ORCHID COMMITTEE, MAY 17. 



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Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, exhibited a new 

 hybrid Cypripedium Eurylochus x (C. ciliolare $ x C. hir- 

 sutissimum and a fine plant of Dendrobiurn lineal e with 

 five spikes. 



J. W. Temple, Esq., Leyswood, Groombridge, exhibited 

 Cattleya Schr6dera3 rosea. 



The Eev. E. Handley, 19 Eoyal Crescent, Bath, sent a cut 

 flower of a form of Lselia praestans. 



Oechid Committee, May 25, 1892. 



Inner Tempee Gardens. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., F.L.S., in the Chair, and fourteen 

 members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



First Class Certificate. 



To Odontoglossum crispum Sanderse (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans. A highly coloured 

 form, with heavy crimson blotches on the sepals and petals. 



To Odontoglossum Lowryanum (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Sander & Co. The flowers were of a pale brown colour, 

 and bore a resemblance to those of 0. triumphans and 0. luteo- 

 purpureum, from which it may have arisen in a natural state. 



To Miltonia Bleui splendidissima x (M. vexillaria ? x M. 

 Eoezlii $) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. F. Sander & Co. 

 A fine variety. 



To Phaius Sanderianus (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 F. Sander & Co. This species received an " Award of Merit " 

 at a previous meeting (May 3). 



To Cypripedium southgatense x (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., Southgate. A fine hybrid of the 

 bellatulum section, with deep chocolate- purple blotches on a 

 white ground. 



To Cypripedium Vipani x (C. laevigatum ? x C. niveum^) 

 (votes, unanimous), from Captain Vipan, Shippington Hall, 

 Wansford. This is a beautiful hybrid. The leaves were slightly 

 mottled, and the slender scape bore two white flowers, the upper 



