OKCHID COMMITTEE, JANUARY 1.5. 



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ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



Orchid CoMMiTTEfi, Januaky 15, 1001. 

 Mr. Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 

 Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for a group of hybrid Cypripedium.s, 

 Lielio-Cattleyas, &c. 



Aivarcl of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum x loochristyense var. ' Fairy Queen ' (vot( s, 

 unanimous), from Mrs. Briggs-Bury, Bank House, Accrington (gr. Mr. 



Fig. 137. — Dendrobium Ashwokthi.f.. ((iatdeneis Oironiclc.) 



Wilkinson). Flowers large, light yellow, blotched with brown. [A natural 

 hybrid. 



To Dendrobium Ashworthite (votes, unanimous), from Elijah Ash- 

 worth, Esq., Harefield Hall, Wilmslow (gr. Mr. Holbrook). A New Guinea 

 species of the general appearance of D. macrophyllum (Veitchianum). 

 Sepals greenish white ; petals stalked, pure white. Lip whitish, folded 

 inward. Ovary downy. (Fig. 137.) 



To Lycaste lasioglossa (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Williams, 

 Holloway. Sepals red-brown. Petals and lip yellow, the latter l)eing 

 hairy and marked with reddish spots. 



To L«lia anceps Simondsii (votes, 9 for), from H. F. Simonds, Estj., 



