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Okchid Committee, February 12, 1901. 

 Mr. Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and fom teen mernhers present. 

 Awards Recommended. 



Firs t- class Certifica te. 



To Odontoglossum x loochristyense Hochfordiannm (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Mr. T. Rochford, Turnford Hall, Broxhourne. An imported 

 plant, considered to be a natural hybrid between O. triumphans and (). 

 crispum. Flowers lar:re, yellow, with white area at the base of tlie 



Fig. 140. — Odontoglossum loociiristiense Rochforbianum. {Tlie Garden.) 



petals, and white labellum ; all the segments blotched with red-brown 

 crest yellow. (Figs. 139 and 140.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum x loochristyense coundonense (nat. hyb. triumphans 

 X 'crispum) (votes, unanimous), from G. Singer, Esq., Coundon Court, 

 Coventry (gr. Mr. Collier). Base of petals and lip white, the rest of the 

 flower bright yellow with red-brown markings ; petals fringed. The fine 

 plant shown had a spike of seventeen flowers. (Fig. 141.) 



To Dendrobium x Wiganianum (nobile x Hildebrandii) (votes, 7 for, 

 2 against), from Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart., Clare Lawn, East Sheen 

 (gr. Mr. W. H. Young). Flowers white with rose-pink tips to the seg- 

 ments, and a small brown mark on each side of the base of the lip. 



To Cypripedium x ' T. W. Bond,' ' Coundon Court variety ' 



