ORCHID COMMITTEE, JULY 26. 



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ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



July 26, 1904. 



Mr. Veitch in the Chair, and twenty- four members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a fine group of Orchids. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group of hybrid Orchids, and rare 

 species. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low, Enfield, for a group of Orchids. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 

 To Jeremiah Colman, Esq., Gatton Park (gr. Mr. W. P. Bound), for a 

 group of Orchids. 



First-class Certificate. 

 To Angr cecum infundibular e (votes, unanimous), from the Rt. Hon. 

 Lord Rothschild, Tring Park (gr. Mr. A. Dye). A very remarkable species 

 and the largest-flowered Angrcecum. The labellum, which is over three 

 inches across, is pure white in front. The basal part is continued into a 

 greenish funnel-shaped spur six inches in length, and is prolonged into a 

 slender tail about six inches in length, which forms a tendril-like 

 support for the heavy flower by curving abruptly over one of the 

 adjacent roots. The sepals and petals are greenish, lanceolate, and each 

 over two inches in length. The flowers are borne singly on trailing 

 stems, bearing narrowly ovate leaves. Very fragrant. This remarkable 

 species was discovered many years ago by Barter, on Prince's Island, 

 W. Africa, but never introduced to cultivation until Major H. B. Rattray 

 found a few plants on the Victoria Nyanza, Uganda, in 1902. (Fig. 225.) 



Cattleya x ' F. W. Wigan ' superba (Schilleriana x Dowiana aurea) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charlesworth. Sepals and petals of a 

 delicate yellowish-cream colour, tinged with pale purple. Lip rosy-crimson, 

 with a rich yellow blotch in the centre. (Fig. 226.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya x Patrocinii 'Tring Park variety' (Loddigcsii x Leo- 

 poldii) (votes, unanimous), from the Rt. Hon. Lord Rothschild (gr. Mr. A. 

 Dye). Sepals and petals broad, rose-purple with claret-purple blotches. 

 Lip white at the base, rose on the side and front lobes. 



To Odontoglossum Uro-Skinneri splendens (votes, 13 for, 4 against), 

 from J. Wilson Potter, Esq., Elmwood, Croydon (gr. Mr. Young). 

 Flowers large, sepals and petals honey-yellow, marked with dark brown : lip 

 profusely spotted with rose colour. 



