ORCHID COMMITTEE, AUGUST 25. 



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Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester 

 (gardener, Mr. R. Johnson). This is a light form of L. elegans 

 Turnerii, with the labellum more broadly developed than in the 

 type, and of a clear rosy crimson. 



To Sobralia leucoxantha (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Seeger & Tropp, Lordship Lane, East Dulwich. The flowers, 

 which last but a day or so, are white with the exception of the 

 front of the labellum, which is yellow. The plant is similar in 

 habit to S. macrantha, but the flowers are only half the size of 

 those of that species. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Zygopetalum grandiflorum (Batemannia grandiflora, Bot. 

 3fag.t.5561 ; 2nd Cent. Orchid. Plants, 1. 172) (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Charlesworth, Shuttleworth & Co., Park Road, 

 Clapham, and Heafcon, Bradford. A distinct species of similar 

 growth to Z. crinitum, and flowers of equal size to those of that 

 species. Sepals and petals pale green, with longitudinal lines of 

 chocolate colour ; lip white, thick in toxture, and studded with 

 short papillae. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mrs. Whitbourn, Great Gearies, Ilford (gardener, Mr. 

 James Douglas), (votes, unanimous), for a spike of six flowers 

 of Cypripedium Lowii. 



Other Exhibits. 



Thomas Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester, 

 sent cut spikes of Laelia elegans Turnerii, L. e. T. prasiata, L. 

 amanda, Cypripedium Morgans x , Odontoglossum Harryanum, 

 and Dendrobium Dearei. 



Mr. J. Prewett, Hammersmith, showed a good plant of Den- 

 drobium Phalaenopsis Statterianum. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham, sent for identi- 

 fication a spike of Dendrobium undulatum. 



Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, King's Road, Chelsea, exhibited 

 their new Laelio-Cattleya Nysa (Cattleya Warscewiczii [gigas] $ x 

 Laelia crispa $). Its flowers resemble those of L. exoniensis. 

 As the plant was not strong, the Committee desired to see it 

 again. Messrs. Veitch again also exhibited Cypripedium Cleola x . 



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