ORCHID COMMITTEE, OCTOBER 23. 



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front lobe is similar to that in C. Warscewiczii ; the base of the 

 lip white with red lines, the middle chrome-yellow. 



To Odontoglossum aspersum fulvidum (votes unanimous), 

 from Walter Cobb, Esq., Dulcote, Tunbridge Wells (gr. Mr. J. 

 Howe). A fine variety in which the whole flower is suffused with 

 nankeen colour. 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Masdevallia attenuata (votes unanimous), from R. I. 

 Measures, Esq., Cambridge Lodge, Camberwell (gr. Mr. H. J. 

 Chapman). 



To Masdevallia Laucheana (votes unanimous), from R. I. 

 Measures, Esq. 



To Pleurothallis lepanthiformis (votes unanimous), from 

 R. I. Measures, Esq. 



To Dendrobium Ccelogyne (votes unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Hugh Low & Co., Clapton. A curious species of the section 

 formerly included in Bulbophyllum. Flowers almost wholly 

 dark purple. 



To Sophronitis cernua (votes unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Lewis & Co., Southgate. 



Other Exhibits. 



M. Jules Hye-Leysen, Coupure, Ghent, sent the richly 

 coloured Miltonia vexillaria Leopoldii, for which Baron Schroder 

 received a First-class Certificate in 1889 ; Cypripedium x Albert- 

 ianum, which might better be called C. x Leeanum Albert- 

 ianum. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch & Sons showed Cattleya x Wendlandii 

 (C. Bowringiana $ x C. Warscewiczii $ ) and Laelio- Cattleya x 

 Pallas (L. crispa $ xC. Dowiana <?). 



F. Hardy, Esq., Tyntesfield, Ashton-on-Mersey (gr. Mr. T. 

 Stafford), sent Cypripedium insigne Hardyanum, resembling 

 C. i. Sanderas. 



C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham (gr. Mr. G 

 Duncan), sent Cattleya Alexandra and Odontoglossum WailisiL 



Reginald Young, Esq., Fringilla, Linnet Lane, Sefton Park, 

 Liverpool (gr. Mr. Poyntz), showed Cypripedium x Hermione 

 (C. Spicerianum ? x C. barbatum Warnerii <?) and Cattleya 

 labiata, Young's variety. 



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