ORCHID COMMITTEE, MAY 25. 



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variety had pure white sepals and petals, and very dark purple 

 lip, with pale lilac blotch at the tip. 



To Laelia purpurata Niobe (votes, 7 for, 1 against) from Mr. 

 Jas. Cypher. Flowers white, with a violet-crimson lip. 



To Cypripedium Volonteanum giganteum (votes, unanimous),, 

 from Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. In this variety the 

 flowers are much larger than in any of the others of this variable 

 section of C. Hookerae which have yet been submitted to the 

 Committee. The colouring also is good. 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Epidendrum Claesianum (votes, unanimous), from C. J.. 

 Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham (gr. Mr. Duncan). 

 Flowers in terminal heads, reddish salmon, and in form near to 

 E. Schomburgkii. 



Other Exhibits. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham, exhibited fine 

 plants ofGrammatophyllumFenzlianum and the smaller-flowered 

 G. Rumphianum (also as G. Fenzlianum var.) ; Bulbophyllum 

 Lobbii, Warnham Court var. ; and Laslia purpurata, Warnham 

 Court var., a very dark variety, closely resembling L. p. Low- 

 iana, which had previously been recognised. 



DeB. Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks(gr. Mr. S. Cooke), 

 sent Odontoglossum crispum Princess May. One of the very 

 finest of the large unspotted forms. 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, exhibited Cattleya 

 Mendelii alba (previously certificated as C. Bluntii) ; Miltonia 

 vexillaria Leopoldii var., M. v. Beauty, M. v. H. E. Milner 

 Cattleya Mossise Fairy Queen, C. O'Brieniana splendens, &c. 



Reginald Young, Esq., Sefton Park, Liverpool, sent flowers 

 of Cattleya Mendelii, Young's var. 



Henry Shaw, Esq., Ashton-under-Lyne, sent Cattleya Mendelii 

 var. 



Thos. Statter, Esq., Stand Hall, Whitefield, Manchester (gr. 

 Mr. R. Johnson), showed C. Mendelii superbiens. 



Messrs. Heath & Son, Cheltenham, showed Laelio-Cattleya 

 x (C. Mossiae $ x L. purpurata $ ), which the Committee pro- 

 nounced to be a light form of L.-C. Canhamiae x ; also Cattleya 

 Mossiaa Hardyana and forms of Laelia purpurata. 



Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., Southgate, N., exhibited Brassia, 



