ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



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To Paphinia cristata (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Charles- 

 worth. Plant dwarf with short spikes of one or two flowers, each 

 4 inches across, claret-red, with white lines and a tuft of white hairs 

 on the lip. First introduced from Brazil 1843. It is placed by some 

 authorities under Lycaste. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H. : rare Orchids. 

 E. de Q. Quincey, Esq. : Cypripedium Wiertzianum. 

 The Earl of Craven : Laeliocattleya X Mariinetii. 

 Monsieur H. Graire : Odontioda hybrid. 



Orchid Committee, July 29, 1913. 

 Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and twenty members present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for rare species. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for well-grown 

 specimens. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. J as. Veitch, Chelsea, for a group of scarlet Disa grandi- 

 flora raised from seeds sown three years ago. 

 To Messrs. Hassall, Southgate, for hybrids. 



To R. G. Thwaites, Esq., Streatham (gr. Mr. J. M. Black), for a 

 group. 



Award of Merit. 



To Miltonia X Charlesworthii ' Mrs. Ralli ' (vexillaria ' Memoria 

 G. D. Owen ' X Hyeana) (votes, 8 for, 3 against), from Pantia Ralli, 

 Esq., Ashtead Park, Surrey. Flowers white, tinged with pink and 

 with a maroon-coloured mask on the lip. 



To Odontoglosstim x ' Queen Alexandra ' var. ' Theodora ' (Harry- 

 anum x triumphans) (votes, 12 for, 3 against), from de B. Crawshay, 

 Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks. The largest form of this showy hybrid, 

 having flowers nearest to 0. Harry anum. Sepals and petals yellow, 

 blotched with chestnut-red. Lip white, with violet markings. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. W. H. White, Orchid grower to Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

 Bart., K.C.V.O., V.M.H. , for a basket of 20 plants of the orange-red 

 Habenaria rhodochila. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth for Angraecum Eichlerianum with 15 

 flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H. : rare Orchids. 



Pantia Ralli, Esq. : Odontiodas and Odontoglossum eximium var. 



