ORCHID COMMITTEE, JANUARY 17. 



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ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



January 17, 1893. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., F.L.S., in the Chair, and ten members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, N., for a 

 group in which Cypripediums, Laelia anceps Stella, Cattleya 

 Percivaliana, Miltonia Eoezlii, and Odontoglossum x elegans 

 (a natural hybrid between 0. cirrhosum and 0. Hallii) were 

 especially noticeable. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Calanthe x gigas (C. vestita gigantea ? x C. Sanderiana 

 gigantea d ) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons, 

 Chelsea. This was a strong plant, with a scape over 3 feet high, 

 bearing fourteen expanded flowers. Sepals and petals cream- 

 coloured ; lip deep rose (fig. 25). 



To Cycnoches pentadactylon (votes, unanimous), from W. W. 

 Mann, Esq., Ravenswood, Bexley (gr. Mr. J. Simmon). This 

 was a splendid specimen, bearing 250 swan-like flowers in grace- 

 fully drooping racemes. 



To Cypripedium x Penelaus (C. x calurum $ x C. caudatum 

 Lindeni $ ) (votes, 7 for) from Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. Two 

 large purple-lipped flowers were borne on the scape. 



Award of Merit. 

 To Cypripedium x Phaedra (C. Sedeni candidulum $ x C. 

 Lindleyanum J ) (votes, 6 for), from Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. 

 Flowers cream and rose. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Bulbophyllum comosum (votes, unanimous), from F. W. 

 Moore, Esq., Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin. Flowers creamy white, 

 fringed with short hairs. 



To Cynorchis grandiflora (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 W. L. Lewis & Co., Chase Side, Southgate, N. A new Madagascar 

 Orchid, with pale green sepals and petals blotched with red. 



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