ORCHID COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 13. 



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Ghent. A very handsome form, in which about two-thirds of 

 the flower was occupied by dark red blotches of various sizes 

 (fig. 32). 



To Cypripedium x Cyris (C. Boxalli atratum $ x C. 

 Argus (?) (votes unanimous), from Norman C. Cookson, Esq., 

 Oakwood, Wylam-on-Tyne (gr. Mr. W. Murray). A fine hybrid, 



Fig. 32.--Odontoglossum ckispum " Frantz Masereel." (Journal of 

 Horticulture.) 



with flowers bearing large chocolate blotches as in C. Argus 

 Moensii. 

 Award of Merit. 



To Epilaslia x Hardyana (L. anceps ? x E. ciliare <?) 

 (votes unanimous), from Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. A 

 very singular bigeneric hybrid, in which the habit of the plant 

 closely resembles Epidendrum ciliare, which species it also partakes 

 most of in the form of its nearly equal lanceolate sepals and 

 petals, which are of a pale pink colour. The narrow lip, which 

 does not bear any of the fimbriation of E. ciliare, is whitish at the 

 base, the tip of the side lobes and the long isthmus and ovate 

 crimped blade of the front lobe being rich purple. 



To Dendrobium Phalasnopsis highburyensis (votes unani- 



