October, 1912.] 
THE ORCHID WORLD. 
21 
CATTLEYA RHODA. 
(See Coloured Plate.) 
bicolor. aurea Warscewiczii aurea 
Iris Hardyana 
CATTLEYA RHODA is composed of 
three species, viz., bicolor, aurea, and 
Warscewiczii (gigas), all of which are 
more or less represented in the variety 
illuminata, the subject of the adjoining 
coloured plate. Cattleya bicolor is responsible 
for the bronzy tint of the sepals and petals, 
and the stiff, erect nature of the latter 
segments. C. aurea gives to the whole flower 
the beautiful underlying golden-yellow hue, 
and the bright crimson margin to thelabellum; 
while C. Warscewiczii imparts the rose flush- 
ing to the whole flower, the rich crimson- 
purple margin to the labellum, and is also 
responsible for the well-defined bright yellow 
discs on the side lobes of this latter organ. 
The parentage of C. Rhoda is easily pro- 
duced, but the flowers of the resulting 
seedlings greatly vary, many being quite 
inferior and unworthy of further cultivation. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co. first flowered 
this elegant hybrid, and the two finest varie- 
ties, illuminata and Fairlawn variety, are both 
m the rich collection of H. S. Goodson, Esq., 
Fairlawn, Putney. 
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
September loth, igi2. 
Members of the Orchid Committee present : 
J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. (in the chair) ; Messrs. 
Jas. O'Brien (hon. sec), R. Brooman-White, 
W. Bolton, W. H. White, A. Dye, J. E. ShiU, 
J. Cypher, W. H. Hatcher, W. P. Bound, 
W. Cobb, J. Charlesworth, A. McBean, F. J. 
Hanbury, W. Thompson, Stuart Low, Gurney 
Wilson, and Sir Harry J. Veitch. 
H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill, 
received a Silver Flora Medal for a good group 
of various Lselio-Cattleyas and other Orchids. 
Mention must be made of Cattleya Gertrude 
Pitt, Laelio-Cattleya rubiginosa (see " New 
Plants "), various Odontoglossum hybrids, and 
Od. crispum " King of Britain," a handsomely 
blotched form. 
E. H. Davidson, Esq., Borlases, Twyford, 
staged some very attractive plants, including 
Odontoglossum Aurora with an erect spike 
of nine flowers, Ljelio-Cattleya Neleus (C. Iris 
X L.-C. Ophir), a bright yellow flower with 
crimson lip, and Odontoglossum cnspum 
Louis, a very handsome variety. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Fairlawn, Putney 
(gr. Mr. G. E. Day), staged some interestmg 
and beautiful specimens, the best including 
Cattleya Rhoda " Fairlawn variety " which 
secured a First-class Certificate, August 30th, 
19 10; Laelio-Cattleya Elva var. St. Vincent, 
Cattleya Atalanta illuminata, with large 
flowers, and a new hybrid. 
His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, 
Blenheim Palace, Woodstock, exhibited 
Vanda coerulea Blenheimensis, an elegant 
variety with deep violet-blue flowers, Laelio- 
Cattleya eximia " Blenheim variety," and a 
new Cypripedium hybrid between Standard 
and Fairrieanum. 
Francis Wellesley, Esq., Westfield, Woking, 
sent Laelio-Cattleya Mrs. Donald MacMaster 
(see "New Plants "). 
M essrs. Sander and Sons exhibited a 
selection of very elegant Orchids, including 
a specimen Vanda coerulea which received a 
Cultural Commendation, a good plant of 
Arachnanthe Lowii with three long spikes of 
flowers, the rare Coelogyne Micholitzii, and 
several new and interesting hybrids. 
M essrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 
Heath, exhibited a good specimen of 
Maxillaria nigrescens with numerous crimson- 
brown flowers, the scarlet flowering L^elia 
monophylla, and a well grown specimen of 
Dendrobium Dearei. 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 
Park, exhibited the elegant Brasso-Cattleya 
Mrs. J. Leemann, Stanhopea graveolens with 
seven flower spikes, the pretty Odontoglossum 
