THE ORCHID WORLD. 



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Photcj by' 



Miltonia Memoria Baron Schroder. 

 Exhibited at the Internalional Show by Lieut.-Col. Sir Qeorge Holford, K.C.V.O. 



[F. Waldock. 



sprays of the white Phalasnopsis Rime- 

 stadtiana. This group contained more than 

 lOO distinct hybrids, probably a record 

 number for one exhibit, the coloration and 

 form being remarkable. The Brasso- 

 Cattleyas were represented by specimen 

 plants of vigorous habit, the Cattleyas by a 

 very fine variety of Empress Frederick, and 

 the Sophrocatlaelias by some richly coloured 

 Marathons. Nearly 20 La?lio-Cattleya 

 hybrids of distinct parentage and about 

 40 different Odontoglossum hybrids were 

 included, besides many Odontonias, Odonto- 

 cidiums, and Miltoniodas, the whole forming 

 a most interesting display of the hybridist's 

 art and the future possibilities of hybridisa- 

 tion. A plant of great rarity was the elegant 

 Cattleya Lawrenceana Mary Regina, the only 

 albino form of the species yet discovered. 

 Another extremely interesting plant was 

 Eulophiella Hamelinii with a spike of rose- 

 purple flowers ; the Eulophiella Elisabethae 

 being also represented by a good specimen. 

 Odontioda Queen Mary was awarded a First- 

 class Certificate, and Odontoglossum Her 

 Majesty received a similar award. A very 



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beautiful crispum of thick substance was to 

 be seen in a variety called White Star, and a 

 new hybrid in Laelio-Cattleya Ulysses (L.-C. 

 Fascinator x C. Mossiae), the latter being 

 shown in two varieties, one having a sligrht 

 purple spotting on the labellum, the other 

 pure white. As a record of the hybrids 

 exhibited at this show will be of considerable 

 importance and utility in future years we shall 

 give, as far as possible, a complete list. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 

 exhibited a marvellous selection of rare 

 species and hybrids, the whole occupying an 

 area of 700 square feet. It ga,ined the large 

 Wiltshire Cup and the Large Exhibition Gold 

 Medal. Included in it were superb specimens 

 of brides, Vandas, Saccolabiums, and many 

 excellent specimens collected in Burma and 

 the surrounding country. Two prominent 

 stands were gaily decorated with Phalasnopsis 

 Rimestadiana and the scarlet-flowering 

 Renanthera Imschootiana, and in recesses 

 were numerous botanical Orchids, their small, 

 but highly interesting flowers being much 

 admired. The front part of this wonderful 

 group was covered with emerald-green moss, 



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