ORCHID COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER $8. 



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Orchid Committee, September, 28, 1909. 

 Mr. J. Gurney Fowler in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Charlesworth, Haywards Heath, for a group. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group. 



To Messrs. Mansell and Hatcher, Rawdon, for a group. 



To Messrs. Stuart Low, Bush Hill Park, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Laeliocattleya x 'Pizarro,' Holford's variety (L. Jongkeana x 

 G. Dowiana aurea) (votes, unanimous), from Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, 

 C.I.E., C.V.O., (gr. Mr. H. G. Alexander). Flowers large ; sepals and 

 petals bright purplish-rose ; lip deep copper-red obscurely veined with 

 gold. 



Award of Merit. 



To Cattleya x ' Rhoda ' conspicua ( x Iris x Hardyana) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Messrs. Stuart Low, Bush Hill Park. Resembling a 

 white C. x Hardyana. Sepals and petals cream-white, lip violet-crimson 

 with yellow lines at the base. 



To Cattleya x ' Mrs. Pitt ' superba (Harrisoniana x Dowiana aurea). 

 Differing from the original form in being of a deeper rose-pink and 

 having a prismatic arrangement of purple lines in the tube of the lip. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Disa polygonoides, from Messrs. Jas. Veitch. A remarkable 

 species from S.E. Cape Colony. Leaves broad and thick. Inflorescence 

 2 feet, erect ; bearing on the upper half a densely set spike of curious 

 yellow flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lieut.-Col. G. L. Holford, CLE., C.V.O. : Cypripedium x ' Actaeus 

 Bianca,' and Laeliocattleya x ' Golden Fleece.' 



Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., V.M.H. : group of rare orchids. 

 J. Gurney Fowler, Esq. : rare Cypripediums. 



de B. Crawshay, Esq. : Odontoglossum x Macnabianum rosefieldiense. 

 H. S. Goodson, Esq. : Cypripedium x Chapmanii. 

 E. Rogerson, Esq., Manchester : Odontoglossum crispum 1 Ethel.' 

 H. T. Pitt, Esq. : Odontoglossum x stamfordianum {bictoniense album 

 x Uro-Shinneri). 



Messrs. Stanley : hybrid Cattleyas. 



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