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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[May, 1914. 



rose-tmted flower, resembling chelseaensis, 

 but much finer. 



Odontioda Joan (Oda. Ctiarlesworthii x 

 0dm. ardentissimum), from Messrs. Charles- 

 worth and Co. — A pleasing result, in which 

 the good-shaped flower is of bright red 

 colour. 



Odontoglossum Elissa (Edwardii x illus- 

 trissimum), from Pantia Ralli, Esq., Ashtead 

 Park. — One of the brightest of the Edwardn 

 hybrids, the segments of good shajje and 

 texture. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lord Grantley, Red Rice, Andover, 

 showed Odontoglossum Zena (.Sceptrum x 

 Harryanum). 



de B. Crawshay, Esq., .Sevenuaks, exhibited 

 Odontoglossum Crawshayanum, with a spike 

 of 10 flowers. 



G. Hamilton-Smith, Esq., Finchley, showed 

 a natural hybrid C\-mbidium under the name 

 C. Cooperi. 



Pantia Ralli, Esq., showed a good plant of 

 Cattleya Lueddemanniana Stanleyi. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons exhibited 

 Cattleya Gravesiana amabilis (Mossise 

 Wagneri x Lueddemanniana Schrodenana), 

 with white sepals and petals. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. staged a fine 

 plant of B.-C. Princess Elizabeth with 6 

 large flowers ; also Miltonia Charlesworthii, 

 and Lcelio-Cattleya Lydia, with a spike of 10 

 bright orange-yellow flowers. 



April 2ist, 1914. 

 Members of the Orchid Committee present : 

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

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

 Bart., Messrs. Gurney Wilson, de B. Craw- 

 shay, Stuart Low, R. G. Thwaites, F. J. 

 Hanbury, F. M. Ogilvie, W. Cobb, ]. Charles- 

 worth, J. Cypher, W. H. Hatcher, H. G. 

 Alexander, A. Dye, S. W^ Flory, W. H. White, 

 W. Bohon, T. Armstrong, and R. A. Rolfe. 



First-class Certificate. 



Odontoglossum Mirabeau var. Mastif 

 (mirum x Lambeauianum), from Messrs. J. 



and A. McBean, Cooksbndge."-A magnificent 

 In ljrid with immense flowers heavily blotched 

 with crimson-purple. All the segments of 

 splendid form and of thick texture. One of 

 the very finest. 



Award of Merit. 



Oncidioda Cooksonis var. Grenadier (C. 

 Noezliana x O. macranthum), from Pantia 

 Ralli, Esq., Ashtead Park. — A very beautiful 

 result, the spike carrying a large number of 

 large Ijrilliant red flowers. 



Cultural Commendations 



To Mr. Balmforth, grower to F. M. 

 Ogilvie, Esq., for Odontioda Diana, a 

 beautiful specimen, with four spikes carrying 

 a total of 177 flowers. And a similar award 

 for Odontioda Mrs. F. M. Ogilvie, a robust 

 plant, with a grand spike of 60 large flowers. 



To Messrs. Armstrong and Brown for 

 Coelogyne pandurata, undoubtedly the finest 

 cultivated specimen of this species yet seen. 

 The spike carried 13 flowers, the largest 

 measuring six inches across. 



To Messrs. Sander and Sons for Phaius 

 Sanderianus, a gigantic plant, the last made 

 bulb carrying three tall spikes, each having 

 no less than 25 well-developed flowers. 



A Silver Flora Medal was awarded to F. M. 

 Ogilvie, Esq., The Shrubbery, Oxford, for a 

 choice selection of magnificent specimens of 

 Odontiodas. O. Mrs. F. M. Ogilvie was the 

 finest, the spike carrying no less than 60 large 

 flowers, effectively blotched with rose-red. O. 

 Diana had 4 spikes with a total of 177 

 flowers, and there were fine forms of 

 Cooksonias and Charlesworthii. Cypripedium 

 Winsum (callosum Sanderae x Winifred 

 Hollington) with a pleasing rose flower was 

 also shown. 



H. T. Pitt, Esq., Stamford Hill, was 

 awarded a Silver Flora Medal for an 

 attractive exhibit, which included Cypri- 

 pedium Wootonii, the curious Nanodes 

 Medusas, Maxillaria luteo-alba, Lycaste 

 gigantea, the quaint Bulbophyllum Lobbii 

 and Cymbidium Low-grinum. 



Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill Park 



