ORCHID COMMITTEE, FEBRUARY 9. 



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Orchid Committee, February 9, 1897. 



Sydney Courtauld, Esq., in the Chair, and eighteen members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for a very fine group of 

 Orchids. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Linden, 1' Horticulture Internationale, Pare 

 Leopold, Brussels, for a selection of very fine varieties of Cattleya 

 Trianae. 



To Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, for a group of 

 Orchids. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, for a group of Orchids. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya Trianae Imperator (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Linden. A very fine variety, with labellum almost 

 entirely of a dark purple colour. 



To Cattleya Trianae eximia (votes, 11 for, 6 against), from 

 Messrs. Linden. A very large and well-formed flower. 



To Laelia anceps Kienastiana (votes, unanimous), from Frau 

 Ida Brandt, Brunnenhof, Kiesbach, Zurich. Flowers large, 

 white, tinted with rose, the front and side lobes of the lip bright 

 rose. 



To Laelio-Cattieya x Violetta (C. Gaskelliana 5 x L. pur- 

 purata<?) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Veitch & Sons. A 

 showy flower of the same class as L.-C. x Exoniensis, but formed 

 more like C. labiata. 



To Phalaenopsis x Hebe (P. Sanderiana 5 x P. rosea <?) 

 (votes, 7 for, 6 against), from Messrs. Veitch & Sons. The 

 flowers resemble a good form of P. x intermedia. 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To Mr. Jas. Cypher, Queen's Road, Cheltenham, for a grand 

 specimen of Dendrobium x Ainsworthii, Cypher's variety, and 

 for Dendrobium x splendidissimum grandiflorum, with growths 

 over 4 feet in length, well furnished with flowers. 



