ORCHID COMMITTEE, APRIL 17. 



clxxvii 



The best dark variety. Sepals and petals pale green, ^vith purple lines ; 

 lip white, with a reddish- scarlet mark in front. 



To Odontoglossum x percultiim ' Meteor ' {RolfecB x ardentissimum) 

 (votes, 12 for, 2 against), from M. Chas. Viiylsteke. Flowers white 

 tinged and blotched with purple. 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To Colonel Kogers, D.S.O., Sevenoaks, for a fine Dendrohium nohile. 

 To Mr. Alexander (gr. to Major G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O.), for an 

 immense specimen of Cymhidium x eburneo-Lowiamwi. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., sent two fine spikes of Phalcenopsis 

 Aphrodite, taken from a specimen with eighteen leaves which had been in 

 his collection twenty-three years. 



De Barri Crawshay, Esq. (gr. Mr. Stables), sent the handsomely 

 blotched Odontoglossum crisjmm ' Queen of the Earth ' and others. 



The Marquis de Wavrin (gr. Mr. De Geeste) showed Cattleya 

 Forgetiana Hort., similar to C. Brymeriana. 



Diploma Awards:— 



Cymhidium {species). 



First Diploma : To Cymhidium Loiuianum, 'Fir Grange variety,' from 

 W. A. Bilney, Esq. 



Second Diploma : To Cymhidium grandiflorum punctatissimum, 

 from Jeremiah Colman, Esq. 



Cymhidium {hyhrids). 



First Diploma : To Cymhidium TAnsoni, from Sir Frederick Wigan, 

 Bart. 



Second Diploma : To Cymhidium x ehurneo-Lowianum, from Sir 

 Trevor Lawrence, Bart. 



Masdevallia (species). 

 First Diploma : To Masdevallia Veitchiana grandiflora, from 

 Jeremiah Colman, Esq. 



Masdevallia {hybrids). 

 First Diploma : To Masdevallia x Docking hybrid, from Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart. 



Second Diploma : To Masdevallia x igneo-Estradce, from Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart. 



Oechid Committee, April 17, 1906. 

 Mr. Harry J. Veitch in the Chair, and twenty members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora, Medal. 



To H. T. Pitt, Esq., Rosslyn, Stamford Hill (gr. Mr. Thurgood), for a 

 fine group of Odontogiossums &c. 



To Messrs. Charlesworth, Bradford, for a group of hybrid Orchids. 



M M 



