ORCHID COMMITTEE, JANUARY 27. 



Ixxi 



0. x Harry ano -crispum^ but with the colours arranged as in 0. x Ander- 

 sonianum. Sepals and petals pale yellow, marked on the inner halves with 

 dark purple, the petals having a white base. Lip white with purple spots 

 on the lower half, crest yellow. (Fig. 60.) 



To Zygopetalum x Sanderi (Perrenoudii x Machaii (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. Sander. An improvement on Z. x Perrenoudii. 

 Sepals and petals pale green, barred with purple ; lip whitish at the base 

 and with raised lines of violet colour, merging into the showy purplish- 

 rose front portion. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cypripedium x 1 J. Wilson Potter ' (parentage unrecorded) (votes, 

 unanimous), from J. Wilson Potter, Esq., Elmwood, Croydon. C. Har- 



Fig. 60.— Odontoglossum x Bradshawls:. {Journal of Horticulture.) 



risianum superbum x Chaiicsicortliii was suggested as the parentage, but 

 the flower does not agree with C. x bingleyense of similar record. 

 Flower round and finely formed ; purplish-rose, darker on the veining, 

 and with clear white margin to the upper sepal. (Fig. 61.) 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. E. Hill (gr. to the Right Hon. Lord Rothschild), for Phahen- 

 opsis Schilleriana with eighty-eight and P. Stuartiana with thirty-eight 

 flowers to a spike. 



To Mr. Downes (gr. to J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq.), for a fine specimen of 

 Ipsea speciosa. 



