ORCHID COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 24. 



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Messrs. McBean : hybrids. 

 Messrs. Sander : a group. 

 Messrs. Stuart Low : a group. 



Orchid Committee, September 24, 1912. 



Mr. J. GuRNEY Fowler in the Chair, and twenty-one members 



present. 



Awards Recommend ed:— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Lady Wernher, Luton Hoo (gr. Mr. Metcalfe), for Vanda 

 coerulea, Dendrohium formosum giganteum, and Laehocattleyas. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs Hassall, Southgate, for hybrid Cattleyas, &c. 

 To Messrs. Stuart Low, for a group. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Odontoglossum x Woodroffeae {Rossii rubescens x * Queen 

 Alexandra ') (votes, unanimous), from E. H. Davidson, Esq., Borlases, 

 Twyford. Sepals reddish-claret, with thin wavy lines of yellow 

 between the blotches. Petals similarly coloured but with smaller 

 blotches. Lip rosy-lilac, with yellow crest. (Fig. 210.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Odontoglossum x ' Neptune ' (crispum x nehulosum) (votes, 

 unanimous), from Monsieur H. Graire, Amiens. Flowers inter- 

 mediate between the two species ; white with dark red spotting on the 

 inner halves of the segments. 



To Odontioda x * Margarita ' (Odontoglossum madrense x 

 Cochlioda Noezliana), from Monsieur H. Graire. Flowers cinnabar-red, 

 with the outer parts of the sepals and petals rose-pink. 



To Laeliocattleya x ' Phoenix ' (L.-c. x ' Henry Greenwood ' x 

 G. Dowiana), from C. J. Phillips, Esq. (votes, 17 for, 2 against). 

 Flowers of medium size, rose, with claret-purple lip. 



To Zygopetalum maxillare Sanderianum (votes, unanimous), from 

 Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., Burford (gr. Mr. W. H. 

 White). A large form, with pale green sepals and petals barred with 

 light purple. Lip white with violet crest. Probably a large white- 

 lipped form oi the Z. Sanderianum of Kegel's Gartenflora (1888). 



To Cattleya x * Lord Eothschild ' var. albescens (Gaskelliana alba 

 X Dowiana aurea) (votes, 11 for, 5 against), from Messrs. McBean. 

 A pretty white variety, with much yellow in the lip, which has a pale 

 lilac margin. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. J. E. Shill, gr. to Baron Bruno Schroder, for Cypripediam 

 X ' W. E. Lee,' with over 40 flowers. 



To Mr. Metcalfe, gr. to Lady Wernher, for Vanda coerulea. 



