloured flower ; 

 Odontioda Vuylstekeae and Oda. Bradshawiae, 

 both pleasing varieties ; and Odontioda 

 Euterpe, McBean's variety, one of the best 

 yet seen, the spike having 10 rich red flowers. 



Mr. E. H. Davidson, Twyford, Berks, 

 exhibited Sophro-Cattleya Saxa, of light rose- 

 pink colour, and Odontoglossum Doris, a 

 handsome blotched form. 



Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tunbridge 

 Wells, showed Cypripedium Sandhurst 

 (concolor Regnieri x Fairrieanum), the whole 

 flower being prettily marked with bright 

 crimson spots arranged in neat lines. 



First-class Certificate. 



Cattleya Percivaliana, Lady Holford, from 

 Lieut.-Col. Sir George Holford, K.C.V.O., 

 Westonbirt. — A magnificent albino form of 

 the species. The large flower having broad 

 segments, pure white, except the wide 

 labellum which has a large area of orange in 

 the throat. The finest albino form yet seen 

 of this winter-flowering Orchid. 



