OKCHID COMMITTEE, DECEMJ5EK 19. 
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Messrs. McBean, Cooksbridge, showed Odontoglossum x Anderso- 
nianum ' IMcBean's var.' 
T. W. Thornton, Esq., Brockhall, Weedon, sent Cattleya x ' Euphra- 
sia ' (superba X Warscewiczii). 
L'Horticole Coloniale, Brussels, sent varieties of Oncidium Forbesii and 
0. varicosum. 
Mr. H. A. Tracy showed a form of Cymbidium Tracyanum. 
Orchid Committee, December 19. 
Henry Little, Esq., in the Chair, and fourteen members present. 
Awards Recommended :— 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To W. M. Appleton, Esq., Tyn-y-Coed, Weston-super-Mare, for a 
collection of Cypripediums. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Dendrobium spectabile (votes,unanimous), from Major Joicey, Sun- 
Fig. 153. — Dendrobium spectabile. .(Journal of Horticulture.) 
ningdale Park, Sunningdale (gr. Zvlr. F. J. Thorne). The first appearance 
of the New Guinea species, known previously only through the figure in 
Rumphia as Latouria spectabilis. In general appearance the plant has 
affinity to D. macrophyllum. Flowers produced on upright spikes, all 
the segments being elongated into apiculate tails, wavy and twisted ; 
sepals and narrower petals yellow, marked with reddish purple ; lip 
white with dark purple veining. (Fig. 153.) 
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